We use our strength and expertise to create added value for AEGON’s customers, employees, shareholders and the wider community.
Every time we sell a life insurance policy or a pension, we are making a long-term promise. Especially in uncertain times like today, our customers need to know that we will still be around when the time comes to honor that promise.
We use our knowledge, our strength and our experience in capital, risk and investment management to ensure we offer the right guarantees, products and services to our customers.
At the same time, we recognize that creating a sustainable business means taking into account the interests of all our stakeholders – our customers, employees, shareholders and business partners, as well as the wider community in which we operate.
AEGON has always had a strong capital position, and in these turbulent times, safeguarding the trust and confidence of our customers, shareholders, employees remains our main priority.
- In October 2008, we secured EUR 3 billion in additional capital as part of the Dutch government’s support for sound and viable financial sector companies in the Netherlands. These additional resources will strengthen our capital buffer – an important safeguard against any further downturn in equity and credit markets.
- We are currently using established expertise in the United States to help set up new variable annuities and life reinsurance business in Europe and Asia, bringing knowledge and solutions to new markets.
- We already have or are developing group-wide standards on procurement, environmental practices, responsible investment and energy use because we want to be accountable to all our stakeholders.