$RGA
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC Stock $rga

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2014 Q2 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000089817414000024 Filed on August 05, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q2	2013 Q4	2013 Q2
Revenue	$2.833B	$2.737B	$2.591B
YoY Change	9.36%	0.5%	9.05%
Cost Of Revenue	$1.842B		$2.031B
YoY Change	-9.29%		24.92%
Gross Profit	$991.1M		$560.1M
YoY Change	76.97%		-25.35%
Gross Profit Margin	34.99%		21.62%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$2.495B	$2.470B	$2.633B
YoY Change	-5.25%	4.21%	23.4%
Operating Profit	-$1.504B		-$2.073B
YoY Change	-27.46%		49.84%
Interest Expense	$35.21M	-$37.60M	$29.92M
YoY Change	17.69%	16.41%	28.07%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$300.5M	$229.5M	-$74.76M
YoY Change	-502.01%	-28.53%	-134.63%
Income Tax	$102.2M	$84.50M	-$25.15M
% Of Pretax Income	34.02%	36.82%
Net Earnings	$198.3M	$145.0M	-$49.61M
YoY Change	-499.69%	-34.99%	-135.16%
Net Earnings / Revenue	7.0%	5.3%	-1.92%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.87	$2.05	-$0.69
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.84	$2.03	-$0.69
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	69.08M shares	70.59M shares	72.35M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding	69.72M shares		72.35M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q2	2013 Q4	2013 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents	$1.119B	$923.6M	$973.6M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
Inventory
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables
Other Receivables
Total Short-Term Assets
YoY Change
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment
YoY Change
Goodwill		$7.000M
YoY Change		0.0%
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments	$32.85B	$29.95B	$31.76B
YoY Change	3.42%	-8.99%	0.8%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$43.17B	$39.67B	$38.79B
YoY Change	11.29%	-1.7%	1.16%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$110.0M	$0.00	$120.0M
YoY Change	-8.33%
Long-Term Debt Due	$110.0M		$120.0M
YoY Change	-8.33%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$110.0M		$120.0M
YoY Change	-8.33%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$2.697B	$2.699B	$2.303B
YoY Change	17.11%	9.4%	11.42%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$13.40B	$13.49B	$13.58B
YoY Change	-1.28%	-4.31%	-4.68%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.10B	$16.19B	$15.88B
YoY Change	1.39%	-2.26%	-2.64%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$110.0M		$120.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.10B	$16.19B	$15.88B
Total Liabilities	$36.48B	$33.74B	$32.90B
YoY Change	10.88%	0.86%	2.51%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$3.942B	$3.660B	$3.429B
YoY Change	14.97%	9.02%	13.03%
Common Stock	$1.785B	$1.779B	$1.774B
YoY Change	0.62%	1.28%	1.86%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$666.1M	$508.7M	$496.5M
YoY Change	34.17%	62.95%	52.15%
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$6.689B	$5.936B	$5.888B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$43.17B	$39.67B	$38.79B
YoY Change	11.29%	-1.7%	1.16%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q2	2013 Q4	2013 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$198.3M	$145.0M	-$49.61M
YoY Change	-499.69%	-34.99%	-135.16%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization
YoY Change
Cash From Operating Activities	$366.6M	$476.2M	$310.2M
YoY Change	18.18%	6.92%	17.68%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$43.30M
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$92.20M	-$820.7M	-$22.60M
YoY Change	-507.96%	-12.82%	-91.8%
Cash From Investing Activities	$48.90M	-$820.7M	-$22.60M
YoY Change	-316.37%	-12.82%	-91.8%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	-175.7M	-144.5M	-285.6M
YoY Change	-38.48%	-191.4%	-386.75%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	366.6M	476.2M	310.2M
Cash From Investing Activities	48.90M	-820.7M	-22.60M
Cash From Financing Activities	-175.7M	-144.5M	-285.6M
Net Change In Cash	239.8M	-489.0M	2.000M
YoY Change	11890.0%	44.72%	-97.72%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$366.6M	$476.2M	$310.2M
Capital Expenditures	-$43.30M
Free Cash Flow	$409.9M
YoY Change

