Speakers

Anna Manning is President and Chief Executive Officer of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). She assumed the role of CEO on January 1, 2017, and of President in December 2015. Anna is also a member of RGA’s Board of Directors.

She first joined RGA in 2007. From 2008 until 2011, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for RGA’s International Division. In 2011 she was named Executive Vice President and Head of U.S. Markets and later assumed responsibility for RGA’s Mexican and Latin American markets as well. In 2014 Anna was named Senior Executive Vice President, Global Structured Solutions, with responsibilities for leading RGA’s transactional businesses.

Anna has more than three decades of leadership experience in the insurance industry. Before coming to RGA, Anna spent nearly two decades with the Toronto office of Towers Perrin’s Tillinghast insurance consulting practice, where she provided consulting services to the insurance industry in mergers and acquisitions, value-added performance measurement, product development, and financial reporting.

Anna is Chair of the Longer Life Foundation, a not-for-profit collaboration between RGA and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis that supports and funds groundbreaking research on longevity and wellness. In June 2020, she was elected to the Board of Directors of the Geneva Association, a leading international think tank of the insurance industry. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees at Washington University and the BJC HealthCare Board of Directors, and she is a member of Greater St. Louis, Inc., an organization that brings together business and civic leaders to create jobs, expand inclusive economic growth, and improve St. Louis’ global competitiveness.

Anna is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA). She received a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Toronto.

Jonathan Porter is Executive Vice President and Global Chief Risk Officer for Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA), a role that incorporates both management of RGA’s global enterprise risk management and corporate pricing oversight. He has deep insights into RGA’s global business, having previously served as Chief Pricing Actuary of International Markets, and more recently as Senior Vice President, Global Analytics and In-Force Management, which he continues to lead. He is also a member of RGA’s Executive Committee.

Before joining RGA in 2008, Jonathan worked for Manulife Financial for almost 15 years, where his last position was Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Life Insurance.

Jonathan received a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of Waterloo. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (FCIA).

Lawrence (Larry) S. Carson is Executive Vice President of the Global Financial Solutions (GFS) unit of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated. GFS is responsible for RGA’s asset-intensive, capital-motivated, and bulk longevity reinsurance businesses, collaborating worldwide to support client capital needs with customized reinsurance solutions. Larry is a member of RGA’s Executive Committee.

Most recently, Larry was Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary of GFS, where he oversaw all aspects of pricing and risk management. Before joining RGA in 1999, he was with the actuarial firm of Milliman and Robertson (now Milliman Inc.), where he worked on demutualizations, mergers and acquisitions valuations, and market conduct class-action settlements. Previously, he was with Equitable Life Assurance Society, where he held several actuarial positions.

Larry received a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) degree in mathematics with honors from Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA). He has served in various roles with the Society of Actuaries Reinsurance Section Council, was a member of the Academy’s Life Reinsurance Work Group and has spoken at numerous industry meetings.

Tony Cheng, Executive Vice President, Head of Asia, Australia, and EMEA for RGA Reinsurance Company (RGA), leads and provides executive oversight for RGA Asia, Australia, and EMEA operations. He is a member of RGA’s Executive Committee.

Tony, who joined RGA in 1997, has nearly a quarter-century of life insurance industry experience. He joined RGA in 1997 as Chief Actuary of Malaysian Life Reinsurance Group Berhad, RGA’s joint venture with the Life Insurance Association of Malaysia. He moved to RGA’s headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1999, and then relocated to Hong Kong in 2002. In 2004, Tony was named Chief Executive Officer of the Hong Kong office, responsible for all business activity in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and in 2011, was appointed Senior Vice President, Asia, an expanded role incorporating overall management of RGA Asia.

Tony received a Bachelor of Economics (B.Ec.) degree from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia, and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis’s John M. Olin School of Business. He became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia (FIAA) in 1997. An active participant in the Actuarial Society of Hong Kong, Tony was elected its President in 2008 and served as a council member of the Society from 2005 to 2015. He has also served as Chair of its Experience and Life Committees.

Ron Herrmann is Executive Vice President, Head of U.S. and Latin American Markets for RGA Reinsurance Company (RGA). He oversees U.S. Mortality Markets, U.S. Individual Health, U.S. Group Reinsurance, and RGA Latin America. He is also a member of the RGA Executive Committee.

Ron’s extensive insurance industry career includes more than 20 years of senior-level experience at major life and multi-line insurance companies. Most recently, he served as Head of Individual Life and Employee Benefits at Equitable and was also a member of the company’s Operating Committee.

He brings to RGA extensive corporate transactional experience. Over the course of his career, Ron has served in strategic roles in mergers, spin-offs, and acquisitions with both the acquiring and acquired entities. In addition, Ron has held senior sales and sales management roles for three large national and international insurance companies.

Ron graduated from Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in finance. He is a Certified Financial PlannerTM, a member of the American Council of Life Insurers’ CEO Steering Committee on Prudential Issues, its CEO Steering Committee on Taxation, and its Reinsurance Executive Council. He is also active with LIMRA and FINSECA, and he sits on the board of the Charlotte (North Carolina) Regional Business Alliance.

Todd C. Larson is Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). Named to this post in May 2016, he is responsible for RGA’s financial and capital management as well as for its financial reporting functions. These functions include: oversight of enterprise financial management and controls; capital market issuances by the company; development and submission of all filings required by the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory bodies; and communication of corporate and financial information to the rating and investment communities. He is a member of RGA’s Executive Committee.

Previously, Todd was Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer of RGA, a role that incorporated management of RGA’s global enterprise risk and corporate pricing oversight. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Treasurer, responsible for coordinating external reporting, management of financial reporting for RGA’s various operating segments and subsidiaries, and RGA’s capital management and treasury functions.

Todd joined RGA in 1995 as Vice President and Controller. Previously, he was Assistant Controller for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. He started his career with KPMG Peat Marwick LLP in Chicago, where he was a senior manager in the audit practice.

Todd received his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in accountancy from Northern Illinois University. He is a board member of the SSM Health Hospice and Home Health Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri.

J. Jeffrey (Jeff) Hopson is Senior Vice President, Investor Relations of Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA). He is responsible for managing RGA’s financial communications with the investment community. Jeff, who came to RGA in September 2013, has several decades of experience in the field of investment analysis, following a wide range of life and property casualty insurance and asset management firms. A ten-time All-Star Analyst in The Wall Street Journal’s annual Best of the Street poll, Jeff is also a member of the Journal’s Analysts Hall of Fame.

Prior to joining RGA, Jeff was a Managing Director and Senior Analyst with the St. Louis-based brokerage and investment firm of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company. Previously, he served in a variety of roles with the St. Louis-based regional brokerage firm of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., culminating as Vice President, Senior Analyst and Group Leader, Financial Services. Jeff’s Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and M.B.A. degrees in Finance are from Saint Louis University. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).