$RGA
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC Stock $rga

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2012 Q4 Form 10-Q Financial Statement

#000119312512454766 Filed on November 06, 2012

Income Statement

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2011 Q3
Revenue	$2.723B	$2.449B	$1.995B
YoY Change	15.96%	22.77%	2.01%
Cost Of Revenue		$1.663B	$1.515B
YoY Change		9.76%	8.67%
Gross Profit		$786.5M	$480.1M
YoY Change		63.8%	-14.51%
Gross Profit Margin		32.11%	24.07%
Selling, General & Admin
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Operating Expenses	$2.370B	$2.215B	$1.808B
YoY Change	11.43%	22.47%	4.47%
Operating Profit		-$1.428B	-$1.328B
YoY Change		7.54%	13.58%
Interest Expense	-$32.30M	$29.75M	$27.03M
YoY Change	14.54%	10.08%	7.28%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net
YoY Change
Pretax Income	$321.1M	$201.5M	$156.4M
YoY Change	66.15%	28.83%	-14.98%
Income Tax	$98.10M	$57.00M	$21.79M
% Of Pretax Income	30.55%	28.29%	13.94%
Net Earnings	$223.0M	$144.5M	$134.6M
YoY Change	60.91%	7.33%	12.68%
Net Earnings / Revenue	8.19%	5.9%	6.75%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$3.02	$1.96	$1.82
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$3.00	$1.95	$1.81
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	73.85M shares	73.78M shares	73.86M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		74.14M shares	74.25M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2011 Q3
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments
YoY Change
Cash & Equivalents	$1.260B	$1.604B	$802.7M
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	$32.91B	$32.10B	$24.27B
YoY Change	31.83%	32.25%	8.8%
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets
YoY Change
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets
Total Long-Term Assets
Total Assets	$40.36B	$39.92B	$31.18B
YoY Change	27.59%	28.03%	7.77%
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	$0.00	$0.00	$200.0M
YoY Change		-100.0%
Total Short-Term Liabilities			$200.0M
YoY Change
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$2.467B	$2.467B	$2.096B
YoY Change	19.35%	17.7%	-5.84%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$14.10B	$14.47B	$9.154B
YoY Change	53.13%	58.11%	1.54%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.56B	$16.94B	$11.25B
YoY Change	46.94%	50.58%	0.08%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities			$200.0M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$16.56B	$16.94B	$11.25B
Total Liabilities	$33.45B	$33.19B	$25.52B
YoY Change	29.58%	30.05%	6.62%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$3.357B	$3.154B	$2.989B
YoY Change	19.12%	5.52%	24.44%
Common Stock	$1.756B	$1.745B	$1.720B
YoY Change	1.6%	1.4%	16.43%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$312.2M	$316.5M	$352.1M
YoY Change	-9.89%	-10.1%	3913.06%
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$6.910B	$6.734B	$5.663B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$40.36B	$39.92B	$31.18B
YoY Change	27.59%	28.03%	7.77%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2012 Q4	2012 Q3	2011 Q3
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$223.0M	$144.5M	$134.6M
YoY Change	60.91%	7.33%	12.68%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization
YoY Change
Cash From Operating Activities	$445.4M	$710.8M	$296.2M
YoY Change	-6.33%	139.97%	0.37%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures
YoY Change
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	-$941.4M	-$241.8M	-$241.6M
YoY Change	463.71%	0.08%	-27.32%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$941.4M	-$241.8M	-$241.6M
YoY Change	463.71%	0.08%	-27.32%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net			$104.2M
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	158.1M	164.6M	61.40M
YoY Change	-205.12%	168.08%	-34.82%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	445.4M	710.8M	296.2M
Cash From Investing Activities	-941.4M	-241.8M	-241.6M
Cash From Financing Activities	158.1M	164.6M	61.40M
Net Change In Cash	-337.9M	633.6M	116.0M
YoY Change	-313.73%	446.21%	103.87%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$445.4M	$710.8M	$296.2M
Capital Expenditures
Free Cash Flow
YoY Change

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CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	29749000	USD
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	27025000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Collateral Financing Expense CollateralFinancingExpense	3069000	USD
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	21794000	USD
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	us-gaap	Premiums Earned Net PremiumsEarnedNet	5726889000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Investment Income NetInvestmentIncome	1066055000	USD
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	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Investments GainLossOnInvestments	143374000	USD
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	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	7117809000	USD
	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Net PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet	4868220000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Credited To Policyholders Account Balances InterestCreditedToPolicyholdersAccountBalances	285080000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	961679000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Cost And Expense Operating OtherCostAndExpenseOperating	319425000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	76431000	USD
	rga	Collateral Financing Expense CollateralFinancingExpense	8840000	USD
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	rga	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Provision For Income Tax IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeProvisionForIncomeTax	598134000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	189230000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	408904000	USD
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	us-gaap	Net Investment Income NetInvestmentIncome	976686000	USD
	us-gaap	Marketable Securities Realized Gain Loss Other Than Temporary Impairments Amount MarketableSecuritiesRealizedGainLossOtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsAmount	19049000	USD
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	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments On Fixed Maturity Securities Transferred To Other Comprehensive Loss OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsOnFixedMaturitySecuritiesTransferredToOtherComprehensiveLoss	3381000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Sale Of Other Investments GainLossOnSaleOfOtherInvestments	27076000	USD
	us-gaap	Gain Loss On Investments GainLossOnInvestments	11408000	USD
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	us-gaap	Revenues Revenues	6481319000	USD
	us-gaap	Policyholder Benefits And Claims Incurred Net PolicyholderBenefitsAndClaimsIncurredNet	4504227000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Credited To Policyholders Account Balances InterestCreditedToPolicyholdersAccountBalances	237510000	USD
