(, , ) is a banking, insurance, and investment management company, and is the 20th largest business in the world by revenue.
Fortune Global 500 2007: Fortis The
Benelux are Fortis' home base and its strength. Fortis' banking operations include network (retail), commercial, and merchant banking; its insurance products include life, health, and property/casualty lines. Products are sold through independent agents and brokers, financial planners, and through Fortis Bank branches. It is listed both on
Euronext Brussels and
Euronext Amsterdam Stock Exchange s.
In addition to acquiring a retail bank in Poland, Fortis acquired 89.3% of the shares of
Turkey 's fifth largest privately owned bank
Dışbank from
Doğan Group on
April 11 ,
2005 . Considering the outstanding public shares, the total bid is approximately €985 million. From
November 28 ,
2005 on, the network of 173 branches of Dışbank was rebranded Fortis and
Federation Of Bosnia And Herzegovina from
Energoinvest Tat D.d.
As of 2006 its profits were 4.56 billion according to
Forbes Magazine with a market value of 45.74 billion.
Fortis acquired
Dryden Wealth Management from
Prudential Financial on
4 October 2005 .
Fortis Insurance UK has its own in-house worldwide medical emergency service, . Fortis is the shirt sponsor of the
R.S.C. Anderlecht and
Feyenoord Rotterdam Football clubs.
