$RGA
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC Stock $rga

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2014 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000089817414000030 Filed on November 05, 2014

Income Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
Revenue	$2.697B	$2.717B	$2.390B
YoY Change	-1.44%	13.67%	-2.42%
Cost Of Revenue		$1.855B	$1.715B
YoY Change		8.17%	3.14%
Gross Profit		$861.6M	$674.9M
YoY Change		27.65%	-14.18%
Gross Profit Margin		31.71%	28.24%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$2.427B	$2.446B	$2.155B
YoY Change	-1.74%	13.53%	-2.72%
Operating Profit		-$1.585B	-$1.480B
YoY Change		7.09%	3.59%
Interest Expense	$6.000M	$36.07M	$30.83M
YoY Change	-115.96%	16.98%	3.64%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$276.7M	$231.8M	$201.7M
YoY Change	20.59%	14.93%	0.11%
Income Tax	$85.70M	$73.82M	$63.74M
% Of Pretax Income	30.97%	31.84%	31.6%
Net Earnings	$191.1M	$158.0M	$138.0M
YoY Change	31.82%	14.53%	-4.51%
Net Earnings / Revenue	7.08%	5.82%	5.77%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$2.78	$2.30	$1.95
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$2.75	$2.28	$1.93
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	68.70M shares	68.64M shares	70.87M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		69.34M shares	71.39M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents	$1.646B	$1.119B	$1.423B
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	$33.98B	$32.90B	$31.92B
YoY Change	13.45%	3.07%	-0.54%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$44.65B	$42.91B	$39.53B
YoY Change	12.55%	8.56%	-1.0%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable
YoY Change
Accrued Expenses
YoY Change
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00
YoY Change
Long-Term Debt Due
YoY Change
Total Short-Term Liabilities
YoY Change
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$3.072B	$2.797B	$2.699B
YoY Change	13.82%	3.63%	9.4%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$13.59B	$13.61B	$13.38B
YoY Change	0.72%	1.69%	-7.56%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.66B	$16.40B	$16.08B
YoY Change	2.9%	2.02%	-5.09%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.66B	$16.40B	$16.08B
Total Liabilities	$37.63B	$36.23B	$33.63B
YoY Change	11.54%	7.73%	1.33%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$4.240B	$4.074B	$3.545B
YoY Change	15.84%	14.94%	12.37%
Common Stock	$1.799B	$1.786B	$1.779B
YoY Change	1.15%	0.37%	1.98%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$672.4M	$679.3M	$528.1M
YoY Change	32.17%	28.63%	66.83%
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$7.023B	$6.680B	$5.896B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$44.65B	$42.91B	$39.53B
YoY Change	12.55%	8.56%	-1.0%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2014 Q4	2014 Q3	2013 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$191.1M	$158.0M	$138.0M
YoY Change	31.82%	14.53%	-4.51%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization
YoY Change
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.098B	$330.4M	$445.9M
YoY Change	130.58%	-25.9%	-37.27%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$14.10M	-$31.00M
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$780.2M	-$390.3M	-$106.4M
YoY Change	-4.93%	266.82%	-56.0%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$794.1M	-$421.4M	-$106.4M
YoY Change	-3.24%	296.05%	-56.0%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	254.2M	-133.3M	100.5M
YoY Change	-275.92%	-232.64%	-38.94%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	1.098B	330.4M	445.9M
Cash From Investing Activities	-794.1M	-421.4M	-106.4M
Cash From Financing Activities	254.2M	-133.3M	100.5M
Net Change In Cash	558.1M	-224.3M	440.0M
YoY Change	-214.13%	-150.98%	-30.56%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$1.098B	$330.4M	$445.9M
Capital Expenditures	-$14.10M	-$31.00M
Free Cash Flow	$1.112B	$361.4M
YoY Change

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	us-gaap	Payments Of Debt Issuance Costs PaymentsOfDebtIssuanceCosts	0	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments Of Dividends PaymentsOfDividends	56465000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Available For Sale Securities PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecurities	3496639000	USD
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	us-gaap	Payments To Acquire Businesses Net Of Cash Acquired PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired	0	USD
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	us-gaap	Premiums Earned Net PremiumsEarnedNet	6041029000	USD
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	us-gaap	Realized Investment Gains Losses RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	225416000	USD
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	us-gaap	Proceeds From Recoveries Of Loan Previously Charged Off ProceedsFromRecoveriesOfLoanPreviouslyChargedOff	0	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Recoveries Of Loan Previously Charged Off ProceedsFromRecoveriesOfLoanPreviouslyChargedOff	121000	USD
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	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Mortgage Notes Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfMortgageNotesReceivable	341989000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale And Collection Of Mortgage Notes Receivable ProceedsFromSaleAndCollectionOfMortgageNotesReceivable	262226000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	3370036000	USD
	us-gaap	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecurities	2838099000	USD
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	us-gaap	Proceeds From Stock Options Exercised ProceedsFromStockOptionsExercised	9212000	USD
