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In forceInsurers: governance (national)Last checked 11 November 2026

National governance reports, insurers (B.1 to B.17)

A regulatory return listed by the National Bank of Belgium (NBB), Belgium.

The national governance reports insurers send through the NBB Supervision portal, set by the NBB's governance circular: the management committee report on the effectiveness of the system of governance, the remuneration comply-or-explain memorandum, the outsourcing list (to be resubmitted once in 2026 after Circular NBB_2025_08 changed Annex 6; ICT outsourcing already in the DORA register is not repeated), related party loans, articles of association, managers, the board's assessment of the compliance function and internal rules on external functions. The activity reports and plans of the risk, actuarial, internal audit and compliance functions (B.2 to B.7) are given only on first request. Source

Official title: Rapports nationaux complémentaires en matière de gouvernance

The facts

Who files
Belgian insurers and branches of non-EEA insurers, the entity responsible for an insurance group, and Article 276 undertakings (which add the governance memorandum B.16) (Annex 1 to NBB_2026_01). Source
How often
Mostly annual; B.9, B.11 and B.17 kept permanently up to date; B.12 on request. Source
Deadline
8 April 2026 for undertakings and 19 May 2026 for groups (for the 2025 financial year). Source
Format
Other. Uploaded as a document to the NBB Supervision portal, which gives each undertaking a list of the reports expected and gives direct access to OneGate (NBB_2026_01). Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the NBB: OneGate; NBB Supervision. See how firms file with the NBB.
Status
In force
Legal basis
Group
Insurers: governance (national)

Templates (9)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the NBB's code in brackets.

  • Management committee report on the effectiveness of the system of governance (B.1)
  • Remuneration - identified staff receiving significant variable pay - comply or explain memorandum (B.8)
  • List of outsourced critical or important activities, functions and operational tasks (B.9)
  • List of loans, credit or guarantees above EUR 100,000 to board and management committee members (B.10)
  • Updated articles of association (B.11)
  • Updated list of managers and heads of independent control functions (B.12)
  • Board report assessing the compliance function (B.13)
  • Governance memorandum (Article 276 undertakings) (B.16)
  • Internal rules on external functions (B.17)

Reports systematically transmitted under Annex 1 to NBB_2026_01 (names translated from French). Templates exist for B.1 (Annex 1 of the governance circular), B.9 (Annex 6), B.10 (Annex 1 of Circular NBB_2017_21) and B.13 (Annex 2 of Circular NBB_2019_15). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No data from this return published by the NBB was found on the pages checked. Source

Official documents (5)

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Sources

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Last checked 11 November 2026.