EXHIBIT 16

                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.




                                          /s/ H. Jesse Arnelle
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                                          H. Jesse Arnelle, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ Steven A. Garban
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                                          Steve A. Garban, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ Nancy Hawthorne
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Nancy Hawthorne, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ John T. Ludes
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          John T. Ludes, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ Michael S. Scott Morton
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Michael S. Scott Morton, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

     Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ Linda B. Strumpf
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Linda B. Strumpf, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.



                         METROPOLITAN SERIES FUND, INC.

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

     I, a member of the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund"), hereby constitute and appoint Jack P. Huntington, Thomas M. Lenz,
Peter Duffy and Hugh C. McHaffie, and each of them singly, my true and lawful
attorneys, with full power to them and each of them to sign, for me, and in my
name and in the capacities indicated below, any and all registration statements
on Form N-14 relating to the reorganization of The Travelers Money Market
Account for Variable Annuities (the "Account"), under which reorganization the
assets of the Account will be transferred to BlackRock Money Market Portfolio, a
series of the Fund, and any and all amendments thereto to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933
and/or the Investment Company Act of 1940, hereby ratifying and confirming my
signature as it may be signed by my said attorneys to any and all such
registration statements and amendments thereto.

            Witness my hand on the 28th of December, 2005.



                                          /s/ Arthur G. Typermass
                                          --------------------------------------
                                          Arthur G. Typermass, Director
                                          Metropolitan Series Fund, Inc.