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	us-gaap	Provision For Loan And Lease Losses ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses	1763000	USD
	us-gaap	Provision For Loan And Lease Losses ProvisionForLoanAndLeaseLosses	531000	USD
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	us-gaap	Reclassification From Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Current Period Net Of Tax ReclassificationFromAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeCurrentPeriodNetOfTax	-3826000	USD
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	us-gaap	Repayments Of Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfLongTermDebt	0	USD
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	us-gaap	Repayments Of Other Long Term Debt RepaymentsOfOtherLongTermDebt	0	USD
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	us-gaap	Repayments Of Short Term Debt RepaymentsOfShortTermDebt	0	USD
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	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	8206781000	USD
CY2014Q3	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	2716588000	USD
	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	7581559000	USD
	us-gaap	Schedule Of Repurchase Agreements ScheduleOfRepurchaseAgreements	<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The following table includes the amount of borrowed securities, repurchased securities pledged and repurchased/reverse repurchased securities pledged and received as of </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">September 30, 2014</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> and </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">December 31, 2013</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> (dollars in millions).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;text-align:left;"><tr><td colspan="16" rowspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td width="48%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="2%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="10%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td><td width="1%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="7" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">September 30, 2014</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="7" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">December 31, 2013</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Amortized</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Cost</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Estimated </font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Fair Value</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Amortized</font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Cost</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;border-top:1px solid #000000;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Estimated </font></div><div style="text-align:center;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Fair Value</font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Borrowed securities</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">204</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">211</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">93</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">$</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">93</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Repurchase program securities pledged</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">90</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">104</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">—</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">—</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Repurchase program/reverse repurchase program:</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;padding-left:12px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Securities pledged</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">298</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">310</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">300</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">311</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:12px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">Securities received</font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">n/a</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">341</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">n/a</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;padding-right:2px;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="overflow:hidden;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;padding-left:2px;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:2px;" rowspan="1"><div style="text-align:right;font-size:8pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:8pt;">344</font></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;background-color:#cceeff;" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><div style="text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br clear="none"/></font></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div>
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CY2013Q4	rga	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Related To Cash Flow Hedge AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossRelatedToCashFlowHedge	-4578000	USD
CY2014Q2	rga	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Related To Cash Flow Hedge AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossRelatedToCashFlowHedge	457000	USD
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CY2014Q3	rga	Collateral Financing Expense CollateralFinancingExpense	2571000	USD
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	rga	Derivatives And Other Investments Net DerivativesAndOtherInvestmentsNet	200563000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-645000	USD
