As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 1999
                                                     Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                            -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            -----------------------

                                   AEGON N.V.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


       The Netherlands                                             N/A
  (State or jurisdiction of                                  (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               Mariahoeveplein 50
                               2591 TV The Hague
                                The Netherlands
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                            -----------------------

             TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION EMPLOYEES STOCK SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                            -----------------------


                                Craig D. Vermie
                                AEGON USA, Inc.
                            4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
                            Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499


                    (Name and address of agent for service)
  Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (319) 398-8511

                            -----------------------
                                    Copy to:
                        Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Esq.
                             Davis Polk & Wardwell
                              450 Lexington Avenue
                               New York, NY 10017
                                 (212) 450-4000
                            -----------------------


<TABLE>
                                               CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==========================================================================================================================
                                                                      Proposed
                                                                      Maximum
                                                    Amount            Offering           Proposed            Amount of
                 Title of                           to be              Price        Maximum Aggregate      Registration
        Securities to be Registered             Registered(1)       per Share(2)      Offering Price            Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                               <C>                <C>               <C>                    <C>
Common Shares, par value fifty cents
Dutch Guilder per share....................       3,000,000          $73.59375         $220,782,250           $61,378
==========================================================================================================================
</TABLE>
(1)  Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and
     issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
     similar transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), this registration
     statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
     or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan referenced above.
(2)  Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the 1933 Act solely for the
     purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the average of the
     high and low prices of the securities being registered hereby on the New
     York Stock Exchange Composite Transaction Tape on July 16, 1999.

===============================================================================


<PAGE>



                                    PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     AEGON N.V. (the "Registrant") hereby files this Registration Statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 to
register 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares, par value fifty
cents Dutch Guilder per share ("Common Shares"), for issuance pursuant to the
Plan and such indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered
and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to the Plan.

Item 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents previously filed with the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act")
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") are incorporated by
reference herein:

          (1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F, as amended, for the
     fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 and

          (2) All reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 1998 including, to the extent
     specifically designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K.

          (3) The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in
     the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No. 1-10882) filed with the Commission on
     October 4, 1991.

     All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, including any Annual
Report Form 20-F and, to the extent specifically designated therein, certain
reports on Form 6-K, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     Not applicable, see Item 3(3) above.

Item 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     Not applicable. As of the date hereof, Mr. Italiaander owned an amount of
AEGON common shares equal to less than one one-hundredth of one percent of the
total number outstanding of AEGON common shares.


                                       2

<PAGE>



Item 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     The Company has agreed to indemnify each member of the Executive Board and
the Supervisory Board and each officer of the Company if, in the course of
carrying out his duties, such person incurs personal liability under civil law
for the financial consequences thereof, subject to the Company's reservation of
its rights to recover payment made under the indemnity from each such person to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. The Company maintains an
insurance policy with a third party insurer insuring officers and directors
against the foregoing liability.

Item 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.   EXHIBITS

     4.01      Form of Transamerica Corporation Employees Stock Savings Plan.

     4.02      Specimen Share Certificate. (Incorporated herein by reference to
               the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No. 1-10882) filed on October 4,
               1991).*

     5.01      Opinion of Hans Italiaander; Senior Counsel of AEGON N.V.,
               regarding the legality of the Common Shares.

     23.01     Consent of Ernst & Young Accountants.

     23.02     Consent of Hans Italiaander (included in Exhibit 5.01).

     24.01     Power of attorney (included on the signature page of this
               registration statement).
---------
     *Incorporated by reference.


Item 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

      (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     1933 Act;

          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
     post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
     registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
     decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
     securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
     deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range
     may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
     price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
     offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
     this registration statement; and

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
     material change to such information in the registration statement;


                                       3

<PAGE>



provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

      (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and

      (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's Annual Report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.


                                    EXPERTS

     The financial statements incorporated in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F as of December 31, 1998
and 1997 and for each of the three years ended December 31, 1998 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the report of Ernst & Young Accountants,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.


                                 LEGAL MATTERS

     The validity of the Common Shares offered hereunder has been passed upon
by Hans Italiaander, Senior Counsel of AEGON N.V.






                                       4

<PAGE>



                                   SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of The Hague, The Netherlands, on July
21, 1999.

                                   AEGON N.V.



                                   By: /s/ K.J. Storm
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Name:  K.J. STORM
                                      Title: Chairman of the Executive Board



<PAGE>



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints K.J. Storm, D.J. Shepard and Craig D. Vermie,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the
Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
following capacities on July 21, 1999.

