Dr. Lauren Acton, Chief Medical Officer for RGA South Africa, joined the company in April 2024. Her key responsibilities include collaboration with cross-functional teams (globally and locally) to deliver insurance medicine insights and support, reinsurance products and solutions, and guidance to reinsurance partners. These span underwriting, claims, pricing, and business development.
Lauren’s role focuses on strategic initiatives, thought leadership, and client engagement. She represents RGA on the Association for Savings and Investment SA’s Medical and Underwriting Standing Committee in South Africa.
She completed her medical degree at the University of Pretoria in 2006, then furthered her studies with a masters in bioethics at the University of Stellenbosch in 2013.
Lauren has experience in both public and private healthcare and worked as a general practitioner prior to entering the insurance industry in 2016. Subsequently, she has worked for global reinsurers and a local primary insurer with experience across the value chain of life insurance.