	rga	Policy Acquisition Costs And Other Insurance Expenses PolicyAcquisitionCostsAndOtherInsuranceExpenses	785138000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Cost And Expense Operating OtherCostAndExpenseOperating	297340000	USD
	us-gaap	Interest Expense InterestExpense	77412000	USD
	rga	Collateral Financing Expense CollateralFinancingExpense	9372000	USD
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	rga	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Provision For Income Tax IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeProvisionForIncomeTax	570320000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Expense Benefit IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	162854000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	407466000	USD
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	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	5.53
	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	5.49
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	us-gaap	Comprehensive Income Net Of Tax ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	811073000	USD
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	us-gaap	Increase Decrease In Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs IncreaseDecreaseInDeferredPolicyAcquisitionCosts	60792000	USD
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	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Period Increase Decrease CashAndCashEquivalentsPeriodIncreaseDecrease	338990000	USD
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CY2012Q3	rga	Derivatives And Other Investments Net DerivativesAndOtherInvestmentsNet	42404000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses Investments Portion Recognized In Earnings Net OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet	8822000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Impairment Losses On Equity Securities ImpairmentLossesOnEquitySecurities	0	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Realized Gains AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains	34840000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Realized Losses AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses	7182000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Other Impairment Losses And Change In Mortgage Loan Provision OtherImpairmentLossesAndChangeInMortgageLoanProvision	2370000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Derivatives And Other Investments Net DerivativesAndOtherInvestmentsNet	-156066000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Realized Investment Gains Losses RealizedInvestmentGainsLosses	-139600000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Losses Investments Portion Recognized In Earnings Net OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentLossesInvestmentsPortionRecognizedInEarningsNet	15668000	USD
	rga	Impairment Losses On Equity Securities ImpairmentLossesOnEquitySecurities	-3680000	USD
	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Realized Gains AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGains	92423000	USD
	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Realized Losses AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedLosses	20749000	USD
	rga	Other Impairment Losses And Change In Mortgage Loan Provision OtherImpairmentLossesAndChangeInMortgageLoanProvision	4980000	USD
	rga	Derivatives And Other Investments Net DerivativesAndOtherInvestmentsNet	-35938000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	23862000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	59423000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions No Previous Impairment OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment	0	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions No Previous Impairment OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment	5259000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Additional Credit Losses OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses	1306000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Additional Credit Losses OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses	2432000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Reductions Securities Sold OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSold	-20725000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Reductions Securities Sold OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSold	-752000	USD
CY2012Q2	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	45903000	USD
CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	52484000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	-2622000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	0	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	63947000	USD
CY2010Q4	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Credit Losses On Debt Securities Held OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsCreditLossesOnDebtSecuritiesHeld	47291000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions No Previous Impairment OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment	1962000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Additional Credit Losses OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses	10187000	USD
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	-22291000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Reductions Securities Sold OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSold	-29943000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions No Previous Impairment OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsNoPreviousImpairment	6731000	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Additions Additional Credit Losses OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsAdditionsAdditionalCreditLosses	6871000	USD
	rga	Other Than Temporary Impairments Credit Losses On Securities Impaired To Fair Value OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentsCreditLossesOnSecuritiesImpairedToFairValue	0	USD
	us-gaap	Other Than Temporary Impairment Credit Losses Recognized In Earnings Reductions Securities Sold OtherThanTemporaryImpairmentCreditLossesRecognizedInEarningsReductionsSecuritiesSold	-1470000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearAmortizedCost	247507000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsAmortizedCost	3767244000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsAmortizedCost	6172841000	USD
