Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated Added to Fortune 500 List
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. The annual ranking, which ranks U.S.-based companies by total revenue, will appear in the May 3 issue of FORTUNE magazine.
RGA began operations in 1973, and has since grown to become the second-largest life reinsurer in North America and the third-largest in the world. The company serves clients in more than 65 countries, providing life reinsurance, facultative underwriting, product development, financially motivated reinsurance services, and other risk management solutions. RGA is the leading facultative reinsurer in the life insurance industry, employing its expertise and capacity to help clients around the world solve problems associated with impaired risk and large cases.
“It is an honor to be named to the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in America,” said A. Greig Woodring, President and Chief Executive Officer of RGA. “Credit for this achievement belongs to RGA’s employees, who consistently lead the life reinsurance industry in delivering expert solutions and innovative products. Being added to the Fortune 500 caps a very rewarding year, during which RGA received several significant awards from insurance industry bodies around the world.”
About RGA
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is among the largest global providers of life reinsurance with subsidiary companies or offices in Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Worldwide, the company has approximately $2.3 trillion of life reinsurance in force, and assets of $25.2 billion.
RGA began operations in 1973, and has since grown to become the second-largest life reinsurer in North America and the third-largest in the world. The company serves clients in more than 65 countries, providing life reinsurance, facultative underwriting, product development, financially motivated reinsurance services, and other risk management solutions. RGA is the leading facultative reinsurer in the life insurance industry, employing its expertise and capacity to help clients around the world solve problems associated with impaired risk and large cases.
“It is an honor to be named to the Fortune 500 list of the largest companies in America,” said A. Greig Woodring, President and Chief Executive Officer of RGA. “Credit for this achievement belongs to RGA’s employees, who consistently lead the life reinsurance industry in delivering expert solutions and innovative products. Being added to the Fortune 500 caps a very rewarding year, during which RGA received several significant awards from insurance industry bodies around the world.”
About RGA
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated is among the largest global providers of life reinsurance with subsidiary companies or offices in Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. Worldwide, the company has approximately $2.3 trillion of life reinsurance in force, and assets of $25.2 billion.