RGA is a global reinsurer focused exclusively on life and health reinsurance and financial solutions, serving insurers in 25 markets with actuarial and mortality data analytics.
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA), founded in 1973, is a global reinsurer that concentrates exclusively on life and health reinsurance and related financial solutions. The company works with life and health insurers to help them manage the consequences of an uncertain future, combining local market insight with a global perspective across 25 markets worldwide. It grew from a startup reinsurance business into what it describes as one of the world's largest and most respected life and health reinsurers.
RGA's main lines of business are life reinsurance, health reinsurance, and innovative reinsurance and financial solutions. As of December 31, 2025 the company reported $4.3 trillion of life reinsurance in force and $156.6 billion in assets. It ranked #196 in the Fortune 500 in 2025 and has been rated the #1 reinsurer for business capability in the NMG Consulting Global All Respondents Business Capability Index for 14 consecutive years.
Technical work at RGA draws on actuarial science, mortality data analytics, risk modelling, data analytics, and life and health underwriting. The company maintains one of the largest mortality databases in the world, which supports its analytics and risk-assessment work for insurers. Its stated purpose is to make financial protection accessible to all.