	rga	Fixed Maturity Holdings Industry Types Weighted Average Credit Ratings FixedMaturityHoldingsIndustryTypesWeightedAverageCreditRatings	<div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">September 30, 2012:</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Estimated</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 10px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"> </td><td style="width: 136px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:136px;"> <sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Amortized Cost</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Fair Value</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">% of Total</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Finance</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,551,382</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,802,951</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 32.0</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">%</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Industrial</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 5,583,541</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 6,146,069</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 51.6</font></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Utility</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,715,512</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,914,809</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 16.1</font></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Other</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 34,636</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 35,893</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 0.3</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"> </td><td style="width: 136px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:136px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> Total</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 10,885,071</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 11,899,722</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 100.0</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">%</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"> </td><td style="width: 136px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:136px;"> <sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">December 31, 2011:</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Estimated</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 10px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"> </td><td style="width: 136px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:136px;"> <sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Amortized Cost</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">Fair Value</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">% of Total</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Finance</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 2,411,175</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 2,442,149</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 32.7</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">%</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Industrial</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,402,099</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,760,187</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 50.4</font></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Utility</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,115,384</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,255,090</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 16.9</font></td><td style="width: 15px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td colspan="2" style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Other</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,300</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 3,680</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> -</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"> </td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 13px"><td style="width: 10px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:10px;"> </td><td style="width: 136px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:136px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">Total</font><sup></sup></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 6,931,958</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 7,461,106</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 100.0</font></td><td style="width: 15px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:15px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">%</font></td><td style="width: 5px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:5px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"> </td><td style="width: 146px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:146px;"> </td></tr></table></div>
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CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsAmortizedCost	5484692000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Without Single Maturity Date Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithoutSingleMaturityDateAmortizedCost	3232999000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	251672000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue	3950306000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue	6757674000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue	7329863000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Fair Value Disclosure AvailableForSaleSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure	7461106000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	6931958000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Percentage Of Total Available For Sale Securities PercentageOfTotalAvailableForSaleSecurities	1.000	pure
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	10885071000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Fair Value Disclosure AvailableForSaleSecuritiesFairValueDisclosure	11899722000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Percentage Of Total Available For Sale Securities PercentageOfTotalAvailableForSaleSecurities	1.000	pure
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Losses1 AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses1	153700000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Percentage Of Total Gross Unrealized Losses For Fixed Maturity And Equity Securities PercentageOfTotalGrossUnrealizedLossesForFixedMaturityAndEquitySecurities	1.000	pure
CY2011Q4	rga	Percentage Of Total Gross Unrealized Losses For Fixed Maturity And Equity Securities PercentageOfTotalGrossUnrealizedLossesForFixedMaturityAndEquitySecurities	1.000	pure
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Gross Unrealized Losses1 AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossUnrealizedLosses1	292486000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Outstanding Balance CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesOutstandingBalance	36090000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Carrying Amount Net CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesCarryingAmountNet	31196000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Acquired During Period Contractually Required Payments Receivable At Acquisition CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPaymentsReceivableAtAcquisition	50268000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Acquired During Period Cash Flows Expected To Be Collected At Acquisition CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodCashFlowsExpectedToBeCollectedAtAcquisition	42316000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Acquired During Period At Acquisition At Fair Value CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodAtAcquisitionAtFairValue	30853000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYield	0	USD
