| AEGON N.V. (AEGON) is a holding company. The Company is a provider of life insurance, pensions and asset management. AEGON's businesses focus on life insurance, pensions and asset management. AEGON is engaged in accident, supplemental health, general insurance, and some limited banking activities. AEGON's main markets are the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. As of December 31, 2011, AEGON operated in more than 20 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. The Company's geographic segments include the Americas, which include the United States, Canada, Mexico and Brazil; the Netherlands; the United Kingdom, and New markets, which include Central & Eastern Europe, Asia, Spain, France, Variable Annuities Europe and AEGON Asset Management. The Company's Netherland's subsidiary, TKP Investments was sold to AEGON Asset Management Holding B.V. in 2011. |