Institutional investors; investments in property 1980 - 2012

Institutional investors; investments in property 1980 - 2012

Periods Insurance corporations Total property (mld euro) Insurance corporations Indirect property (mld euro)
2012* 13.7 2.6
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Table explanation


This table covers investments of institutional investors in property. It shows that institutional investors nowadays invest more indirectly in property by taking interests in investment funds that invest in property. Furthermore it enables analyses whether there is more or less invested in different types of direct property such as residential buildings or the combination of offices and shops.

Data available from:
Yearly figures from 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995 and 1999 to 2012.

Status of the figures:
The figures in this table are up to 2010 definitive, figures for 2011 are revised provisional figures and figures for 2012 are provisional. Because this table is discontinued, figures will not be updated anymore.

Changes as of 16 October 2014:
None, this table is discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable anymore.
This table is replaced by table Institutional investors; investments in property. See paragraph 3.

Description topics

Insurance corporations
Supervised insurance corporations fall under the Wet Toezicht Verzekeringsbedrijf (WTV 1993) or the Wet toezicht natura-uitvaartverzekeringsbedrijf (WTN). Life insurance corporations receive social contributions, invest them and pay social benefits to the insured or another beneficiary. Payments may be lump-sum or in terms.
Lump-sum payments are usual when the insured reaches a certain age or dies. Payments in term are usual until the death of the insured, or from his death onwards.
Non-life insurance corporations insure risks concerning other events than the decease of the insured. Insurance enterprises that are not supervised include reinsurance corporations, guarantee funds, health care regulations for civil servants, and some specific risk funds.
Total property
Indirect property
Indirect property consists of interests in Dutch (for instance Corio, Rodamco, Vastned, Wereldhave) and foreign investment funds that invest in property.