8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


     Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)  March 9, 2005

                                  MetLife, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

                                    Delaware
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

            1-15787                                      13-4075851
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    (Commission File Number)                   (IRS Employer Identification No.)


      200 Park Avenue, New York, New York                      10166-0188
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

                                  212-578-2211
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              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                       N/A
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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events.


     On March 10, 2005, MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation, issued a press
release announcing the appointment of certain executive officers. A copy of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by
reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (a) Not applicable.

     (b) Not applicable.

     (c) 99.1 Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated March 10, 2005.



                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                METLIFE, INC.

                                By:   /s/ Gwenn L. Carr
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                                      Name: Gwenn L. Carr
                                      Title: Senior Vice-President and Secretary

Date: March 15, 2005







                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
Number           Exhibit
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99.1             Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated March 10, 2005.

EX-99.1

                                                                    Exhibit 99.1

MetLife News                                            For Immediate Release

Public Relations
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 NAMES LELAND C. LAUNER JR.
                       PRESIDENT OF INSTITUTIONAL BUSINESS
                  STEVEN A. KANDARIAN TO JOIN THE COMPANY AS
                            CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

New York - March 10, 2005 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today announced that
Leland C. Launer Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, has
been named President of MetLife's Institutional Business organization. The
company also announced that Steven A. Kandarian, former Executive Director of
the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), will join MetLife to
succeed Launer as Chief Investment Officer.

"Lee has been very successful throughout his 25-year career at MetLife, most
recently heading our Investments organization, where he has done an outstanding
job managing the company's $240 billion high-quality investment portfolio," said
MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche.

"Under Lee's direction, our investment strategy became even more closely tied to
the objectives of all of MetLife's business segments," continued Benmosche. "As
part of this process, Lee is quite familiar with Institutional Business' goals,
objectives and growth opportunities and will hit the ground running as the
leader of this multi-faceted organization."

MetLife's Institutional Business segment had total premiums, fees and other
revenues of $11.5 billion in 2004, and is the market leader in providing life,
commercial dental, and long-term care insurance to group customers in the U.S.
Institutional Business provides coverage to 88 of the top one hundred Fortune
500 companies, and offers a broad range of benefit solutions particularly in the
area of retirement and savings products.

Institutional Business had been reporting directly to C. Robert Henrikson since
he assumed his responsibilities as President and Chief Operating Officer. In his
new role, Launer will report to Henrikson.



Kandarian is the former Executive Director of PBGC, a government corporation
with over 2,000 employees that provides insurance for defined benefit pension
plans nationwide. Kandarian enacted much needed reforms to the agency, as well
as ensured that going forward, its assets better match liability durations,
critically important to the mission of the PBGC.

Kandarian reported to a Board comprised of the Secretaries of Treasury, Commerce
and Labor, and was responsible for operations involving assets of over $35
billion and benefit obligations to 934,000 workers and retirees in more than
3,200 pension plans.

"Steve will be an outstanding addition to our leadership team and his
experience, particularly with PBGC, will bring new perspectives to MetLife,"
said Benmosche. "He will lead our experienced team of senior investment
professionals who actively manage a broad array of asset classes, including
corporate bonds, real estate mortgages and bonds backed by consumer loans."

Kandarian will report to the Chairman.

Launer, who joined MetLife in 1979, currently serves as chairman of the board of
directors of Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. and is a member of the board of
directors of MetLife Bank. He received a B.S. degree in chemistry from the
University of Redlands and a MBA degree in accounting and finance from the
University of Southern California.

Prior to joining PBGC, Kandarian was founder and managing partner of Orion
Partners, LP, where he managed a private equity fund specializing in venture
capital and corporate acquisitions. Kandarian holds a BA in Economics from Clark
University, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and an MBA from Harvard
Business School.

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 9 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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