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CY2014Q3	rga	Impairment Losses On Equity Securities ImpairmentLossesOnEquitySecurities	0	USD
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CY2013Q3	rga	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Provision For Income Tax Segment IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeProvisionForIncomeTaxSegment	201695000	USD
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CY2013Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-925000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-386000	USD
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	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	-3727000	USD
CY2013Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	12508000	USD
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	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	10555000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	3226000	USD
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	rga	Investment Revenue InvestmentRevenue	1277309000	USD
	rga	Investment Revenue InvestmentRevenue	1306241000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Investment Revenue InvestmentRevenue	462804000	USD
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CY2014Q3	rga	Net Credit Exposure On Derivative Contracts NetCreditExposureOnDerivativeContracts	14438000	USD
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CY2014Q3	rga	Other Impairment Losses And Change In Mortgage Loan Provision OtherImpairmentLossesAndChangeInMortgageLoanProvision	2041000	USD
	rga	Other Impairment Losses And Change In Mortgage Loan Provision OtherImpairmentLossesAndChangeInMortgageLoanProvision	5686000	USD
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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	0	USD
CY2013Q3	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	1449000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	0	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.093
CY2013Q4	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.102
CY2014Q3	rga	Percentage Of Total Available For Sale Securities PercentageOfTotalAvailableForSaleSecurities	1.000
CY2013Q4	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
CY2014Q3	rga	Percentage Of Total Gross Unrealized Losses For Fixed Maturity And Equity Securities PercentageOfTotalGrossUnrealizedLossesForFixedMaturityAndEquitySecurities	1.000
CY2014Q3	rga	Performance Contingent Units PerformanceContingentUnits	200000	shares
CY2014Q3	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	336411000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	995943000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	1100658000	USD
CY2013Q3	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	268081000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Policy Loans Percent Of Total Investments PolicyLoansPercentOfTotalInvestments	0.038
CY2014Q3	rga	Policy Loans Percent Of Total Investments PolicyLoansPercentOfTotalInvestments	0.035
	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	683500000	USD
CY2013Q3	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	410400000	USD
	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	872200000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Proceeds From Sale Of Available For Sale Securities Sold At Loss ProceedsFromSaleOfAvailableForSaleSecuritiesSoldAtLoss	225600000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Reinsurance Claims Recoverables ReinsuranceClaimsRecoverables	134100000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Reinsurance Claims Recoverables ReinsuranceClaimsRecoverables	155400000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Reinsurance Recoverables Ceded Credit Risk ReinsuranceRecoverablesCededCreditRisk	360500000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Reinsurance Recoverables Ceded Credit Risk ReinsuranceRecoverablesCededCreditRisk	359200000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Securities As Percentage Of Consolidated Stockholder Equity SecuritiesAsPercentageOfConsolidatedStockholderEquity	0.10
	rga	Securities Borrowed Or Pledged Minimum Fair Value Percentage SecuritiesBorrowedOrPledgedMinimumFairValuePercentage	1
CY2014Q3	rga	Shares Granted To Non Employee Directors SharesGrantedToNonEmployeeDirectors	15925	shares
CY2013Q4	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit Between Subsidiaries UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditBetweenSubsidiaries	995500000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit Between Subsidiaries UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditBetweenSubsidiaries	1216300000	USD
CY2013Q4	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit In Favor Of Third Parties UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditInFavorOfThirdParties	210300000	USD
CY2014Q3	rga	Undrawn Outstanding Letters Of Credit In Favor Of Third Parties UndrawnOutstandingLettersOfCreditInFavorOfThirdParties	195400000	USD
	dei	Amendment Flag AmendmentFlag	false
	dei	Current Fiscal Year End Date CurrentFiscalYearEndDate	--12-31
	dei	Document Fiscal Period Focus DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus	Q3
	dei	Document Fiscal Year Focus DocumentFiscalYearFocus	2014
	dei	Document Period End Date DocumentPeriodEndDate	2014-09-30
	dei	Document Type DocumentType	10-Q
	dei	Entity Central Index Key EntityCentralIndexKey	0000898174
CY2014Q4	dei	Entity Common Stock Shares Outstanding EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding	68696255	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
CY2014Q3	invest	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	9878160000	USD
CY2013Q4	invest	Derivative Notional Amount DerivativeNotionalAmount	8943979000	USD

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