Public Relations

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

(MetLife(R)  Logo)



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

                   For Investors:  Tracey Dedrick
                                   (212) 578-5140


              METLIFE ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2007 PREFERRED STOCK
                 DIVIDEND ACTIONS, SUBJECT TO FINAL CONFIRMATION

     NEW YORK, February 16, 2007 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today
     that it has declared first quarter 2007 dividends of $0.3975000 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), subject to the
     final confirmation that it has met the financial tests specified in the
     Series A and Series B preferred stock, which MetLife anticipates will be
     made on or about March 5, 2007, the earliest date permitted in accordance
     with the terms of the securities. Both dividends will be payable March 15,
     2007 to shareholders of record as of February 28, 2007.

     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 MetLife, Inc. 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. 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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