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History

Providing Financial Peace of Mind for More Than 150 Years.

AEGON roots stretch back to the first half of the 19th century. At that time, AEGON provided modest funds for people in the Netherlands to arrange decent burials for their family members and loved ones.


Policy from AEGON PredecessorAEGON has come a long way since then.

Today, AEGON is an international provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management products, with some 40 million customers and businesses in over 20 countries around the world.

The story of or history is long and involves many other companies, each with their own history, who joined their story to our own.

In this section you can read some of the highlights of our story, including our expansion from the north of the Netherlands across several continents, our acquisitions and our joint ventures.

AEGON has evolved in the past century and a half, but our goal - helping our customers secure their financial future - remains unchanged.

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