MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut

                               Power of Attorney

                              William J. Mullaney
                                   Director

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, William J. Mullaney, a director of
MetLife Life and Annuity Company of Connecticut (formerly The Travelers Life and
Annuity Company), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate,
Paul G. Cellupica, Richard S. Collins, John E. Connolly, Jr., James L. Lipscomb,
Gina C. Sandonato, Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally,
my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to
execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in
connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and
all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, in connection with MetLife Registered
Account Annuity (formerly, Travelers Registered  Account Annuity) (File No.
333-69753), Registered Fixed Account Option (File No. 333-49462), MetLife Target
Maturity (formerly, Travelers Target Maturity) (File No. 333-83076) and
Travelers Target Maturity Series II (File No. 333-123003), and to have full
power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each
and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the
same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them,
may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall
have power to act hereunder with or without the others.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of
March, 2007.



                                         /s/ William J. Mullaney
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                                         William J. Mullaney