Press Releases

​ST. LOUIS, September 8, 2011 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) has been named "Life Reinsurance Company of the Year" at the Worldwide Reinsurance Awards sponsored by The Review magazine.

LONDON, July 19, 2011 – Rothesay Life and RGA UK are pleased to announce the signing of a treaty wherein RGA UK is reinsuring a block of Rothesay Life’s longevity risk.

​​ST. LOUIS, May 5, 2011 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), a leading global life reinsurer, today announced it was named to the Fortune 500 list for the second consecutive year.

TOKYO, March 23, 2011 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) announced today that it is donating to the Japanese Red Cross and the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) Disaster Relief Fund in support of their relief efforts to assist the people and communities affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

ST. LOUIS, August 27, 2010 – RGA Reinsurance Company of Australia Limited, a subsidiary of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), has been named "Australia and New Zealand Reinsurance Company of the Year" at the 2010 Australia and New Zealand Insurance Industry Awards.

ST. LOUIS, October 28, 2010 – Mark Showers, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), has been named a 2010 Elite 8 insurance technology leader by Insurance & Technology.

ST. LOUIS, October 6, 2010 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), a leading global life reinsurer, has announced an organizational restructuring with the creation of three global businesses to better align the organization with the needs of its clients worldwide.

ST. LOUIS, October 1, 2010 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) has been named “Best Global Reinsurance Company for Life” at the Reactions Global Awards 2010 ...

​ST. LOUIS, June 11, 2010 – Alain Néemeh, President and Chief Executive Officer of RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada (RGA Canada), has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association Inc. (CLHIA)...

​ST. LOUIS, April 19, 2010 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA), a leading global life reinsurer, is pleased to announce it has entered the prestigious Fortune 500 list of America’s largest corporations at #321.

ST. LOUIS, January 4, 2010 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) today announced it has finalized the acquisition of the U.S. and Canadian group life, accident and health reinsurance business from ReliaStar Life Insurance Company.

​ST. LOUIS, October 16, 2009 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) today announced an agreement with ReliaStar Life Insurance Company ...

ST LOUIS, September 3, 2009 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) has been named “Life Reinsurance Company of the Year” at The Review Worldwide Reinsurance Awards ...

ST. LOUIS, November 26, 2008 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) has been named “Life Reinsurance Company of the Year” by the 12th annual Asia Insurance Industry Awards.

ST. LOUIS, October 6, 2008 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (“RGA”, NYSE:RGA A and RGA.B) today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized and will recommend that the holders of Class A common stock and Class B common stock approve a proposal to convert Class B common stock into Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis ...

ST. LOUIS, September 12, 2008 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (“RGA”) today announced the completion of the previously disclosed recapitalization and split-off from MetLife, Inc. (“MetLife”).

ST. LOUIS, September 5, 2008 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) announced that, at a special meeting of shareholders held today, shareholders approved all proposals ...

NEW YORK and ST. LOUIS, June 2, 2008 – MetLife, Inc. ("MetLife") (NYSE: MET) and Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated ("RGA") (NYSE: RGA) today jointly announced their agreement on a transaction for MetLife to divest substantially all of its 52% interest in RGA through a tax-free split-off of RGA stock to MetLife stockholders.

ST. LOUIS, May 1, 2008 – The U.S. division of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) announced today it had received its 2,000,000th facultative case submission, marking a new milestone for the company.

ST. LOUIS, March 28, 2008 – Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) recently opened an office in Cologne, Germany to serve the German, Austrian and Swiss life insurance markets.