’s-HERTOGENBOSCH – As of September 1, 2010 Martijn Wissels (52) will join the management board of Achmea Bank Holding N.V.. Wissels will succeed Jacques Vervuurt (49) as Chief Financial and Risk Officer.

Achmea Hypotheekbank is a subsidiary of Achmea Bank Holding N.V., which is wholly owned by the Achmea Group and so part of Eureko. Achmea Hypotheekbank provides mortgage loans to private customers under the Centraal Beheer Achmea, FBTO, Avéro Achmea and Woonfonds labels. This site contains information on Achmea Hypotheekbank and its financing programmes.

Achmea Hypotheekbank achieved a net profit of EUR 39.6 million in the first half of 2010, which is a significant improvement on the preceding year (first six months of 2009: EUR 30.3 million).

As the interest margin decreased, the growth of the net profit can be explained by positive fair value results.The pre-tax profit was up from EUR 40.7 million to EUR 53.1 million.

’S HERTOGENBOSCH - Achmea Hypotheekbank N.V. announces today that it has requested Standard and Poor’s Rating Services to withdraw its rating (currently “AAA” watch neg) for Achmea Hypotheekbank’s EUR10 billion covered bond programme established in 2007.

In 2009 Achmea Bank started to prepare for the introduction of the Banking Code and to implement the principles underlying the Code that were not yet an integral part of the bank’s policy principles.

 ’s-HERTOGENBOSCH – As of September 1, 2010 Martijn Wissels (52) will join the management board of Achmea Bank Holding N.V.. Wissels will succeed JacquesVervuurt (49) as Chief Financial and Risk Officer. Vervuurt will continue to work for Achmea elsewhere within the organisation. The Supervisory Board of Achmea Bank Holding N.V. acknowledges Vervuurt's significant contribution to Achmea Bank.