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 BRUCE H.
SCHINDLER, D. BURT ARRINGTON and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ 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 BRUCE H. SCHINDLER, D. BURT ARRINGTON and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ
may deem advisable.

The authority of BRUCE H. SCHINDLER, D. BURT ARRINGTON and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ
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 Brighthouse Financial, Inc., unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that BRUCE H. SCHINDLER, D. BURT ARRINGTON and
JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

/s/Vonda Huss
January 24, 2021