Reinsurance News
21st September 2021
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) has hit a roadblock in its pending acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe, after a decision by Hungarian authorities to block the deal was upheld. Last year, Aegon reached an agreement to sell its insurance, pension, and asset management operations in Hungary, Poland, ... Read the full article
13th August 2021
The European Commission has given clearance for Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe's (VIG) acquisition of Aegon’s businesses in Central and Eastern Europe. Last year, Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, reached an agreement to sell its Central and Eastern European operations to VIG for ... Read the full article
20th April 2021
Life Insurer and asset manager Aegon has announced that its Global Chief Technology Officer Mark Bloom is to depart the company on June 1 in pursuit of other opportunities. Bloom will have served in the role for over five years, leading Aegon's technology and innovation activities. He arrived at Aegon in 2016 as ... Read the full article
7th April 2021
Hungarian regulators have refused to give approval to the previously announced sale of Aegon’s Central and Eastern European operations to Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG). Under the €830 million deal, VIG had agreed to acquire Aegon’s insurance, pension, and asset management business in Hungary, Poland, Romania, and ... Read the full article
11th March 2021
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has appointed Will Fuller as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transamerica and as a member of the Management Board. Fuller, formerly Executive Vice President of Lincoln Group, has just under 30 years experience in insurance, annuities, retirement plans and ... Read the full article
30th November 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has reached an agreement to sell its Central and Eastern European operations to Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) for €830 million. The net proceeds represent a multiple of 2.6 times the book value on June 30th, 2020, and ... Read the full article
27th October 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, is considering a sale of its Eastern European business, according to reports from Reuters. Sources say the company is working with JP Morgan on the process and has already entered talks with potential buyers. The reasoning behind a sale would be to ... Read the full article
9th October 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has announced the sale of Stonebridge, a UK-based provider of accident insurance products, for £60 million. The acquirer is London-headquartered Global Premium Holdings group, a subsidiary of Embignell group that provides a range of accident and sickness insurance policies. Stonebridge is a direct-to-consumer ... Read the full article
13th August 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has reported a 31% decrease in underlying earnings over the first half of 2020, caused by adverse mortality and impacts from lower interest rates in the US. Underlying earnings were reduced to €700 million, from €1.01 billion for the same period ... Read the full article
24th June 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has appointed Duncan Russell in the newly established role of Chief Transformation Officer. Effective September 1, Russell will report to CEO Lard Friese and will become a member of Aegon’s Management Board. He will work closely with the Executive Board in setting ... Read the full article
15th May 2020
Fitch Ratings has revised its outlook for Aegon to negative from stable following disruption to economic activity and financial markets from the coronavirus pandemic. A set of rating assumptions were used by Fitch to develop pro-forma financial metrics for Aegon that were compared with both rating guidelines defined in its criteria, ... Read the full article
19th March 2020
Aegon, a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management, has said that at this point, it has observed no material adverse impacts on claims ratios as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. The announcement comes as part of an update on Aegon's capital position in light of the impact of ... Read the full article
12th August 2019
The Supervisory Board of Aegon has announced its intention to propose the appointment of Lard Friese as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Shareholders, succeeding Alex Wynaendts. Friese will rejoin the firm as CEO-designate effective March 1st, 2020 and will succeed Wynaendts at the AGM to ... Read the full article
7th August 2018
Aegon has announced an agreement to divest the last substantial block of its life reinsurance business to SCOR Global Life, a division of French domiciled reinsurer SCOR. The latest transaction is consistent with Aegon's strategic objective to lower the volume of capital allocated to its run-off businesses. Under the agreement, Aegon's Transamerica ... Read the full article
28th December 2017
Aegon has announced an agreement to divest a block of life reinsurance business to French reinsurer SCOR, and also revealed that it is to dissolve a related captive insurance firm. Under the agreement, Aegon's Transamerica life subsidiaries will reinsure $750 million of liabilities to SCOR, which covers roughly 50% of the ... Read the full article
