LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in the instructions for the filing of
Form 3, Form 4, and Form 5, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the
"Reports"), under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the undersigned hereby designates and authorizes each of STEPHEN W.
GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA and MARK A. SCHUMAN to execute and file, or cause to
be filed, such Reports, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the
undersigned, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other proper
bodies at any time when the filing of said Reports is in order, containing such
information as STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA and MARK A. SCHUMAN may
deem advisable.

The authority of STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA, and MARK A. SCHUMAN
under this authorization shall continue until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Reports with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of MetLife, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, JEANNETTE N. PINA, and
MARK A. SCHUMAN are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Signature:  /s/ Oscar Schmidt

Name:  OSCAR SCHMIDT

Date:  April 27, 2018