---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-088164"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGA"
cik: "0000898174"
company_name: "REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T22:28:18.880236+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RGA issues $400M of 6.375% subordinated debentures due 2056

## Summary
- Issued $400M aggregate principal of 6.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Subordinated Debentures due September 15, 2056.
- Net proceeds approximately $396M after underwriting discounts; to be used for general corporate purposes, including refinancing debt.
- Interest fixed at 6.375% through September 15, 2036, then resets every five years at Five-Year Treasury Rate plus 2.344%.
- Debentures are unsecured, subordinated, and rank equally with RGA's existing 5.75% and 7.125% subordinated debentures.
- Underwriters include BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, U.S. Bancorp Investments, and Wells Fargo Securities.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-088164
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGA
- cik: 0000898174
- company_name: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2026-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526088164/0001193125-26-088164-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526088164/d50383d8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 55071d46d84911808e2807971c171f9ac36148d9
  claim: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC incurred senior notes of $400 million with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. at 6.375% per annum maturing September 15, 2056.
  evidence_excerpt: On March 3, 2026, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the “Company”) completed the offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of its 6.375% Fixed-Rate Reset Subordinated Debentures due 2056
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526088164/0001193125-26-088164-index.htm
- claim_id: f46b71d982427124858f93ddf5df9a3d33cb26c4
  claim: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC entered into Twelfth Supplemental Indenture with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. valued at $400 million (effective 2026-03-03).
  evidence_excerpt: The Debentures were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 21, 2012 (the “Base Indenture”), by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2026, by and between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture as so supplemented, the “Indenture”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526088164/0001193125-26-088164-index.htm

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