Aegon announces interim 2021 financials

Big contrast in quarterly and nine-month numbers

Aegon announces interim 2021 financials

Insurance News

By Terry Gangcuangco

It’s Aegon’s turn to release its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2021, and the Dutch insurance group’s numbers are a combination of positives and negatives. 

In Q3, Aegon posted a net loss worth €60 million. This was attributed mostly to a €470 million one-time charge, which the insurer said was a result of management actions to release capital and increase capital generation predictability in its US variable annuity business.

The latest loss is smaller than the negative net result posted in the same quarter last year. In Q3 2020, Aegon’s net loss amounted to €418 million.

The first nine months, meanwhile, paint a different picture, with net result at €1.18 billion – a massive turnaround from last year’s €216 million net loss.

In terms of operating results, here’s how Aegon fared:

Source

Q3 2021 operating result

Q3 2020 operating result

9M 2021 operating result

9M 2020 operating result

Americas

€160 million

€272 million

€605 million

€533 million

The Netherlands

€190 million

€176 million

€560 million

€497 million

UK

€51 million

€31 million

€135 million

€112 million

International

€36 million

€44 million

€98 million

€126 million

Asset Management

€58 million

€58 million

€204 million

€128 million

Holding and other activities

€(53 million)

€(53 million)

€(165 million)

€(165 million)

Group

€443 million

€526 million

€1.44 billion

€1.23 billion

According to Aegon, the 16% decrease in operating result in Q3 was mainly due to the group’s adverse claims experience in the US, which was driven by COVID-19 and a higher average claim size.

Commenting on the figures, chief executive Lard Friese stated: “Performance improvements across most of our businesses, supported by the disciplined execution of our operational improvement plan, were offset by elevated mortality in the United States.

“This quarter’s operating result reflects the benefit from addressable expense savings that we have achieved so far. We remain on track to deliver our target of €400 million expense savings by 2023. To date, we have executed 684 out of 1,200 performance improvement initiatives, with expense initiatives representing the majority thereof.”

Related Stories

Keep up with the latest news and events

Join our mailing list, it’s free!