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                                                                  MetLife, Inc.
For Immediate Release News                                    One MetLife Plaza
                                                       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 THIRD QUARTER 2007 PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, August 15, 2007 -- MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today that it
has declared third quarter 2007 dividends of $0.4063333 per share on the
company's floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA)
and $0.4062500 per share on MetLife's 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock,
Series B (NYSE: METPrB). Both dividends are payable September 17, 2007 to
shareholders of record as of August 31, 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 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, the



development of new products by new and existing competitors and for personnel;
(iii) investment losses and defaults; (iv) unanticipated changes in industry
trends; (v) catastrophe losses; (vi) ineffectiveness of risk management policies
and procedures; (vii) changes in accounting standards, practices and/or
policies; (viii) changes in assumptions related to deferred policy acquisition
costs, value of business acquired or goodwill; (ix) 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; (x) discrepancies between actual experience
and assumptions used in establishing liabilities related to other contingencies
or obligations; (xi) adverse results or other consequences from litigation,
arbitration or regulatory investigations; (xii) downgrades in the company's and
its affiliates' claims paying ability, financial strength or credit ratings;
(xiii) regulatory, legislative or tax changes that may affect the cost of, or
demand for, the company's products or services; (xiv) MetLife, Inc.'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; (xv) deterioration in the experience of
the "closed block" established in connection with the reorganization of
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; (xvi) economic, political, currency and
other risks relating to the company's international operations; (xvii) the
effects of business disruption or economic contraction due to terrorism or other
hostilities; (xviii) the company's ability to identify and consummate on
successful terms any future acquisitions, and to successfully integrate acquired
businesses with minimal disruption; and (xix) other risks and uncertainties
described from time to time in MetLife, Inc.'s filings with the U.S. 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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