	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield Additions CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAdditions	11463000	USD
	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield Accretion CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldAccretion	-6000	USD
	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield Disposals Of Loans CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldDisposalsOfLoans	0	USD
	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield Reclassifications To Nonaccretable Difference CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYieldReclassificationsToNonaccretableDifference	0	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Certain Loans Acquired In Transfer Accounted For As Available For Sale Debt Securities Accretable Yield CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferAccountedForAsAvailableForSaleDebtSecuritiesAccretableYield	11457000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Loans Receivable Commercial Real Estate LoansReceivableCommercialRealEstate	2270214000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Loans Receivable Commercial Real Estate LoansReceivableCommercialRealEstate	1003524000	USD
	rga	Mortgage Loan Internal Credit Risk Grade MortgageLoanInternalCreditRiskGrade	<div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;margin-top:20px;"><tr style="height: 12px"><td colspan="3" style="width: 269px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:269px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">Internal credit risk grade:</font></td><td colspan="2" style="width: 92px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:92px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">September 30, 2012</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 97px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:center;border-color:#000000;min-width:97px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: center;">December 31, 2011</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 257px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:257px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">High investment grade</font></td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,153,162</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 85px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 252,333</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 257px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:257px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Investment grade</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 871,508</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 85px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 526,608</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 257px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:257px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Average</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 134,205</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 85px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 105,177</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 257px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:257px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">Watch list</font></td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 73,977</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 85px; text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 91,037</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td colspan="2" style="width: 257px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:257px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;TEXT-ALIGN: left;">In or near default</font></td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 80px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 37,362</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 85px; border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 28,369</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr><tr style="height: 12px"><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"> </td><td style="width: 245px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:245px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">Total</font></td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 80px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:80px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 2,270,214</font></td><td style="width: 25px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:25px;"> </td><td style="width: 12px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:12px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;">$</font></td><td style="width: 85px; border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:2px;text-align:right;border-color:#000000;min-width:85px;"><font style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman;FONT-SIZE: 8pt;COLOR: #000000;"> 1,003,524</font></td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td><td style="width: 64px; text-align:left;border-color:#000000;min-width:64px;"> </td></tr></table></div>
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Net Credit Losses During Period On Loans Managed Or Securitized NetCreditLossesDuringPeriodOnLoansManagedOrSecuritized	0	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Recoveries Of Bad Debts AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRecoveriesOfBadDebts	0	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Provision For Loss Net AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesProvisionForLossNet	2370000	USD
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CY2011Q2	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Real Estate AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate	7692000	USD
CY2010Q4	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Real Estate AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRealEstate	6239000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Credit Losses During Period On Loans Managed Or Securitized NetCreditLossesDuringPeriodOnLoansManagedOrSecuritized	-4595000	USD
	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Recoveries Of Bad Debts AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRecoveriesOfBadDebts	0	USD
	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Provision For Loss Net AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesProvisionForLossNet	6135000	USD
	us-gaap	Net Credit Losses During Period On Loans Managed Or Securitized NetCreditLossesDuringPeriodOnLoansManagedOrSecuritized	-1157000	USD
	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Recoveries Of Bad Debts AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesRecoveriesOfBadDebts	0	USD
	us-gaap	Allowance For Loan And Lease Losses Provision For Loss Net AllowanceForLoanAndLeaseLossesProvisionForLossNet	4980000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableRecordedInvestment	60904000	USD