          NAME                                    TITLE
          ----                                    -----

/s/ K.J. Storm                      Chairman of the Executive Board
--------------------------------    (Chief Executive Officer)
K.J. STORM


/s/ H.B. Van Wijk                   Executive Board Member
--------------------------------    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
H.B. VAN WIJK


/s/ P. Van de Geijn                 Executive Board Member
--------------------------------    (Executive Officer)
P. VAN DE GEIJN


/s/ D.J. Shepard                    Executive Board Member
--------------------------------
D.J. SHEPARD



<PAGE>



/s/ G. Van Schaik                   Chairman of the Supervisory
---------------------------------   Board of Directors
G. VAN SCHAIK


/s/ H. de Ruiter                    Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------   (Vice Chairman)
H. DE RUITER


/s/ F.J. de Wit                      Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
F.J. DE WIT


/s/ O.J. Olcay                       Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
O.J. OLCAY


/s/ G.A. Posthumus                   Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
G.A. POSTHUMUS


/s/ M. Tabaksblat                    Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
M. TABAKSBLAT


/s/ K.M.H. Peijs                     Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
K.M.H. PEIJS


/s/ D.G. Eustace                     Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
D.G. EUSTACE


/s/ J.F.M. Peters                    Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
J.F.M. PETERS


/s/ Sir Michael Jenkins              Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
SIR MICHAEL JENKINS


/s/ W.F.C. Stevens                   Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
W.F.C. STEVENS


<PAGE>



                           AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on July 21, 1999 by the
undersigned as the duly authorized representative of AEGON N.V. in the United
States.


                                            /s/ Craig D. Vermie
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            CRAIG D. VERMIE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa


<PAGE>



                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                            Sequentially
Number                               Exhibit                       Numbered Page
------                               -------                       -------------
 4.01     Form of Transamerica Corporation Employees Stock
          Savings Plan

 4.02     Specimen Share Certificate. (Incorporated herein by            *
          reference to the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No.
          1-10882) filed on October 4, 1991).

 5.01     Opinion of Hans Italiaander; Senior Counsel of
          AEGON N.V., regarding the legality of the Common
          Shares.

 23.01    Consent of Ernst & Young Accountants.

 23.02    Consent of Hans Italiaander (included in Exhibit 5.01).

 24.01    Power of attorney (included on the signature page of
          this registration statement).



---------
* Incorporated by reference.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 1999
                                                     Registration No. 333-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                            -----------------------

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                        UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                            -----------------------

                                   AEGON N.V.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

       The Netherlands                                             N/A
  (State or jurisdiction of                                  (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

                               Mariahoeveplein 50
                               2591 TV The Hague
                                The Netherlands
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

                            -----------------------

             TRANSAMERICA CORPORATION EMPLOYEES STOCK SAVINGS PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)

                            -----------------------

                                Craig D. Vermie
                                AEGON USA, Inc.
                            4333 Edgewood Road N.E.
                            Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52499

                    (Name and address of agent for service)
  Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (319) 398-8511

                            -----------------------
                                    Copy to:
                        Richard D. Truesdell, Jr., Esq.
                             Davis Polk & Wardwell
                              450 Lexington Avenue
                               New York, NY 10017
                                 (212) 450-4000
                            -----------------------

                                               CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
==========================================================================================================================
                                                                      Proposed
                                                                      Maximum
                                                    Amount            Offering           Proposed            Amount of
                 Title of                           to be              Price        Maximum Aggregate      Registration
        Securities to be Registered             Registered(1)       per Share(2)      Offering Price            Fee
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Shares, par value fifty cents
Dutch Guilder per share....................       3,000,000          $73.59375         $220,782,250           $61,378
==========================================================================================================================
(1)  Plus an indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and
     issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
     similar transactions. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
     Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act"), this registration
     statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered
     or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan referenced above.
(2)  Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the 1933 Act solely for the
     purpose of computing the registration fee, based upon the average of the
     high and low prices of the securities being registered hereby on the New
     York Stock Exchange Composite Transaction Tape on July 16, 1999.

===============================================================================
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

     AEGON N.V. (the "Registrant") hereby files this Registration Statement
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on Form S-8 to
register 3,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Shares, par value fifty
cents Dutch Guilder per share ("Common Shares"), for issuance pursuant to the
Plan and such indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered
and issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or
similar transactions pursuant to the Plan.

Item 3.   INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following documents previously filed with the Commission by the
Registrant pursuant to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act")
or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") are incorporated by
reference herein:

          (1) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F, as amended, for the
     fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 and

          (2) All reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or
     15(d) of the Exchange Act since December 31, 1998 including, to the extent
     specifically designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K.

          (3) The description of the Registrant's Common Shares contained in
     the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No. 1-10882) filed with the Commission on
     October 4, 1991.

     All documents filed with the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, including any Annual
Report Form 20-F and, to the extent specifically designated therein, certain
reports on Form 6-K, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered herein
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

     Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes hereof or of the related prospectus to the extent that
a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
is also incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
Registration Statement.

Item 4.   DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

     Not applicable, see Item 3(3) above.

Item 5.   INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL

     Not applicable. As of the date hereof, Mr. Italiaander owned an amount of
AEGON common shares equal to less than one one-hundredth of one percent of the
total number outstanding of AEGON common shares.

