UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Missouri (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		1-11848 (Commission File Number)		43-1627032 (IRS Employer Identification Number)

1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway, Chesterfield, Missouri 63017
(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (636) 736-7000

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

     On August 23, 2011, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated announced that Graham S. Watson, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Global Mortality Products, expressed his intention to retire from his position effective in January 2012 and relinquished his role as Head of Global Mortality Products. Related to this announcement, Alain Néemeh has assumed the role of Head of Global Mortality Products, effective immediately, and will also continue in his current roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada, and Executive Vice President, Global Pricing Integrity.

SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.