The Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society was founded in Edinburgh in 1831 and in 1861 it began paying out its first pension to a customer.

[2] In May 2016 Aegon announced that it would acquire BlackRock's UK defined contribution platform (including Master Trust) and administration business, with the transfer completing in 2018.

[4] In March 2020, Mike Holliday-Williams became the new CEO following the retirement of Adrian Grace after 10 years with Aegon.

[8] Retiready is a free digital retirement, saving and planning service provided by pension, insurance and investment company Aegon UK.

Aegon has over 2,000 UK employees (as at 31 December 2021)[10] working from offices in Edinburgh, London, Lytham St Annes, Peterborough and Witham.