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*
Bartlett William J

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1370 TIMBERLAKE MANOR PARKWAY

(Street)
CHESTERFIELD MO 63017

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/26/2004
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)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
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 0 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)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
/s/ William L. Hutton Attorney-in-fact 05/28/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                             POWER OF ATTORNEY
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I, the undersigned, as a director and/or executive officer of Reinsurance
Group of America, Incorporated hereby constitutes and appoint Jack B. Lay,
James E. Sherman, 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 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 May 26, 2004.

Signature
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/s/ William J. Bartlett
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William J. Bartlett