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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Laughlin John P Jr

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

16600 SWINGLEY RIDGE ROAD

(Street)

CHESTERFIELD

63017

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC [ RGA ]

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

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

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

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	24,263	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2013	12/31/2013	02/21/2023	Common Stock	7,799	58.77	D
Stock Option (right to purchase) 2010	12/31/2014	02/19/2020	Common Stock	6,336	47.1	D
Stock Option (right to purchase) 2009	12/31/2013	02/18/2019	Common Stock	4,753	32.2	D
Stock Option (right to purchase) 2008	12/31/2012	02/20/2018	Common Stock	3,941	56.03	D
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2014	12/31/2014	03/07/2024	Common Stock	5,514	78.48	D
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2016	12/31/2016	03/04/2026	Common Stock	6,523	93.53	D
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2015	12/31/2015	03/06/2025	Common Stock	5,623	90.06	D
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2011	12/31/2011	02/22/2021	Common Stock	5,753	59.74	D
Stock Appreciation Right (right to purchase) 2012	12/31/2012	02/28/2022	Common Stock	7,324	56.65	D

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

Exhibit List - Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney for John Laughlin

	/s/ William L. Hutton, Attorney-in-Fact for John Laughlin	01/09/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

The undersigned, as a director 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 6th day of January, 2017.

/s/ John Laughlin

John Laughlin