![]() At other times, members were asked to collect premiums from other families or pay out claims in name of the company. Insurers were not professional organizations sometimes, insured families had to serve as unpaid pall bearers at other funerals, to keep cost down. A third of children did not survive infancy.īurial funds, such as the Broederlijke Liefdebeurs ('Brotherly Love Fund'), founded in 1759 and one of Aegon's unofficial predecessors, was the solution. Born in the early 1800s, you could expect to live between 30 and 35 years. There were also many of them most people didn't live to see old age. ![]() ![]() Being buried at the expense of the state or charity was considered not done, even by people with little means. The need to set money aside, or take out insurance, for a proper funeral can be largely attributed to the Dutch culture. We don't consider these our official predecessors (which are described as businesses that we have merged with), however our acquired businesses do form a unique part of our history.Īegon's earliest predecessors were all burial funds from the Netherlands. However, Aegon's history goes back further, due to businesses we acquired in the last few hundred years. ![]() Aegon's official predecessors started operations in 1844. ![]()
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