as euronext agn nyse aeg industry financial services founded 1983 ; 33 years ago 1983 headquarters the hague netherlands area served worldwide key people alexander wynaendts ceo rob routs chairman of the supervisory board services life insurance asset management pensions revenue 31 289million 2015 1 profit 619 million 2015 1 total assets 417 489 million end 2015 1 number of employees 31 530 end 2015 1 website www.aegon.com aegon n.v. is a multinational life insurance pensions and asset management company headquartered in the hague netherlands . at the end of 2015 aegon companies employed approximately 31 530 people worldwide serving millions of customers . 1 aegon has a primary listing on euronext amsterdam and is a constituent of the aex index . it has a secondary listing on the new york stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 subsidiaries and divisions 2.1.1 north america 2.1.2 netherlands 2.1.3 united kingdom 2.1.4 other 2.2 joint ventures 2.3 shareholdings 3 banking services 4 sponsorships 5 headquarters office 6 references 7 external links history edit aegon was founded in 1983 from the merger of ago holding n.v. created by the merger of algemeene friesche groot noordhollandsche and olveh onderlinge verzekeringsmaatschappij eigen hulp in 1968 and ennia n.v. formed by the merger of eerste nederlandsche and nillmij nederlandsch indische levensverzekering en lijfrente maatschappij in 1969 . aegon acquired scottish equitable in 1994 . 2 in 1998 it formed stonebridge international insurance ltd to create and market a range of personal insurance products providing accident health and unemployment cover to its own customers and via business partners . in 1999 it acquired the life assurance business of guardian royal exchange . 2 that year it also bought transamerica corporation . 3 on august 13 2007 aegon and merrill lynch announced a strategic business partnership in the areas of life insurance and investment products . as part of the relationship aegon acquired two of merrill lynch s life insurance companies for us 1.3 billion . 4 on april 23 2008 alex wynaendts succeeded the retiring donald j. shepard as chairman of the executive board and ceo of aegon n.v. following the group s annual general meeting of shareholders donald shepard announced his retirement in november 2007 after six years as chairman . 5 on october 28 2008 the dutch government and de nederlandsche bank agreed to give aegon a 3 billion capital injection to create a capital buffer in exchange for convertible bonds to ease the group through the financial crisis . 6 on june 15 2011 aegon fulfilled its key objective of repurchasing all of the 3 billion core capital securities issued to the dutch state . the total amount aegon has paid to the dutch state amounts to 4.1 billion . of this amount 3 billion covered the original issue of core capital securities while an additional 1.1 billion was paid in premium and interest . citation needed on august 3 2011 aegon usa announced that all its various businesses will be grouped under a single brand name transamerica . transamerica s key businesses are life insurance investments and retirement . the group includes companies whose history goes back over 100 years and whose products and services have become well known throughout the us including founding companies life investors insurance company of america and monumental life insurance company . operations edit aegon s world headquarters in the hague aegon s businesses focus on life insurance and pensions savings and asset management products . the group is also active in accident and supplemental health insurance and general insurance and has limited banking activities . aegon has major operations in the united states where it is heavily represented through world financial group and transamerica the netherlands and the united kingdom . in addition the group is present in a number of other countries including canada brazil mexico hungary poland romania slovakia czech republic turkey spain china japan and india . aegon s world headquarters are in the hague netherlands and its u.s. headquarters are in cedar rapids iowa . subsidiaries and divisions edit north america edit aegon usa llc transamerica corporation transamerica advisors life insurance company transamerica advisors life insurance company of new york monumental life insurance company stonebridge casualty insurance company stonebridge life insurance company stonebridge casualty insurance company transamerica financial life insurance company transamerica life canada transamerica premier life insurance company world financial group of canada inc. world financial group us inc. netherlands edit aegon levensverzekering aegon schadeverzekering aegon bank optas pensioenen aegon spaarkas unirobe meeus groep tkp pensioen aegon hypotheken united kingdom edit scottish equitable plc trading as aegon uk origen financial services positive solutions other edit aegon espa a s.a. spain aegon magyarorsz g ltal nos biztosit zrt . hungary aegon tu na ycie s.a. aegon powszechne towarzystwo emerytalne s.a. poland joint ventures edit aegon cnooc life insurance company 50 % joint venture with cnooc china aegon sony life insurance cy 50 % joint venture with sony japan caja badajoz vida y pensiones spain banca civica joint venture partners can vida y pensiones s.a. de seguros 50 % joint venture caja burgos vida 50 % can seguros de salud 50 % spain cantabris vida y pensiones 50 % spain liberbank vida y pensiones 50 % spain unnim vida 50 % 50 % spain aegon industrial fund management co. 49 % china amvest vastgoed b.v. netherlands shareholdings edit n.v. levensverzekeringsmaatschappij de hoop 33.3 % netherlands tenet group limited 22 % united kingdom seguros argos 89 % mexico aegon life insurance company ltd 7 26 % india mongeral aegon 50 % brazil banking services edit aegon also operates a direct bank under the brand name knab in the netherlands . soon after it was founded in 2012 the bank came under criticism for having the highest cost for any transaction account compared to other dutch banks . 8 9 knab responded by saying that other banks hid many of its costs in other products . 10 sponsorships edit in 2008 aegon became the official sponsor of the dutch football team afc ajax in a deal which will last for seven years . 11 ajax s uniform now features the aegon logo across the chest . aegon becomes the third sponsor of ajax tdk sponsored ajax since 1982 until 1991 and abn amro sponsored the team from 1991 till 2008 . as of late 2008 aegon also sponsor the lawn tennis association . a sponsorship package was agreed with the lta and aegon s name will appear on all four pillars of british tennis including many professional tournaments one of which is the aegon championships an atp grasscourt professional tennis tournament in june in london taking over from stella artois who had sponsored the event since 1979 . since 2004 transamerica has been the primary sponsor of the american golfer zach johnson . aegon is one of the strategic industry partners with duisenberg school of finance . 12 headquarters office edit the headquarters office of aegon is located in the hague and designed by oth architects . 13 initially aegon wanted to redesign only the conference rooms but while working on it they decided to improve and redesign the full building . the office spaces the main hall and the restaurant were redesigned . the new design has a lot of glass like glass walls manufactured by si x. 14 the restaurant has a main helical staircase with a full glass balustrade manufactured by eestairs and did win the prize for the best staircase of the year in 2008 . 15 16 in 2009 aegon decided to buy this building from real estate fund unibail rodamco and keep the building as their headquarters . references edit a b c d e 2015 annual report pdf . aegon investor relations . retrieved 12 may 2016 . a b aegon plans further deals after gre buy independent 13 august 1999 transamerica corporation history aegon buys merrill lynch insurance companies for 1.3 bn marketwatch 13 august 2007 alex wynaendts to succeed donald shepard as chairman of aegon pr newswire 8 november 2008 government reinforces aegon s capital position by eur 3 billion archived december 3 2008 at the wayback machine . de nederlandische bank 28 october 2008 aegon religare life insurance renamed as aegon life insurance the economic times . the economic times . new bank knab very expensive consumentenbond.nl 21 september 2012 . saving with knab sigaar uit eigen doos de telegraaf 1 oktober 2012 . aegon and alex founder start new bank knab nrc 20 september 2012 . aegon new head sponsor afc ajax archived october 19 2007 at the wayback machine . ajax 17 october 2007 dsf industry partners . archived from the original on 2014 06 13 . nrp about the aegon office design dutch details of glass walls dutch archived june 17 2015 at the wayback machine . details of helical staircase in restaurant 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