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Input for ART on Micro Pension
views from Jurjan Mol, Nationale-Nederlanden
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Contents
• Who am I?
• Basics of Dutch Pension market
• Example of a DC product
• Challenges for a growing pension product
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Who am I?
• Jurjan Mol, 32 years old, live and work in Rotterdam
• Married to Elizabeth and
father of a son – Samuël –
and a daugther – Aimée.
• Studied International Development Economics, graduated on Microfinance
• Working at Nationale-Nederlanden since 2007:
Process improvement
& Data analytics
IT project
management
Mortgages
Car insurance
Pension
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Basics of Dutch Pension market
Focus on Defined Contribution
1. Second pillar pension accumulation through an employer
2. In the market for pension insurers, the demands
3. The government restricts
premium based on salary.
(or industry-) pension scheme
shifts towards DC (now 3/4th of this market is DB).
the amount of DC premium with a ‘staffel’ system: maximum
4. Insurance companies use lifecycles match risk-acceptance and age of a participant. Often participants are able to
make personal
investment choices
5. Most pension schemes have additional
insurance products attached, for risks like death and disability
6. On pension date (around 67) you are obligated
the pension scheme(s)
to buy an annuity with the capital that is accumulated with
7. There is limited flexibility: starting pension earlier / later, variable level of annuity (e.g. first high, then low),
decease partner pension benefits to increase annuity
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Example @ Nationale-Nederlanden
• Nationale-Nederlanden Bewust Pensioen (Bewust = ‘Aware’)
• Defined Contribution product (but employer has option to guarantee a part of the pension)
• The non-guarantee part is accumulated through lifecycle investment (e.g. at young age relatively
more risk with stocks and when becoming older more bonds and therefore less risk)
• Participant has option to ‘click’
his/her capital from age 50 to
secure/guarantee a larger part
of the outcome.
• The part of the capital that is
‘clicked’ is actually used to buy
an deffered annuity
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Challenges for a growing pensionfund
From my perspective / expertise
• Data & analytics
- Store data about participants, portfolio, financial and operational performance
- Set goals and monitor, analyse and reflect periodically
- Celebrate
• Be there for the participant at the “moments of truth”
- Based on data, but also on experience: how well are you performing on specific life-
events of the participants
Why: satisfied participants are promotors and flawless executed service are less
expensive (less rework, less ‘non-value added activities’, less complants)
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