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      FORM 4                                               OMB APPROVAL
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                                                  OMB Number:          3235-0287
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

     Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
        Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
            Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Lay                                   Jack                          B.
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(Last)                               (First)                     (Middle)

1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway
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                                  (Street)

Chesterfield                                 Missouri             63017-6039
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(City)                                       (State)              (Zip)

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2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (NYSE:RGA)
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3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary)

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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year

03/04/03
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
             (Check all applicable)

[   ]   Director                            [   ]   10% Owner
[ X ]   Officer (give title below)          [   ]   Other (specify below)

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

  X   Form filed by One Reporting Person
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      Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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                                     TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
                                                        OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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6. 4. 5. Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or Amount of ship 3. Disposed of (D) Securities Form: 7. 2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct Nature of 2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- Owned Following (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) Reported Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Date, if any ------------ Amount or Price Transaction(s) (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (Month/ (Month/ Code V (D) (Instr. 3 (Instr. 4)(Instr. 4) Day/Year) Day/Year) and 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
==================================================================================================================================== TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES) ====================================================================================================================================
9. Number of 10. Deriv- Owner- 2. ative ship Conver- 5. 7. Secu- Form of 11. sion Number of Title and Amount rities Deriv- Nature or 3A. Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. Bene- ative of Exer- Deemed 4. Securities Date Securities Price ficially Secu- In- cise 3. Execu- Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of Owned rities: direct Price Trans- tion action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- Following Direct Bene- 1. of action Date, Code of (D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative Reported (D) or ficial Title of Deriv- Date if any (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secu- Trans- Indirect Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ (Month/ 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number rity action(s) (I) ship Security Secu- Day/ Day/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) rity Year) Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Performance Common Share 1-for-1 03/04/03 A 2,093.0 (1) (1) Stock 2,093.0 2,093.0 D - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================
Explanation of Responses: (1) Vests in 1/3 increments on each of December 31, 2003, 2004, and 2005; exercisable in limited circumstances set forth in the registrant's Executive Performance Share Plan. /s/ William L. Hutton, Attorney-in-fact March 5, 2003 - --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.