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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Off-balance Sheet Risks [Table Text Block] | The Company's commitments to fund investments as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are presented in the following table (dollars in thousands):
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Limited partnerships | $ | 234,309 |  |  | $ | 254,314 |
Commercial mortgage loans | 50,035 |  |  | 33,850 |
Private placements | 48,007 |  |  | — |
Bank loans | 8,494 |  |  | 52,859 |
Equity release mortgages | 6,000 |  |  | 8,549 |
Credit Facilities | The following table provides additional information on the Company’s credit facilities as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (dollars in thousands):
|  |  |  | Amount Utilized(1) |  |
Facility Capacity |  | Maturity Date |  | September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014 |  | Basis of Fees
$ | 850,000 |  |  | September 2019 |  | $ | 297,890 |  |  | $ | 204,774 |  |  | Senior unsecured long-term debt rating
73,200(2) |  |  | November 2015 |  | 73,200 |  |  | 74,623 |  |  | Fixed
120,000 |  |  | June 2019 |  | 80,040 |  |  | 80,040 |  |  | Fixed
35,090(2) |  |  | May 2018 |  | 35,090 |  |  | 28,612 |  |  | Fixed
100,000 |  |  | June 2016 |  | 71,364 |  |  | 81,747 |  |  | Fixed
270,000 |  |  | November 2017 |  | 270,000 |  |  | 270,000 |  |  | Fixed
53,030(2) |  |  | March 2019 |  | 53,030 |  |  | 80,961 |  |  | Fixed
(1) | Represents issued but undrawn letters of credit. There was no cash borrowed for the periods presented.
(2) | Foreign currency facility, amounts presented are in U.S. dollars.
Schedule of Guarantor Obligations [Table Text Block] | RGA’s guarantees issued as of September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are reflected in the following table (dollars in thousands):
| September 30, 2015 |  | December 31, 2014
Treaty guarantees | $ | 740,397 |  |  | $ | 826,496 |
Treaty guarantees, net of assets in trust | 614,679 |  |  | 664,913 |
Borrowed securities | 265,240 |  |  | 201,050 |
Financing arrangements | 100,000 |  |  | 100,000 |
Lease obligations | 4,920 |  |  | 6,085 |
Other Commitments [Table Text Block] | The following table presents the maximum potential obligation for these commitments as of September 30, 2015 (dollars in millions):
Commitment Period | September 30, 2015
2023 | $ | 500 |
2033 | 950 |
2034 | 3,000 |
2035 | 500 |
2036 | 1,432 |

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