Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On May 29, 2024, Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (the “Company”) announced the pending retirement of Todd Larson, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Larson will step down from the role of Chief Financial Officer effective on or about August 5, 2024 and will remain employed by the Company until December 31, 2024, serving as Special Advisor to Tony Cheng, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. In connection with Mr. Larson’s transition to retirement, the Company plans to appoint Axel André as Executive Vice President, Finance on or about June 24, 2024. The Company expects to name Mr. André as Chief Financial Officer on or about August 5, 2024, when Mr. Larson steps down from that role.
Axel André, 48, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of American Equity Investment Life Holding Company from September 2021 until May 2024. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Jackson Financial Inc. from February 2020 until February 2021. Mr. André served in various roles at AIG Life & Retirement (now Corebridge Financial) from 2013 until 2020 and was previously Managing Director, Global Insurance Strategies at Goldman, Sachs & Co. He received a M.Sci from Imperial College (University of London) and a PhD in Physics from Harvard University.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
In a press release dated May 29, 2024, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1, and the text of which is incorporated by reference herein, the Company announced the organizational changes described in the first paragraph of this Current Report.
The information in this Item 7.01 and the contents of Exhibit 99.1 will not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section, nor will such information or exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following documents are filed as exhibits to this report: