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The Hague – February 20, 2025. Please click here to access all 2H 2024 results related documents.
2H 2024 IFRS results
- Net profit of EUR 741 million as operating result and benefit from the a.s.r. stake are partly offset by restructuring charges and net impairments in the US
- Operating result of EUR 776 million, up 14% compared with the second half of 2023, reflecting improved experience variance in the US and business growth in the US and asset management
- Shareholders’ equity per share of EUR 4.53, increases by 13% compared with June 30, 2024, while contractual service margin per share after estimated tax adjustment increases by 5% to EUR 4.38. Valuation equity per share – the sum of these components – grew by 9% to EUR 8.91
2H 2024 capital generation, cash and capital management
- Operating capital generation before holding funding and operating expenses remained broadly stable at EUR 658 million compared with the second half of 2023. Aegon meets its increased guidance of EUR 1.2 billion for 2024
- Capital ratios of Aegon’s main units remain above their respective operating levels and Cash Capital at Holding at EUR 1.7 billion per year-end 2024. EUR 200 million share buyback completed in December
- Free cash flow of EUR 385 million, which includes capital distributions from a.s.r. Full-year free cash flow of EUR 759 million meets guidance of more than EUR 700 million
- 2024 final dividend of EUR 0.19 per common share proposed, an increase of 19% compared with 2023 final dividend
Lard Friese, Aegon CEO, commented:
In 2024, we continued to make good progress with our transformation and are on track to meet the 2025 targets we laid out at our 2023 Capital Markets Day (CMD). We will provide an update on our strategy and new group targets at our next CMD on December 10, 2025, in London. Looking back on the year, I am proud of what the teams achieved, and I am grateful for their hard work.
We have delivered on both our increased guidance for operating capital generation (OCG) of EUR 1.2 billion, and on our free cash flow guidance of more than EUR 700 million for 2024. Our main business units remained well capitalized, and we have generated a full year IFRS operating result of EUR 1.5 billion. Our valuation equity per share, which is a measure of shareholder value, increased by 12% to EUR 8.91.
We continued to execute our strategy to grow our businesses and improve the service we offer to customers. This included the roll-out of a new brand identity across our fully owned units that facilitates improved digital customer experiences. Taking a closer look at our commercial performance in 2024: in the Americas, we strengthened our distribution capabilities as World Financial Group (WFG) grew its number of licensed agents to over 86,000, up 17% compared with the prior year. This contributed to the 22% increase in the operating result of Transamerica’s distribution segment, which reached USD 191 million. Transamerica generated Individual Life sales of USD 473 million, slightly down compared with 2023. The Retirement Plans business experienced outflows but the mid-sized Retirement Plans business continued to grow with strong written plan sales and USD 557 million of net deposits. Throughout the year, we also continued to implement management actions to reduce our exposure to Financial Assets. This included achieving the goals of our program to purchase universal life policies from institutional owners earlier than anticipated.
In the United Kingdom, we are executing the strategy we presented at our June 2024 Teach-In. Our UK Workplace platform performed strongly, with net deposits amounting to GBP 3.7 billion in 2024, due to the onboarding of new schemes and higher regular contributions from existing schemes. While outflows continued in our UK Adviser platform, we are executing our strategy to return the platform to growth by 2028 that includes targeting the top 500 financial adviser firms.
2024 saw our Asset Management business return to growth, with third-party net deposits in Global Platforms and net deposits in Strategic Partnerships combined totaling around EUR 14 billion. This was driven by consecutive net deposits at both businesses during each quarter of 2024.
Our International business saw 15% lower new life sales, mainly driven by pricing actions in China to reflect lower interest rates. At the same time, its value of new business grew by 18%, driven by Brazil and Spain & Portugal, underscoring our focus on profitable growth.
Over the year, we remained disciplined in our management of capital. During the first half of 2024, we completed the EUR 1.535 billion share buyback program. In the second half, we completed a EUR 200 million share buyback program and announced a new EUR 150 million share buyback program, which began in January 2025.
On the basis of our 2024 performance, we today propose a final dividend of 19 eurocents per share. This will result in a total dividend paid for the full-year 2024 of 35 eurocents, up 17% compared with 2023, and means we are on our way to achieve our target of around 40 eurocents per share over 2025.
Additional information
Presentation
The conference call presentation is available on aegon.com.
Supplements
Aegon’s second half 2024 Financial Supplement and other supplementary documents are available on aegon.com.
Webcast and conference call including Q&A
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Financial calendar 2025
First quarter 2025 trading update – May 16, 2025
Annual General Meeting – June 12, 2025
Second half 2025 results – August 21, 2025
Third quarter 2025 trading update – November 13, 2025
Capital Markets Day – December 10, 2025
About Aegon
Aegon is an international financial services holding company. Aegon’s ambition is to build leading businesses that offer their customers investment, protection, and retirement solutions. Aegon’s portfolio of businesses includes fully owned businesses in the United States and United Kingdom, and a global asset manager. Aegon also creates value by combining its international expertise with strong local partners via insurance joint ventures in Spain & Portugal, China, and Brazil, and via asset management partnerships in France and China. In addition, Aegon owns a Bermuda-based life insurer and generates value via a strategic shareholding in a market leading Dutch insurance and pensions company.
