Exhibit 99.2

                                                          OMB Number 3235-0569
                                                     Expires: January 31, 2003

   STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL
   OFFICER REGARDING FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES RELATING TO EXCHANGE ACT FILINGS

      I, Robert H. Benmosche, state and attest that:

            (1)   To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the
                  covered reports of MetLife, Inc. and, except as corrected or
                  supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

                  -     no covered report contained an untrue statement of a
                        material fact as of the end of the period covered by
                        such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or
                        definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it
                        was filed); and

                  -     no covered report omitted to state a material fact
                        necessary to make the statements in the covered report,
                        in light of the circumstances under which they were
                        made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered
                        by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K
                        or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which
                        it was filed).

            (2)   I have reviewed the contents of this statement with MetLife,
                  Inc.'s audit committee.

            (3)   In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed
                  on or before the date of this statement, is a "covered
                  report":

                  -     Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
                        December 31, 2001 of MetLife, Inc.;

                  -     all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and
                        all definitive proxy materials of MetLife, Inc. filed
                        with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form
                        10-K identified above; and

                  -     any amendments to any of the foregoing.




      /s/ Robert H. Benmosche
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      Robert H. Benmosche
      Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
      August 14, 2002

                                                      Subscribed and sworn to
                                                      before me this 14th day of
                                                      August 2002.

                                                      /s/ Valery Caudle
                                                      -------------------
                                                      Notary Public

                                                      My Commission Expires:
                                                      November 30, 2002