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Related Allowance ImpairedFinancingReceivableRelatedAllowance	8188000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Impaired Financing Receivable Net Of Related Allowance ImpairedFinancingReceivableNetOfRelatedAllowance	52716000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	46101000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	570000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	36057000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	234000	USD
	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	52490000	USD
	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Average Recorded Investment ImpairedFinancingReceivableAverageRecordedInvestment	36274000	USD
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	us-gaap	Impaired Financing Receivable Interest Income Accrual Method ImpairedFinancingReceivableInterestIncomeAccrualMethod	780000	USD
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CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Fair Value Of Derivative Liability DerivativeFairValueOfDerivativeLiability	1444304000	USD
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CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassified To Earnings Net CashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassifiedToEarningsNet	0	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassified To Investment Income Net CashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassifiedToInvestmentIncomeNet	-351000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Related To Cash Flow Hedge AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossRelatedToCashFlowHedge	-3901000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss Related To Cash Flow Hedge AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLossRelatedToCashFlowHedge	-828000	USD
	us-gaap	Unrealized Gain Loss On Interest Rate Cash Flow Hedges Pretax Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Loss UnrealizedGainLossOnInterestRateCashFlowHedgesPretaxAccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncomeLoss	-2044000	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassified To Earnings Net CashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassifiedToEarningsNet	0	USD
	us-gaap	Cash Flow Hedge Gain Loss Reclassified To Investment Income Net CashFlowHedgeGainLossReclassifiedToInvestmentIncomeNet	-1029000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Derivatives In Net Asset Liability Position Estimated Fair Value DerivativesInNetAssetLiabilityPositionEstimatedFairValue	179206000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Provided Included In Cash EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralProvidedIncludedInCash	0	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Provided Included In Other Invested Assets EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralProvidedIncludedInOtherInvestedAssets	-35093000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Received Included In Cash EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralReceivedIncludedInCash	-178584000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Received Included In Debt Securities EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralReceivedIncludedInDebtSecurities	-25049000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Net Credit Exposure On Derivative Contracts NetCreditExposureOnDerivativeContracts	10666000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Margin Account For Exchange Traded Futures MarginAccountForExchangeTradedFutures	5376000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Provided Included In Other Invested Assets EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralProvidedIncludedInOtherInvestedAssets	-27052000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Margin Account For Exchange Traded Futures MarginAccountForExchangeTradedFutures	18153000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Provided Included In Cash EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralProvidedIncludedInCash	0	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Derivatives In Net Asset Liability Position Estimated Fair Value DerivativesInNetAssetLiabilityPositionEstimatedFairValue	227399000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Received Included In Debt Securities EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralReceivedIncludedInDebtSecurities	-997000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Net Credit Exposure On Derivative Contracts NetCreditExposureOnDerivativeContracts	11974000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Estimated Fair Value Of Collateral Received Included In Cash EstimatedFairValueOfCollateralReceivedIncludedInCash	-241480000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Funds Held Under Reinsurance Agreements Asset Embedded Derivatives FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisFundsHeldUnderReinsuranceAgreementsAssetEmbeddedDerivatives	-320501000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure	1025410000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Short Term Investments FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisShortTermInvestments	44556000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis Other Invested Assets FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisOtherInvestedAssets	495852000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Reinsurance Ceded Receivable Embedded Derivatives FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisReinsuranceCededReceivableEmbeddedDerivatives	4192000	USD
	us-gaap	Fair Value Level1 To Level2 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount	40435000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Assets Fair Value Disclosure Recurring AssetsFairValueDisclosureRecurring	22907923000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Guaranteed Interest Contracts Embedded Derivatives FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisGuaranteedInterestContractsEmbeddedDerivatives	953804000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Other Liabilities FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisOtherLiabilities	33115000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure Recurring LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureRecurring	986919000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.091	pure
CY2011Q4	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Funds Held Under Reinsurance Agreements Asset Embedded Derivatives FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisFundsHeldUnderReinsuranceAgreementsAssetEmbeddedDerivatives	-361456000	USD
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CY2011Q4	rga	Fair Value Assets Measured On Recurring Basis Other Invested Assets FairValueAssetsMeasuredOnRecurringBasisOtherInvestedAssets	462945000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Reinsurance Ceded Receivable Embedded Derivatives FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisReinsuranceCededReceivableEmbeddedDerivatives	4945000	USD
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CY2011Q4	rga	Fair Value Measured On Recurring Basis Other Liabilities FairValueMeasuredOnRecurringBasisOtherLiabilities	29650000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Liabilities Fair Value Disclosure Recurring LiabilitiesFairValueDisclosureRecurring	1057891000	USD
