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                                                          Exhibit 23.1




      The Board of Directors and Stockholders
      Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated:

      We consent to incorporation by reference in registration
      statement (No. 33-62274) on Form S-8 of Reinsurance Group
      of America, Incorporated of our report dated February 7,
      1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
      Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated and
      subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995, and the
      related consolidated statements of income, stockholders'
      equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the
      three-year period ended December 31, 1996, and all
      related schedules, which report appears in the December
      31, 1996, annual report on Form 10-K of Reinsurance Group
      of America, Incorporated.


                                 /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP









      St. Louis, Missouri
      March 24, 1997


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