Exhibit 99.10(a)


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut:

We consent to the use of our reports incorporated herein by reference and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm". Our reports on MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut and
subsidiaries (formerly The Travelers Insurance Company) refer to changes in the
Company's methods of accounting and reporting for certain nontraditional
long-duration contracts and for separate accounts in 2004 and for variable
interest entities in 2003.

/s/  KPMG LLP

Hartford, Connecticut
September 22, 2006