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                                                                   Exhibit 23.2


                        Independent Auditors' Consent


The Board of Directors
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(No. 333-51777) on Form S-3 of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated of 
our reports dated January 29, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance
sheets of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated and subsidiaries as of
December 31, 1997 and 1996, 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, 1997, and all related schedules, which reports are
included in the December 31, 1997 annual report on Form 10-K of Reinsurance
Group of America, Incorporated, and to the reference to our firm under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.


                                        /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


St. Louis, Missouri
May 11, 1998