Public Relations

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



MetLife(R)                                                        [MetLife LOGO]


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

                  For Investors:    Tracey Dedrick
                                    (212) 578-5140


         METLIFE DECLARES FOURTH QUARTER 2006 PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, November 15, 2006 -- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) declared fourth quarter
2006 dividends of $0.4038125 per share on the company's floating rate
non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA) and $0.4062500 per share
on the company's 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B (NYSE: METPrB).
Both dividends are payable December 15, 2006 to shareholders of record as of
November 30, 2006.

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and financial services with
operations throughout the United States and the Latin America, Europe and Asia
Pacific regions. Through its domestic and international subsidiaries and
affiliates, MetLife, Inc. reaches more than 70 million customers around the
world and MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States (based on
life insurance in-force). The MetLife companies offer life insurance,
annuities, auto and home insurance, retail banking and other financial
services to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and
retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other
institutions. 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 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.

                                      # # #