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                                                                    Exhibit 23.1










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

     We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration
     statement (No. 333-51777) on Form S-3, the registration statement
     (No. 33-62274) on Form S-8 and registration statement (No.
     333-27167) on Form S-8 of Reinsurance Group of America,
     Incorporated of our reports dated January 25, 2000, relating to
     the consolidated balance sheets of Reinsurance Group of America,
     Incorporated and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1999 and 1998,
     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, 1999, and all related schedules, which
     reports appear or are incorporated by reference in the December
     31, 1999, annual report on Form 10-K of Reinsurance Group of
     America, Incorporated.


                                             /s/ KPMG LLP









     St. Louis, Missouri
     March 23, 2000