Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

11. Employee Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Certain subsidiaries of MetLife, Inc. (the “Subsidiaries”) sponsor and/or administer various U.S. qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement employee benefit plans covering employees and sales representatives who meet specified eligibility requirements. The Subsidiaries also provide certain postemployment benefits and certain postretirement medical and life insurance benefits for retired employees.

The components of net periodic benefit costs were as follows:

	Pension Benefits												Other Postretirement Benefits
	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans						U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans
	Three Months   Ended   March 31,						Three Months   Ended   March 31,						Three Months   Ended   March 31,						Three Months   Ended   March 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013			2014			2013			2014		2013
	(In millions)
Service costs	$	50		$	59		$	20		$	17		$	3		$	5		$	—	$	—
Interest costs	109			97			3			4			23			23			1		1
Expected return on plan assets	(119		)	(121		)	(2		)	(2		)	(19		)	(19		)	—		—
Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses	41			57			—			—			3			14			—		—
Amortization of prior service costs (credit)	1			3			—			—			—			(19		)	—		—
Net periodic benefit costs	$	82		$	95		$	21		$	19		$	10		$	4		$	1	$	1