AFM trekt vergunning in van AE Insurance
Why this matters
The document reports the AFM's revocation of AE Insurance's advisory and mediation licence for mortgage credit, citing non-suitable mortgage advice, dealings with an unlicensed intermediary, failure to report incidents, and facilitation of mortgage fraud. This is a licence cancellation against a named firm, so it is enforcement. The mortgage focus drives the sector choice, and the licensing, conduct, and financial-crime issues drive the topics. Urgency is medium because the firm must wind down its activities, but the decision is final and no broader obligation is imposed. The page header date (27/10/26) differs from the decision date stated in the text (27 January 2026); the text date was used for reasoning.
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What the AFM said
De Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM) heeft op 27 januari 2026 de vergunning van AE Insurance (AEI) voor het adviseren en bemiddelen in onder meer hypothecair krediet ingetrokken. De AFM heeft geconstateerd dat AEI stelselmatig en langdurig overtredingen beging. Daarmee was geen sprake van een beheerste en integere…
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Context
Autoriteit Financiele Markten (AFM) — The Dutch conduct authority for financial markets. We track 94 updates from them.
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This update is classified under Authorisation & Licensing, Consumer Protection / Conduct, AML / Financial Crime and Mortgage & Lending.