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Schedule V Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Abstract]

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REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED
SCHEDULE V—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(in millions)
Description				Balance at Beginning of Period			Charges to Costs and Expenses			Charged to Other Accounts			Deductions			Balance at End of Period
2012
Allowance on income taxes				$	8.6		$	--		$	1.6		$	0.1		$	10.1
Valuation allowance for mortgage loans					11.8			6.3			--			6.5			11.6
2011
Allowance on income taxes				$	3.9		$	--		$	5.4		$	0.7		$	8.6
Valuation allowance for mortgage loans					6.2			9.5			--			3.9			11.8
2010
Allowance on income taxes				$	3.5		$	--		$	3.2		$	2.8		$	3.9
Valuation allowance for mortgage loans					5.8			7.4			--			7.0			6.2

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The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 09

-Article 12



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e24092-122690

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