Exhibit 99.2

                                                                Public Relations
                                                                   MetLife, Inc.
For Immediate Release                                          One MetLife Plaza
                                                        27-01 Queens Plaza North
[MetLife Logo]                                        Long Island City, NY 11101


Contacts:  For Media:      John Calagna
                           (212) 578-6252

           For Investors:  Tracey Dedrick
                           (212) 578-5140

                   METLIFE FILES SHELF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

NEW YORK, April 27, 2005 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced that it filed
today a universal shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange
Commission covering $11 billion of securities. An additional approximately $3.9
billion of registered but unissued securities remaining from the company's prior
shelf registration statement is being included in the shelf registration. The
shelf registration will permit the offer and sale, from time to time, of a wide
range of debt and equity securities, including preferred securities of a
subsidiary trust guaranteed by MetLife, Inc. The terms of any offering will be
established at the time of the offering.

Any offering of securities covered by the registration statement will be made
only by means of written prospectuses and prospectus supplements. The
registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission but has not become effective. Securities may
not be sold and offers to buy may not be accepted prior to the time that the
registration becomes effective. This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell, nor the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of
securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be
unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state.

MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading provider of
insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional
customers. The MetLife companies serve individuals in approximately 13 million
households in the U.S. and provide benefits to 37 million employees and family
members through their plan sponsors. Outside the U.S., the MetLife companies
serve approximately 9 million customers through direct insurance operations in
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South
Korea, Taiwan and Uruguay. For more information about MetLife, please visit the
company's Web site at www.metlife.com.

This release contains statements which constitute forward- looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including statements relating to trends in the company's operations and
financial results and the business and the products of the company and its
subsidiaries, as well as other statements including words such as "anticipate,"
"believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "intend" and other similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements are made based upon management's current
expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential
effects on the company. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of
future performance.

Actual results may differ materially from those included in the forward-looking
statements as a result of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to
the following: (i) changes in general economic conditions, including the
performance of financial markets and interest rates; (ii) heightened
competition, including with respect to pricing, entry of new competitors and the
development of new products by new and existing competitors; (iii) unanticipated
changes in industry trends; (iv) the company's primary reliance, as a holding
company, on dividends from its subsidiaries to meet debt


payment obligations and the applicable regulatory restrictions on the ability
of the subsidiaries to pay such dividends; (v) deterioration in the experience
of the "closed block" established in connection with the reorganization of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; (vi) catastrophe losses; (vii) adverse
results or other consequences from litigation, arbitration or regulatory
investigations; (viii) regulatory, accounting or tax changes that may affect the
cost of, or demand for, the company's products or services; (ix) downgrades in
the company's and its affiliates' claims paying ability, financial strength or
credit ratings; (x) changes in rating agency policies or practices; (xi)
discrepancies between actual claims experience and assumptions used in setting
prices for the company's products and establishing the liabilities for the
company's obligations for future policy benefits and claims; (xii) discrepancies
between actual experience and assumptions used in establishing liabilities
related to other contingencies or obligations; (xiii) the effects of business
disruption or economic contraction due to terrorism or other hostilities; (xiv)
the company's ability to identify and consummate on successful terms any future
acquisitions, and to successfully integrate acquired businesses with minimal
disruption; and (xv) other risks and uncertainties described from time to time
in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including
its S-1 and S-3 registration statements. The company specifically disclaims any
obligation to update or revise any forward- looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

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