Exhibit 99.2


Contact:          John Calagna
                  212-578-6252
                  jcalagna@metlife.com


            METLIFE RESPONDS TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE STATEMENT

NEW YORK, June 25, 2002 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) issued the following
statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice's announcement with
respect to the settlement of a qui tam action against General American Life
Insurance Company, a MetLife subsidiary:

General American and the U.S. government agreed to a civil settlement relating
to General American's past Medicare contract business, which ended in 1998, two
years before MetLife acquired the company. General American acted as a Medicare
carrier for the State of Missouri from 1965 through 1998. The allegations
involve General American employees who are no longer employed by the company.
General American has been cooperating fully with the government's investigation
of the former Medicare business. The company previously established adequate
reserves to cover the costs associated with the settlement and does not
anticipate any further charges related to this settlement.

MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading provider of
insurance and other financial services to individual and institutional
customers. The MetLife companies serve approximately 10 million individual
households in the U.S. and companies and institutions with 33 million employees
and members. It also has international insurance operations in 13 countries.

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