METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT
                               1300 HALL BOULEVARD
                              BLOOMFIELD, CT 06002

                                  APRIL 6, 2012

VIA EDGAR

United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20549

        Re:  MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut ("MetLife")
             Form S-3 Registration Statement
             Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933
             File No. 333-178884

Dear Sir or Madam:

     MetLife is filing, contemporaneously with this letter, Pre-Effective
Amendment No. 1 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to the
above-referenced Registration Statement on Form S-3.

     In connection with this filing, MetLife acknowledges that:

     1.   It is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in
          the filing;

     2.   Staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments
          in the filing reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Securities
          and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") from taking any action with
          respect to the filing; and

     3.   MetLife may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding
          initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities
          laws of the United States.

                                        Sincerely,

                                        /s/ Bennett Kleinberg
                                        ---------------------------------
                                        Bennett Kleinberg
                                        Title: Vice President and Senior Actuary