<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950138-19-000417.txt : 20190805
<SEC-HEADER>0000950138-19-000417.hdr.sgml : 20190805
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20190805102642
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950138-19-000417
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190805

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EMERSON MICHAEL
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001784059

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11848
		FILM NUMBER:		19997822

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			CHESTERFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63017

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000898174
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				431627032
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MO
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			CHESTERFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6367367000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD
		CITY:			CHESTERFIELD
		STATE:			MO
		ZIP:			63017
</SEC-HEADER>
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<TYPE>3
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2019-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000898174</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>RGA</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001784059</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>EMERSON MICHAEL</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHESTERFIELD</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>63017</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>EVP, Head of US &amp; L/S America</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>11000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2016</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>93.53</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2016-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2026-03-04</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2273</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2019</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>145.25</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2019-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2029-03-01</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2960</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2015</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>90.06</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2015-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2025-03-06</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
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                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2018</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>150.87</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2018-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2028-03-02</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2609</value>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
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        </derivativeHolding>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2017</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>129.80</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2017-12-31</value>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2027-03-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>2925</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ William L. Hutton</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2019-08-05</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>emersonpoa_082019.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR MICHAEL EMERSON
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned, as an officer of Reinsurance Group of America,
Incorporated hereby constitutes and appoints John Hayden, Todd C. Larson and
William L. Hutton, and each of them singly, with full power to sign for me, and
in my name and in the capacity stated below, an application for an Edgar SEC
Form ID, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms concerning beneficial ownership
of equity securities in Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated required
under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and to file the
same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

	I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if
personally present, with full power of substitution or revocations, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-
fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until I am no
longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to my holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by me
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as
of this 23rd day of July, 2019.

/s/ Michael Emerson
___________________
Michael Emerson
</TEXT>
</DOCUMENT>
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