[6] 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.

[7] 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.

[9] On June 15, 2011, Aegon fulfilled its key objective of repurchasing all of the €3 billion core capital securities issued to the Dutch State.

[citation needed] On August 3, 2011, Aegon USA announced that all its various businesses will be grouped under a single brand name: Transamerica.

In June 2018 AEGON was criticized by Greenpeace for its investments in oil sand companies and pipelines.

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, North America and India.

[16] In 2008, Aegon became the official sponsor of the Dutch football team AFC Ajax, in a deal which lasted for seven years.

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.