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


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

                For Investors:   Tracey Dedrick
                                 (212) 578-5140


                   METLIFE DECLARES PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, August 22, 2005 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) declared dividends of
$0.286569 per share on the company's floating rate non-cumulative preferred
stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA) and $0.4017361 per share on MetLife's 6.50%
non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B (NYSE: METPrB).  Both dividends are
payable September 15, 2005 to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2005.

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to
millions of individual and institutional customers throughout the United States.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. offers life insurance,
annuities, automobile and homeowner's insurance and retail banking services to
individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement and savings
products and services to corporations and other institutions.  Outside the U.S.,
the MetLife companies have direct insurance operations in Asia Pacific, Latin
America and Europe.  For more information, please visit 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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