CY2011Q4	rga	Percentage Of Fixed Maturity Securities Classified As Level3 PercentageOfFixedMaturitySecuritiesClassifiedAsLevel3	0.085	pure
CY2011Q4	us-gaap	Cash And Cash Equivalents Fair Value Disclosure CashAndCashEquivalentsFairValueDisclosure	504522000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Fair Value Level1 To Level2 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount	23586000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Fair Value Level2 To Level1 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel2ToLevel1TransfersAmount	11068000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Fair Value Level1 To Level2 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount	1474000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Fair Value Level2 To Level1 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel2ToLevel1TransfersAmount	5485000	USD
	us-gaap	Fair Value Level2 To Level1 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel2ToLevel1TransfersAmount	22224000	USD
	us-gaap	Fair Value Level1 To Level2 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel1ToLevel2TransfersAmount	27200000	USD
	us-gaap	Fair Value Level2 To Level1 Transfers Amount FairValueLevel2ToLevel1TransfersAmount	5485000	USD
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CY2011Q3	rga	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Provision For Income Tax Segment IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeProvisionForIncomeTaxSegment	156396000	USD
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	rga	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Provision For Income Tax Segment IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeProvisionForIncomeTaxSegment	570320000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes	1784000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	70517000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	54739000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	209347000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Income Tax Expense Benefit At Federal Statutory Income Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate	199612000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	943000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	0	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	6015000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Subpart F IncomeTaxReconciliationSubpartF	0	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Meals And Entertainment IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment	111000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Meals And Entertainment IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment	147000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Meals And Entertainment IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment	350000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Meals And Entertainment IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseMealsAndEntertainment	396000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	105000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	0	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	250000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Deferred Tax Assets Valuation Allowance IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInDeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance	795000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies Domestic IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingenciesDomestic	-747000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies Domestic IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingenciesDomestic	984000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies Domestic IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingenciesDomestic	1276000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Tax Contingencies Domestic IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxContingenciesDomestic	4499000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Life Insurance IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseLifeInsurance	-164000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Life Insurance IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseLifeInsurance	756000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Life Insurance IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseLifeInsurance	-907000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Nondeductible Expense Life Insurance IncomeTaxReconciliationNondeductibleExpenseLifeInsurance	173000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	330000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-30687000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-1319000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Change In Foreign Enacted Tax Rate IncomeTaxReconciliationChangeInForeignEnactedTaxRate	-30687000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes	-4869000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Prior Year Income Taxes IncomeTaxReconciliationPriorYearIncomeTaxes	1778000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	-975000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	63000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	-1715000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	415000	USD
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CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.139	pure
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	us-gaap	Effective Income Tax Rate Continuing Operations EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	0.286	pure
CY2012Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	-5073000	USD
CY2011Q3	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	-1604000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	-7991000	USD
	rga	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Basis Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxBasisDifferential	-4550000	USD
CY2012Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-3174000	USD
CY2011Q3	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-4382000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-10063000	USD
	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Foreign Income Tax Rate Differential IncomeTaxReconciliationForeignIncomeTaxRateDifferential	-9583000	USD
CY2012Q3	rga	Mortgage Loan Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets MortgageLoanPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.067	pure
CY2011Q4	rga	Mortgage Loan Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets MortgageLoanPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.038	pure
CY2011Q4	rga	Other Invested Assets Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets OtherInvestedAssetsPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.039	pure
CY2012Q3	rga	Other Invested Assets Percent Of Cash And Invested Assets OtherInvestedAssetsPercentOfCashAndInvestedAssets	0.037	pure

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