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, JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ, and EMILY C. NAGLE 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, JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ, and EMILY C. NAGLE may deem advisable.

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

/s/Lynn A. Dumais
May 22, 2018