METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     We, the  undersigned  members  of the Board of  Directors  of  Metropolitan
Series Fund,  Inc. (the "Fund"),  hereby  severally  constitute  and appoint the
President,  any Vice  President,  the Treasurer,  the  Secretary,  any Assistant
Treasurer,  and any Assistant  Secretary and the other officers of the Fund, and
each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys,  with full power to them and
each of them to sign, for us, and in our names and in the  capacities  indicated
below,  any and all  registration  statements  on Form N-14  relating to (a) the
reorganization of Legg Mason Partners Managed Assets Portfolio,  a Series of Met
Investors Series Trust, into BlackRock  Diversified  Portfolio,  a series of the
Fund and (b) the reorganization of FI Large Cap Portfolio, a series of the Fund,
into BlackRock Legacy Large Cap Growth Portfolio,  a series of the Fund, and any
and all  amendments  thereto  to be  filed  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 and/or the Investment Company
Act of 1940,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  our  signatures as they may be
signed by our said  attorneys to any and all such  registration  statements  and
amendments thereto.

Witness our hands on the date set forth below.



                                                                        
Signature                                   Title                              Date


/s/ H. Jesse Arnelle                        Director                           November 7, 2008
H. Jesse Arnelle


/s/ Elizabeth M. Forget                     President, CEO & Chairman of the   November 7, 2008
Elizabeth M. Forget                         Board


/s/ Steve A. Garban                         Director                           November 7, 2008
Steve A. Garban


/s/ Nancy Hawthorne                         Director                           November 7, 2008
Nancy Hawthorne


/s/ John T. Ludes                           Director                           November 7, 2008
John T. Ludes


/s/ Michael S. Scott Morton                 Director                           November 7, 2008
Michael S. Scott Morton


/s/ Linda B. Strumpf                        Director                           November 7, 2008
Linda B. Strumpf


/s/ Arthur G. Typermass                     Director                           November 7, 2008
Arthur G. Typermass

                                         (May be executed in counterparts)