Duty of Care: how do you provide optimum protection for all your employees?
In these challenging times, it is even more important to provide the best possible protection for your employees. After all, they are your greatest asset. How do you manage your 'Duty of Care', i.e. your…
Read moreTemporary unemployment due to COVID-19: impact on supplementary benefits of your employees
Are you, as an employer, obliged to take advantage of the relaxed measures on temporary unemployment on account of COVID-19? If so, we will be happy to explain what the impact was/is on the supplementary…
Read moreDatabase of Supplementary Pensions (DB2P): calculating the 2020 Wijninckx contributions
Introduced in 2012, the Wijninckx contribution is a special social security contribution that targets the creation of high supplementary pensions for employees and the self-employed. The definitive arrangements for the Wijninckx contribution have been in…
Read moreComprehensive weather/crop insurance, future prospects following the Disaster Relief Fund
From 1 January 2020, farmers will no longer be able to call upon the Disaster Relief Fund following a natural disaster. From now on, they will have to arrange weather/crop insurance cover. For the first…
Read moreIntegration Vanbreda Risk & Benefits and Proteus Risk Solutions
Marine insurance has been a core business of Vanbreda Risk & Benefits for decades. To broaden this expertise and strengthen its service capacity, Vanbreda took a stake in the niche broker Proteus in 2018. At…
Read moreVanbreda Risk & Benefits services – measures due to the coronavirus
Given the developments related to the spread of the coronavirus, Vanbreda Risk & Benefits is actively taking a number of measures to be able to keep providing services effectively and efficiently to our business clients…
Read moreCoronavirus: travel assistance insurance offers support
Does your company have business trips planned for employees to countries affected by the coronavirus? Or do you have expats based in these regions? If so, coronavirus is probably a concern for you as an…
Read moreVan break-ins: how can you protect yourself?
Van break-ins are now an everyday criminal occurrence in this country. The dark winter months make it even easier for thieves to strike. What measures can self-employed people take and which affordable solution can insure…
Read moreMaritime war insurance: ongoing impact on premiums due to unrest in the Middle East
The attacks on six tankers in the United Arab Emirates in May 2019 and in the Gulf of Oman a month later caused unrest in the maritime insurance sector. The attack on Saudi Arabian petroleum…
Read moreGarden contractors: growth leads to increasing risk of liability claims
The garden contracting sector has grown exponentially in the past ten years. Around 16% of the Flemish hire a garden contractor. Individuals, municipalities and regions are increasingly wanting greener spaces. But with this rise in…
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