Aegon’s purpose of helping people live their best lives runs through all its activities. As a leading global investor and employer, Aegon seeks to have a positive impact by addressing critical environmental and societal issues, with a focus on climate change and inclusion & diversity. Aegon is headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands, domiciled in Bermuda, and listed on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange. More information can be found at aegon.com. More information can be found at aegon.com.
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Local currencies and constant currency exchange rates
This document contains certain information about Aegon’s results, financial condition and revenue generating investments presented in USD for the Americas and in GBP for the United Kingdom, because those businesses operate and are managed primarily in those currencies. Certain comparative information presented on a constant currency basis eliminates the effects of changes in currency exchange rates. None of this information is a substitute for or superior to financial information about Aegon presented in EUR, which is the currency of Aegon’s primary financial statements.
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- Unexpected delays, difficulties, and expenses in executing against Aegon’s environmental, climate, diversity and inclusion or other “ESG” targets, goals and commitments, and changes in laws or regulations affecting us, such as changes in data privacy, environmental, health and safety laws;
- Changes in general economic and/or governmental conditions, particularly in Bermuda, the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
- Civil unrest, (geo-) political tensions, military action or other instability in a country or geographic region;
- Changes in the performance of financial markets, including emerging markets, such as with regard to:
- The frequency and severity of defaults by issuers in Aegon’s fixed income investment portfolios;
- The effects of corporate bankruptcies and/or accounting restatements on the financial markets and the resulting decline in the value of equity and debt securities Aegon holds;
- The effects of declining creditworthiness of certain public sector securities and the resulting decline in the value of government exposure that Aegon holds;
- The impact from volatility in credit, equity, and interest rates;
- Changes in the performance of Aegon’s investment portfolio and decline in ratings of Aegon’s counterparties;
- Lowering of one or more of Aegon’s debt ratings issued by recognized rating organizations and the adverse impact such action may have on Aegon’s ability to raise capital and on its liquidity and financial condition;
- Lowering of one or more of insurer financial strength ratings of Aegon’s insurance subsidiaries and the adverse impact such action may have on the written premium, policy retention, profitability and liquidity of its insurance subsidiaries;
- The effect of applicable Bermuda solvency requirements, the European Union’s Solvency II requirements, and applicable equivalent solvency requirements and other regulations in other jurisdictions affecting the capital Aegon is required to maintain;
- Changes in the European Commissions’ or European regulator’s position on the equivalence of the supervisory regime for insurance and reinsurance undertakings in force in Bermuda;
- Changes affecting interest rate levels and low or rapidly changing interest rate levels;
- Changes affecting currency exchange rates, in particular the EUR/USD and EUR/GBP exchange rates;
- Changes affecting inflation levels, particularly in the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom;
- Changes in the availability of, and costs associated with, liquidity sources such as bank and capital markets funding, as well as conditions in the credit markets in general such as changes in borrower and counterparty creditworthiness;
- Increasing levels of competition, particularly in the United States, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and emerging markets;
- Catastrophic events, either manmade or by nature, including by way of example acts of God, acts of terrorism, acts of war and pandemics, could result in material losses and significantly interrupt Aegon’s business;
- The frequency and severity of insured loss events;
- Changes affecting longevity, mortality, morbidity, persistence and other factors that may impact the profitability of Aegon’s insurance products and management of derivatives;
- Aegon’s projected results are highly sensitive to complex mathematical models of financial markets, mortality, longevity, and other dynamic systems subject to shocks and unpredictable volatility. Should assumptions to these models later prove incorrect, or should errors in those models escape the controls in place to detect them, future performance will vary from projected results;
- Reinsurers to whom Aegon has ceded significant underwriting risks may fail to meet their obligations;
- Changes in customer behavior and public opinion in general related to, among other things, the type of products Aegon sells, including legal, regulatory or commercial necessity to meet changing customer expectations;
- Customer responsiveness to both new products and distribution channels;
- Third-party information used by us may prove to be inaccurate and change over time as methodologies and data availability and quality continue to evolve impacting our results and disclosures;
- As Aegon’s operations support complex transactions and are highly dependent on the proper functioning of information technology, operational risks such as system disruptions or failures, security or data privacy breaches, cyberattacks, human error, failure to safeguard personally identifiable information, changes in operational practices or inadequate controls including with respect to third parties with which Aegon does business, may disrupt Aegon’s business, damage its reputation and adversely affect its results of operations, financial condition and cash flows, and Aegon may be unable to adopt to and apply new technologies;
- The impact of acquisitions and divestitures, restructurings, product withdrawals and other unusual items, including Aegon’s ability to complete, or obtain regulatory approval for, acquisitions and divestitures, integrate acquisitions, and realize anticipated results, and its ability to separate businesses as part of divestitures;