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	rga	Other Impairment Losses And Change In Mortgage Loan Provision OtherImpairmentLossesAndChangeInMortgageLoanProvision	3645000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Other Invested Assets Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets OtherInvestedAssetsPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.032
CY2013Q4	rga	Other Invested Assets Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets OtherInvestedAssetsPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.041
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	1449000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	0	USD
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	0	USD
CY2013Q2	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	1449000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments On Fixed Maturity Securities Transferred To Other Comprehensive Loss OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsOnFixedMaturitySecuritiesTransferredToOtherComprehensiveLoss	0	USD
CY2013Q2	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments On Fixed Maturity Securities Transferred To Other Comprehensive Loss OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsOnFixedMaturitySecuritiesTransferredToOtherComprehensiveLoss	306000	USD
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments On Fixed Maturity Securities Transferred To Other Comprehensive Loss OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsOnFixedMaturitySecuritiesTransferredToOtherComprehensiveLoss	0	USD
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments On Fixed Maturity Securities Transferred To Other Comprehensive Loss OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsOnFixedMaturitySecuritiesTransferredToOtherComprehensiveLoss	306000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.091
CY2013Q4	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.102
CY2013Q4	rga	Percentage Of Total Available For Sale Securities PercentageOfTotalAvailableForSaleSecurities	1.000
CY2014Q2	rga	Percentage Of Total Available For Sale Securities PercentageOfTotalAvailableForSaleSecurities	1.000
CY2013Q4	rga	Percentage Of Total Gross Unrealized Losses For Fixed Maturity And Equity Securities PercentageOfTotalGrossUnrealizedLossesForFixedMaturityAndEquitySecurities	1.000
CY2014Q2	rga	Percentage Of Total Gross Unrealized Losses For Fixed Maturity And Equity Securities PercentageOfTotalGrossUnrealizedLossesForFixedMaturityAndEquitySecurities	1.000
CY2014Q2	rga	Performance Contingent Units PerformanceContingentUnits	200000	shares
CY2014Q2	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	409374000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	727862000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	764247000	USD
CY2013Q2	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	370505000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Policy Loans Percent Of Total Investments PolicyLoansPercentOfTotalInvestments	0.038
CY2014Q2	rga	Policy Loans Percent Of Total Investments PolicyLoansPercentOfTotalInvestments	0.035
	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	457900000	USD
CY2013Q2	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	257600000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	222800000	USD
	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	461900000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Reinsurance Claims Recoverables ReinsuranceClaimsRecoverables	134100000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Reinsurance Claims Recoverables ReinsuranceClaimsRecoverables	155100000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Reinsurance Recoverables Ceded Credit Risk ReinsuranceRecoverablesCededCreditRisk	367300000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Reinsurance Recoverables Ceded Credit Risk ReinsuranceRecoverablesCededCreditRisk	359200000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Securities As Percentage Of Consolidated Stockholder Equity SecuritiesAsPercentageOfConsolidatedStockholderEquity	0.10
CY2014Q2	rga	Securities As Percentage Of Consolidated Stockholder Equity SecuritiesAsPercentageOfConsolidatedStockholderEquity	0.10
	rga	Securities Borrowed Or Pledged Minimum Fair Value Percentage SecuritiesBorrowedOrPledgedMinimumFairValuePercentage	1
CY2014Q2	rga	Shares Granted To Non Employee Directors SharesGrantedToNonEmployeeDirectors	15925	shares
CY2014Q2	rga	Syndicated Revolving Credit Facility Capacity SyndicatedRevolvingCreditFacilityCapacity	850000000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit Between Subsidiaries UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditBetweenSubsidiaries	1137700000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit Between Subsidiaries UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditBetweenSubsidiaries	995500000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit In Favor Of Third Parties UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditInFavorOfThirdParties	210300000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit In Favor Of Third Parties UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditInFavorOfThirdParties	212500000	USD
CY2013Q2	rga	Weighted Average Number Diluted Shares Outstanding Assuming Exercise Of Share Based Payment Arrangements WeightedAverageNumberDilutedSharesOutstandingAssumingExerciseOfShareBasedPaymentArrangements	72800000	shares
	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	Q2
	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2014
	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2014-06-30
	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-Q
	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0000898174
CY2014Q3	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	68562030	shares
	dei	Entity Current Reporting Status EntityCurrentReportingStatus	Yes
	dei	Entity Filer Category EntityFilerCategory	Large Accelerated Filer
	dei	Entity Registrant Name EntityRegistrantName	REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC
	dei	Entity Voluntary Filers EntityVoluntaryFilers	No
	dei	Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer	Yes
CY2014Q2	invest	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	9250744000	USD
CY2013Q4	invest	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	8943979000	USD

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