                                       2
Item 6.   INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     The Company has agreed to indemnify each member of the Executive Board and
the Supervisory Board and each officer of the Company if, in the course of
carrying out his duties, such person incurs personal liability under civil law
for the financial consequences thereof, subject to the Company's reservation of
its rights to recover payment made under the indemnity from each such person to
the fullest extent permitted by applicable laws. The Company maintains an
insurance policy with a third party insurer insuring officers and directors
against the foregoing liability.

Item 7.   EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Not Applicable.

Item 8.   EXHIBITS

     4.01      Form of Transamerica Corporation Employees Stock Savings Plan.

     4.02      Specimen Share Certificate. (Incorporated herein by reference to
               the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No. 1-10882) filed on October 4,
               1991).*

     5.01      Opinion of Hans Italiaander; Senior Counsel of AEGON N.V.,
               regarding the legality of the Common Shares.

     23.01     Consent of Ernst & Young Accountants.

     23.02     Consent of Hans Italiaander (included in Exhibit 5.01).

     24.01     Power of attorney (included on the signature page of this
               registration statement).
---------
     *Incorporated by reference.

Item 9.   UNDERTAKINGS

      (a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

      (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

          (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
     1933 Act;

          (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
     the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
     post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
     represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the
     registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
     decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
     securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any
     deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range
     may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission
     pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
     price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
     offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in
     this registration statement; and

          (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
     distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any
     material change to such information in the registration statement;

                                       3
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the
registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that are
incorporated by reference in the registration statement.

      (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the 1933
Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof; and

      (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.

      (b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the 1933 Act, each filing of the registrant's
Annual Report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act (and,
where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's Annual Report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act) that is incorporated by reference in
the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

      (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the 1933 Act
may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.

                                    EXPERTS

     The financial statements incorporated in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F as of December 31, 1998
and 1997 and for each of the three years ended December 31, 1998 have been so
incorporated in reliance on the report of Ernst & Young Accountants,
independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
auditing and accounting.

                                 LEGAL MATTERS

     The validity of the Common Shares offered hereunder has been passed upon
by Hans Italiaander, Senior Counsel of AEGON N.V.

                                       4
SIGNATURES

     The Registrant. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of The Hague, The Netherlands, on July
21, 1999.

                                   AEGON N.V.

                                   By: /s/ K.J. Storm
                                      -----------------------------------------
                                      Name:  K.J. STORM
                                      Title: Chairman of the Executive Board
POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints K.J. Storm, D.J. Shepard and Craig D. Vermie,
and each of them (with full power to each of them to act alone), his true and
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and to file the same with all
exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith with the
Securities and Exchange Commission granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
following capacities on July 21, 1999.

          NAME                                    TITLE
          ----                                    -----

/s/ K.J. Storm                      Chairman of the Executive Board
--------------------------------    (Chief Executive Officer)
K.J. STORM

/s/ H.B. Van Wijk                   Executive Board Member
--------------------------------    (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
H.B. VAN WIJK

/s/ P. Van de Geijn                 Executive Board Member
--------------------------------    (Executive Officer)
P. VAN DE GEIJN

/s/ D.J. Shepard                    Executive Board Member
--------------------------------
D.J. SHEPARD
/s/ G. Van Schaik                   Chairman of the Supervisory
---------------------------------   Board of Directors
G. VAN SCHAIK

/s/ H. de Ruiter                    Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------   (Vice Chairman)
H. DE RUITER

/s/ F.J. de Wit                      Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
F.J. DE WIT

/s/ O.J. Olcay                       Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
O.J. OLCAY

/s/ G.A. Posthumus                   Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
G.A. POSTHUMUS

/s/ M. Tabaksblat                    Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
M. TABAKSBLAT

/s/ K.M.H. Peijs                     Supervisory Board Member
---------------------------------
K.M.H. PEIJS

/s/ D.G. Eustace                     Supervisory Board Member
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D.G. EUSTACE

/s/ J.F.M. Peters                    Supervisory Board Member
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J.F.M. PETERS

/s/ Sir Michael Jenkins              Supervisory Board Member
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SIR MICHAEL JENKINS

/s/ W.F.C. Stevens                   Supervisory Board Member
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W.F.C. STEVENS
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed below on July 21, 1999 by the
undersigned as the duly authorized representative of AEGON N.V. in the United
States.

                                            /s/ Craig D. Vermie
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                                            CRAIG D. VERMIE

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit                                                            Sequentially
Number                               Exhibit                       Numbered Page
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 4.01     Form of Transamerica Corporation Employees Stock
          Savings Plan

 4.02     Specimen Share Certificate. (Incorporated herein by            *
          reference to the Registrant's Form 8-A (File No.
          1-10882) filed on October 4, 1991).

 5.01     Opinion of Hans Italiaander; Senior Counsel of
          AEGON N.V., regarding the legality of the Common
          Shares.

 23.01    Consent of Ernst & Young Accountants.

 23.02    Consent of Hans Italiaander (included in Exhibit 5.01).

 24.01    Power of attorney (included on the signature page of
          this registration statement).

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* Incorporated by reference.