[METLIFE LOGO AND LETTERHEAD]                                               NEWS

Public Relations                                       For Immediate Release
MetLife, Inc.
1 MetLife Plaza
27-01 Queens Plaza North
Long Island City, NY 11101


Contacts:    For Media:         John Calagna
                                (212) 578-6252

             For Investors:     Tracey Dedrick
                                (212) 578-5140


                         METLIFE COMMENTS ON SUBPOENAS
                      FROM NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL

NEW YORK, October 15, 2004 - In response to inquiries to MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:
MET) from the investment community following yesterday's announcement by the
Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York that it has filed civil
charges alleging a major insurance broker engaged in fraudulent business
practices, MetLife today issued the following statement:

As previously disclosed, MetLife received a subpoena from the Office of the
Attorney General of the State of New York seeking information regarding certain
compensation agreements between insurance brokers and MetLife.  MetLife has
since received a second subpoena broadening the scope of that inquiry.  More
recently, MetLife received two subpoenas, which included a set of
interrogatories, seeking information regarding whether MetLife has provided or
is aware of the provision of 'fictitious' or 'inflated' bids.

MetLife continues to fully cooperate with these inquiries and is responding to
the subpoenas.

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 individuals in approximately 13 million
households in the U.S. and provide benefits to 37 million employees and family
members through their plan sponsors.  Outside the U.S., the MetLife companies
serve approximately 8 million customers through direct insurance operations in
Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South
Korea, Taiwan and Uruguay.  For more information about MetLife, please visit the
company's Web site at www.metlife.com.

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