DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,665

AEGON USA
DBA TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 24, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Aegon USA, dba Transamerica Life Insurance Company,
Chattanooga, Tennessee (Aegon USA, dba Transamerica Life
Insurance Company). The workers provide computer programming,
business analysis, and testing for computer systems.
The investigation revealed that workers of Aegon USA, dba
Transamerica Life Insurance Company who are engaged in
employment related to providing computer programming, business
analysis, and testing services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment at the
subject facility declined by at least five percent during the
period under investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
computer programming, business analysis, and testing services
from India by Aegon USA, dba Transamerica Life Insurance
Company contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Aegon USA, dba Transamerica Life Insurance Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Aegon USA, dba
Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee,
who are engaged in employment related to providing computer
programming, business analysis, and testing services meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


All workers of Aegon USA, dba Transamerica Life Insurance
Company, Chattanooga, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
20, 2009, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 7th day of October, 2010.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance