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Transfers of financial assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Statement [LineItems] |
Schedule of Fair Values of Available-for-Sale (AFS) Instruments |
Securities lending |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Carrying amount of transferred financial assets |  | 2,734 |  | 3,718
Fair value of cash collateral received |  | 2,146 |  | 2,480
Fair value of non-cash collateral received |  | 780 |  | 1,356
Net exposure |  | (192) |  | (117)
Non-cash collateral that can be sold or repledged in the absence of default |  | 618 |  | 1,171
Non-cash collateral that has been sold or transferred |  | - |  | -
Summary of Carrying Amount of Financial Assets | The following table reflects the carrying amount of financial assets that have been transferred to another party in such a way that part or all of the transferred financial assets do not qualify for derecognition. Furthermore, it reflects the carrying amounts of the associated liabilities.
|  | 2019
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Financial assets at fair
|  | Available-for-sale financial assets |  |  |  | value through profit or loss
|  | Shares |  | Debt securities |  | Debt securities |  | Investments for account of policyholders
Carrying amount of transferred assets |  | 144 |  | 3,127 |  | 20 |  | 161
Carrying amount of associated liabilities |  | 155 |  | 3,304 |  | 21 |  | 4
|  | 2018
|  | Available-for-sale financial assets |  |  |  | Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Investments for account
|  | Shares |  | Debt securities |  | Debt securities |  | of policyholders
Carrying amount of transferred assets |  | 81 |  | 3,310 |  | 404 |  | 249
Carrying amount of associated liabilities |  | 91 |  | 3,396 |  | 416 |  | 69
Summary of Reverse Repurchase Agreements |
Reverse repurchase agreements |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Cash paid for reverse repurchase agreements |  | 4,980 |  | 2,195
Fair value of non-cash collateral received |  | 5,003 |  | 2,224
Net exposure |  | (23) |  | (29)
Non-cash collateral that can be sold or repledged in the absence of default |  | 4,640 |  | 1,740
Non-cash collateral that has been sold or transferred |  | - |  | -
Summary of Carrying Amount of Collateral Pledged and the Corresponding Amounts | The following tables present the carrying amount of collateral pledged and the corresponding amounts.
Assets pledged for general account and contingent liabilities |  | 2019 |  | 2018
General account (contingent) liabilities |  | 2,664 |  | 4,844
Collateral pledged |  | 3,726 |  | 6,694
Net exposure |  | (1,061) |  | (1,849)
Non-cash collateral that can be sold or repledged by the counterparty |  | - |  | -
Assets pledged for repurchase agreements |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Cash received on repurchase agreements |  | 719 |  | 322
Collateral pledged (transferred financial assets) |  | 718 |  | 325
Net exposure |  | - |  | (3)
Residential mortgage- backed securities [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Schedule of Fair Values of Available-for-Sale (AFS) Instruments | The fair values of Aegon Americas’ available-for-sale (AFS) RMBS instruments were determined as follows:
|  |  | Level II |  |  |  | Level III |  |  |  | Total 2019 |  |  |  | Level II |  |  |  | Level III |  |  |  | Total 2018 |
RMBS |  |  | 2,188 |  |  |  | 34 |  |  |  | 2,222 |  |  |  | 2,060 |  |  |  | 42 |  |  |  | 2,102 |
Commercial mortgage- backed securities (CMBSs) [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Schedule of Fair Values of Available-for-Sale (AFS) Instruments | The fair values of Aegon Americas’ available-for-sale (AFS) CMBS instruments were determined as follows:
|  | Level II |  | Level III |  | Total 2019 |  | Level II |  | Level III |  | Total 2018
CMBS |  | 3,427 |  | - |  | 3,427 |  | 3,310 |  | 4 |  | 3,314
Asset backed securities [member] |
Statement [LineItems] |
Schedule of Fair Values of Available-for-Sale (AFS) Instruments | The fair values of Aegon Americas and Aegon the Netherlands available-for-sale (AFS) ABS instruments were determined as follows:
|  |  | Level II |  |  |  | Level III |  |  |  | Total 2019 |  |  |  | Level II |  |  |  | Level III |  |  |  | Total 2018 |
ABSs |  |  | 2,668 |  |  |  | 664 |  |  |  | 3,332 |  |  |  | 3,650 |  |  |  | 853 |  |  |  | 4,503 |

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