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                                                                   MetLife, Inc.
                                                               One MetLife Plaza
                      News                              27-01 Queens Plaza North
For Immediate Release                                 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 COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CITISTREET ASSOCIATES

     NEW YORK, September 1, 2005 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today it
     has completed the acquisition of CitiStreet Associates, a division of
     CitiStreet LLC that is primarily involved in the distribution of annuity
     products and retirement plans to the education, healthcare, and
     not-for-profit markets.

     As previously announced, the CitiStreet Associates transaction is related
     to MetLife's acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity from Citigroup Inc.,
     which closed on July 1, 2005.

     CitiStreet Associates will be combined with MetLife Resources, a division
     of MetLife similarly dedicated to providing retirement plans and financial
     services to the same markets. This combination will be completed on
     January 1, 2006.

     "MetLife Resources and CitiStreet Associates together will dramatically
     increase our market reach in the 403(b) and 457 market," said Robert H.
     Benmosche, chairman and chief executive officer, MetLife, Inc. "We will
     serve in excess of 1.5 million customers in this market, managing more than
     $30 billion in retirement plan assets."

     MetLife did not acquire CitiStreet LLC which is a joint venture owned
     equally by affiliates of Citigroup Inc. and State Street Corp.

     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.


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     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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