Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On November 16, 2023, MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), issued a news release announcing that two of its subsidiaries, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a New York-domiciled insurance company (“MLIC”), and Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company, a Nebraska-domiciled insurance company (“MTL” and, together with MLIC, the “Ceding Companies”), completed the previously announced transactions (collectively, the “Transaction”) with Global Atlantic Financial Group under the Master Transaction Agreement, dated May 25, 2023, entered into with Commonwealth Annuity and Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts-domiciled corporation (“CwA”), and First Allmerica Financial Life Insurance Company, a Massachusetts-domiciled insurance company (“FAFLIC” and, together with CwA, the “Reinsurers”). Additional details about the Transaction can be found in such news release, which is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
As provided in General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information and exhibit provided pursuant to this Item 7.01 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, nor shall they be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
At the closing of the Transaction on November 16, 2023, (i) MLIC and FAFLIC entered into a coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement, and (ii) MTL and CwA entered into a coinsurance and modified coinsurance agreement, pursuant to which, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, the Ceding Companies ceded to the Reinsurers approximately $19 billion of U.S. retail life insurance comprised of universal life, variable universal life, and universal life with secondary guarantees, and fixed annuity statutory reserves.
Each Ceding Company will remain as administrator and service provider for the applicable policies to be reinsured. MetLife Investment Management, LLC will also manage a significant amount of the assets under a five-year investment management agreement.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) Exhibits
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