relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . october 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message reinsurance group of america incorporated rga type public traded as nyse rga industry reinsurance founded 1973 headquarters chesterfield missouri united states key people greig woodring chief executive officer reinsurance group of america incorporated anna manning president reinsurance group of america incorporated products reinsurance revenue 10.4 billion 2015 profit 502.2 million 2015 total assets 50.4 billion 2015 number of employees 2201 2015 website www.rgare.com rga reinsurance company is a subsidiary of reinsurance group of america incorporated nyse rga which is an international global life and health reinsurance company with approximately 3.0 trillion of life reinsurance in force and assets of 50.4 billion as of december 31 2015 . business lines include individual life reinsurance individual living benefits reinsurance health reinsurance long term care reinsurance group reinsurance and financial solutions . rga also sells bancassurance and retakaful and offers facultative and underwriting expertise product development risk management e underwriting solutions and client training services . as a global organization rga has received more than 6 million facultative cases since 1979 . rga currently ranks 271 on the 2016 fortune 500 list 1 and was named to forbes america s 50 most trustworthy financial companies 2014 list . 2 contents 1 global operations 2 history 3 references 4 external links global operations edit rga has operations in 26 countries including australia barbados bermuda brazil canada china france germany hong kong china india ireland italy japan malaysia mexico the netherlands new zealand poland singapore south africa south korea spain taiwan the united arab emirates the united kingdom and the united states . history edit rga began operating in the united states in 1973 as general american re a reinsurance division created by general american life insurance company . in 1992 general american chartered reinsurance group of america incorporated rga as a holding company for its reinsurance operations . later that year rga opened its first international office when it acquired national re of canada which went on to become rga life reinsurance company of canada . on may 4 1993 rga began being traded publicly on the new york stock exchange nyse rga . 3 by 1999 rga had opened additional offices in spain hong kong japan australia new zealand south africa the u.k. mexico and taiwan . in 2000 metropolitan life insurance company metlife inc. acquired genamerica corporation which included general american and its subsidiaries thereby gaining effective control of rga . in 2008 rga became a stand alone company after it split off from metlife inc. between 2002 and 2014 rga opened additional offices in south korea india china poland france italy germany the netherlands the united arab emirates and turkey . in 2010 rga completed the acquisition of reliastar s u.s. and canadian group life accident and health reinsurance business which operated under the name ing reinsurance and was owned by reliastar life insurance company . today rga is one of the largest life reinsurance companies in the world . references edit http beta.fortune.com fortune500 reinsurance group of america 271 http www.forbes.com sites kathryndill 2014 04 01 americas 50 most trustworthy financial companies rga history retrieved january 4 2011 external links edit official website 1 2 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title reinsurance group of america & oldid 744483642 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangereinsurance companiescompanies established in 1973hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from october 2014all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages afrikaansdeutsch edit links this page was last modified on 15 october 2016 at 14 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view