The insurer Aegon NV said Thursday it will book 420 million euros ($573 million) in charges on bad bonds and other credit assets in the third quarter.
Its shares, which have declined even more than most European financial shares in recent weeks, rebounded 3.2 percent to 4.24 euros ($5.78), still down about 65 percent for the year.
The Dutch company has two-thirds of its operations in the U.S., where it operates insurer Transamerica.
Aegon said that despite the impairments it "expects its level of capital to remain above what it needs to maintain an AA credit rating through the remainder of the year."
Chief Executive Alex …
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