---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-000685"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGA"
cik: "0000898174"
company_name: "REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T21:34:46.417843+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Frederick J. Sievert retires from RGA board; George Nichols joins Jan. 1, 2022

## Summary
- Sievert retired effective Dec. 31, 2021 under mandatory retirement policy.
- Board size temporarily decreased to 12 directors.
- George Nichols joined the Board on Jan. 1, 2022, restoring board to 13 members.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-000685
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGA
- cik: 0000898174
- company_name: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2022-01-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312522000685/0001193125-22-000685-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312522000685/d52170d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-000685.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Frederick J. Sievert retired as Director at REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director
  source text: Effective December 31, 2021, Frederick J. Sievert retired from the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the “Company”), pursuant to the mandatory retirement provisions of the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312522000685/0001193125-22-000685-index.htm
- Executive change
  George Nichols was appointed as Director at REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC.
  - Action: joined
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Company previously announced that George Nichols joined the Board effective January 1, 2022, resulting in thirteen members of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312522000685/0001193125-22-000685-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.