Company type | Public |
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NYSE: RGA S&P 400 Component | |
ISIN | US7593516047 |
Industry | Reinsurance |
Founded | 1973 |
Headquarters | Chesterfield, Missouri, United States |
Key people | Tony Cheng (CEO) |
Products | Life reinsurance, living benefits reinsurance, health reinsurance, underwriting, financial solutions |
Revenue | $16.2 billion (2022*) *As of December 31, 2022 |
$521 million (2022*) | |
Total assets | $84.9 billion (2022*) |
Number of employees | 4000 [1] (2023) |
Parent | Reinsurance Group of America |
Website | www |
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE: RGA) is a holding company for a global life and health reinsurance entity [2] based in Greater St. Louis within the western suburb of Chesterfield, Missouri, United States. With approximately $3.5 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of $87.4 billion as of September 30, 2023, [3] RGA has grown to become the only international company to focus primarily on life and health-related reinsurance. [4] [5]
General American Reinsurance, a reinsurance division formed in 1973 by General American Life Insurance Company (GA), was the forerunner to RGA. [6] By 1993, GA's reinsurance division had grown its life reinsurance in force to $114.7 billion. [7] General American acquired the life reinsurance business of National Reinsurance of Canada, [8] later renamed General American Life Reinsurance Company of Canada, [9] thereby establishing its first international office; the Canadian business became RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada after RGA's initial public offering (IPO).
Incorporated in 1992 in the state of Missouri, [10] Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA) was formed as a holding company for GA's U.S. and Canadian reinsurance businesses. RGA was taken public by IPO in 1993 on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RGA), with General American retaining a 65% share. [11]
MetLife acquired General American in 2000, including its interest in RGA, [12] and after 8 years of ownership, MetLife spun RGA off to become a fully independent company. [13]
Ranked 257 on the 2023 Fortune 500 list, [14] and named to the 2023 Fortune's list of the "World’s Most Admired Companies". [15] RGA was also named to Forbes' “America’s 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies” 2014 list [16] and the Forbes Global 2000: Best Regarded Companies list. [17] In 2023, RGA was ranked #1 on NMG Consulting's Global All Respondent Business Capability Index (BCI) for the 12th consecutive year, based on feedback from insurance executives in more than 50 markets. [18]
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