- Aegon’s failure to achieve anticipated levels of earnings or operational efficiencies, as well as other management initiatives related to cost savings, Cash Capital at Holding, gross financial leverage and free cash flow;
- Changes in the policies of central banks and/or governments;
- Litigation or regulatory action that could require Aegon to pay significant damages or change the way Aegon does business;
- Competitive, legal, regulatory, or tax changes that affect profitability, the distribution cost of or demand for Aegon’s products;
- Consequences of an actual or potential break-up of the European Monetary Union in whole or in part, or further consequences of the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union and potential consequences if other European Union countries leave the European Union;
- Changes in laws and regulations, or the interpretation thereof by regulators and courts, including as a result of comprehensive reform or shifts away from multilateral approaches to regulation of global or national operations, particularly regarding those laws and regulations related to ESG matters, those affecting Aegon’s operations’ ability to hire and retain key personnel, taxation of Aegon companies, the products Aegon sells, the attractiveness of certain products to its consumers and Aegon’s intellectual property;
- Regulatory changes relating to the pensions, investment, insurance industries and enforcing adjustments in the jurisdictions in which Aegon operates;
- Standard setting initiatives of supranational standard setting bodies such as the Financial Stability Board and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors or changes to such standards that may have an impact on regional (such as EU), national or US federal or state level financial regulation or the application thereof to Aegon, including the designation of Aegon by the Financial Stability Board as a Global Systemically Important Insurer (G-SII);
- Changes in accounting regulations and policies or a change by Aegon in applying such regulations and policies, voluntarily or otherwise, which may affect Aegon’s reported results, shareholders’ equity or regulatory capital adequacy levels;
- Changes in ESG standards and requirements, including assumptions, methodology and materiality, or a change by Aegon in applying such standards and requirements, voluntarily or otherwise, may affect Aegon’s ability to meet evolving standards and requirements, or Aegon’s ability to meet its sustainability and ESG-related goals, or related public expectations, which may also negatively affect Aegon’s reputation or the reputation of its board of directors or its management; and
- Other risks and uncertainties identified in the Form 20-F and in other documents filed or to be filed by Aegon with the SEC.
- Reliance on third-party information in certain of Aegon’s disclosures, which may change over time as methodologies and data availability and quality continue to evolve. These factors, as well as any inaccuracies in third-party information used by Aegon, including in estimates or assumptions, may cause results to differ materially and adversely from statements, estimates, and beliefs made by Aegon or third-parties. Moreover, Aegon’s disclosures based on any standards may change due to revisions in framework requirements, availability of information, changes in its business or applicable governmental policies, or other factors, some of which may be beyond Aegon’s control. Additionally, Aegon’s discussion of various ESG and other sustainability issues in this document or in other locations, including on our corporate website, may be informed by the interests of various stakeholders, as well as various ESG standards, frameworks, and regulations (including for the measurement and assessment of underlying data). As such, our disclosures on such issues, including climate-related disclosures, may include information that is not necessarily “material” under US securities laws for SEC reporting purposes, even if we use words such as “material” or “materiality” in relation to those statements. ESG expectations continue to evolve, often quickly, including for matters outside of our control; our disclosures are inherently dependent on the methodology (including any related assumptions or estimates) and data used, and there can be no guarantee that such disclosures will necessarily reflect or be consistent with the preferred practices or interpretations of particular stakeholders, either currently or in future.
This document contains information that qualifies, or may qualify, as inside information within the meaning of Article 7(1) of the EU Market Abuse Regulation (596/2014). Further details of potential risks and uncertainties affecting Aegon are described in its filings with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets and the US Securities and Exchange Commission, including the 2023 Integrated Annual Report. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this document. Except as required by any applicable law or regulation, Aegon expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in Aegon’s expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP (WFG):
WFG CONSISTS OF:
IN THE UNITED STATES, WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC (IN CALIFORNIA, DOING BUSINESS AS WORLD FINANCIAL INSURANCE AGENCY, LLC), WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP INSURANCE AGENCY OF HAWAII, INC., WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP INSURANCE AGENCY OF MASSACHUSETTS, INC., AND / OR WFG INSURANCE AGENCY OF PUERTO RICO, INC. (COLLECTIVELY WFGIA), WHICH OFFER INSURANCE AND ANNUITY PRODUCTS.
IN THE UNITED STATES, TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC. IS A FULL-SERVICE, FULLY LICENSED, INDEPENDENT BROKER-DEALER AND REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR. TRANSAMERICA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC. (TFA), MEMBER FINRA, MSRB, SIPC , AND REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISOR, OFFERS SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES.
IN CANADA, WORLD FINANCIAL GROUP INSURANCE AGENCY OF CANADA INC. (WFGIAC), WHICH OFFERS LIFE INSURANCE AND SEGREGATED FUNDS. WFG SECURITIES INC. (WFGS), WHICH OFFERS MUTUAL FUNDS.
WFGIAC AND WFGS ARE AFFILIATED COMPANIES.
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