WILLEMSTAD - Nina Ansary will appeal against the conviction to pay hundreds of millions in damages to the Ennia insurance group. The lawyer of Hushang Ansary's daughter confirms this.
Due to mismanagement by former policymakers and shareholders, Ennia would have suffered damage of at least 700 million guilders, according to supervisor the Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS). Lawyers for the insurance company argued in October that the damage would have been even higher.
The insurance company demanded compensation of 1.1 billion guilders in the liability proceedings against Ansary and other former directors, including Nina Ansary, who was in charge around 2018. The judge established that after the acquisition of Ennia in 2006 there was a change in policy and in transactions and expenditure, which were very detrimental to Ennia.
The court holds the defendants liable for the damage suffered and has drawn up compensation of more than one billion guilders. Ansary's daughter was not only a shareholder in Ennia, but also a supervisory director between 2009 and 2018. The judge stated that she had seriously failed in her supervisory task and sentenced Ansary to a payment of 945.5 million guilders.
The appeal has not yet been filed. “But that will happen,” says lawyer Roderick Van Hees. “There is a statutory term of six weeks for filing an appeal. The deadline has not yet expired.” It is unknown whether the other defendants will also appeal.