RGA Reinsurance Company Japan Branch
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This entry sits under life-insurers INDEX. Read it against General Reinsurance Japan Branch as a US-headquartered reinsurer peer, and against Swiss Re Japan Branch / Hannover Re Japan Branch for life-reinsurance competitive context. The domestic-reinsurer contrast remains Toa Reinsurance, and broader system map is insurance index.
TL;DR
This is the Japan branch of RGA Reinsurance Company, a subsidiary of U.S.-based Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. (NYSE: RGA). As the Japan branch of one of the world’s largest specialist reinsurers focused on life & health reinsurance, it is listed in the FSA life-insurance company license list (foreign life insurers, etc.). It assumes mortality, medical, longevity, and disability risks of Japanese life insurers with global capital.
1. License / group boundary
| Item | Notes |
|---|---|
| Legal name | RGA Reinsurance Company Japan Branch |
| Parent | Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (Missouri, USA; NYSE: RGA) |
| License route | Insurance Business Act foreign life-insurance company, etc. / FSA foreign life-insurer license category |
| Protection scheme | Outside the Life Insurance Policyholders Protection Corporation because it is reinsurance-only and has no direct individual primary policies |
| Business type | Life reinsurance + Health reinsurance + Longevity reinsurance |
| Wiki role | Foreign reinsurer Japan branch — life reinsurance specialist anchor |
2. Business lines in Japan
- Individual Life Reinsurance — mortality-risk reinsurance for individual term and whole-life insurance (traditional cession)
- Health Reinsurance — reinsurance for medical, cancer, specified disease, and disability risks
- Longevity Reinsurance — annuity and longevity risk, including pension asset-liability management solutions
- Financial Solutions — structured reinsurance and financial reinsurance for capital-efficiency improvement
- Underwriting & Product Development — technical support for life-insurance product development and underwriting assessment, providing reinsurance know-how
4. Why this page matters
- Anchor for a major player in Japan’s life-reinsurance market — adds a “life specialist” axis to the JapanFG reinsurance map, which had leaned toward P&C reinsurance
- System link connecting with life insurers such as nippon-life / dai-ichi-life / aflac-japan
- Together with gen-re-japan / swiss-re-japan, forms the US / European foreign reinsurer map
Related
Sources
- RGA official: Japan operations page (https://www.rgare.com/about-rga/our-company/global-operations/japan, see 2026-05-24)
- FSA: insurance company license list (https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/hoken.pdf, see 2026-05 )
- FSA: life-insurance company license list, including foreign life insurers (https://www.fsa.go.jp/menkyo/menkyoj/seimei.pdf)
[!info] Validation Status confidence: likely. RGA’s specialist life-reinsurance position and Japan branch registration in the FSA foreign life-insurer license category are based on public information. Japan-branch underwriting volume and contract counts are discretionary disclosures; this entry provides a structural and role overview.
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