---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-276808"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RGA"
cik: "0000898174"
company_name: "REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC"
filed_at: "2026-06-22T13:02:51+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T13:04:10.923410+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RGA CFO Axel André resigns; Laura Cockrill named CFO effective June 22, 2026

## Summary
- CFO Axel André will depart on July 17, 2026, to pursue a new opportunity.
- Laura Cockrill, formerly Chief Strategy Officer, appointed CFO effective June 22, 2026.
- Cockrill has been with RGA since 2000 and previously served as Deputy CFO and CFO for the Americas region.
- Cockrill will remain a member of RGA's Executive Committee.
- CEO Tony Cheng thanked André for his contributions and expressed confidence in Cockrill.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-276808
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RGA
- cik: 0000898174
- company_name: REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T13:02:51+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526276808/0001193125-26-276808-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526276808/d147490d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Axel André resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On June 15, 2026, Axel André, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the “Company”), informed the Company of his resignation from the Company effective July 17, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526276808/0001193125-26-276808-index.htm
- Executive change
  Laura Cockrill was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at REINSURANCE GROUP OF AMERICA INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Effective June 22, 2026, Laura Cockill, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, will assume the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/898174/000119312526276808/0001193125-26-276808-index.htm

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