Release Details

ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2001--Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE:RGA), will release second quarter earnings on Thursday, July 26, at approximately 5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The release will be issued via newswire and will also be available through RGA's website, www.rgare.com.

A live audio webcast of management's second quarter conference call beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on Friday, July 27, will be available on the company's investor relations web page at www.rgare.com. A replay of the conference call will be available at the same address for 10 days following the conference call.

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, RGA Reinsurance Company and RGA Life Reinsurance Company of Canada, is among the largest providers of life reinsurance in North America. In addition to its North American operations, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated has subsidiary companies, branch offices or representative offices in Argentina, Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. Worldwide, the Company has in excess of $545 billion of life reinsurance in force, and assets of $6.1 billion. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is the beneficial owner of approximately 58 percent of RGA's outstanding shares.

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