8-K

                                   UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 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): November 15, 2005

                                  METLIFE, INC.
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        (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

         Delaware                  1-15787                     13-4075851
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(State or Other Jurisdiction      (Commission                  (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)           File Number)               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 November 15, 2005, MetLife, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release
announcing the declaration of fourth quarter 2005 dividends of $0.3077569 per
share on the Company's floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A,
and $0.4062500 per share on the Company's 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock,
Series B. 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.

   (c)          Exhibits.

        99.1    Press release of MetLife, Inc., dated November 15, 2005,
                announcing the declaration of fourth quarter 2005
                dividends on its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock,
                Series A, and its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock,
                Series B.



                                   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: November 17, 2005



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

 EXHIBIT
 NUMBER                                    EXHIBIT
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  99.1         Press release of MetLife, Inc., dated November 15, 2005,
               announcing the declaration of fourth quarter 2005 dividends on
               its floating rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A, and
               its 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B.

EX-99.1

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


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

                For Investors:   Tracey Dedrick
                                 (212) 578-5140

         METLIFE DECLARES FOURTH QUARTER 2005 PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

NEW YORK, November 15, 2005 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) declared fourth quarter
2005 dividends of $0.3077569 per share on the company's floating rate
non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA) and $0.4062500 per share
on MetLife's 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B (NYSE: METPrB).
Both dividends are payable December 15, 2005 to shareholders of record as of
November 30, 2005.

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to
millions of individual and institutional customers throughout the United States.
Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. offers life insurance,
annuities, automobile and homeowner's insurance and retail banking services to
individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement and savings
products and services to corporations and other institutions.  Outside the U.S.,
the MetLife companies have direct insurance operations in Asia Pacific, Latin
America and Europe.  For more information, please visit www.metlife.com.

This release contains statements which constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including statements relating to trends in the operations and financial results
and the business and the products of the company and its subsidiaries, as well
as other statements including words such as "anticipate," "believe," "plan,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend" and other similar expressions. Forward-looking
statements are made based upon management's current expectations and beliefs
concerning future developments and their potential effects on the company. Such
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance.

Actual results may differ materially from those included in the forward-looking
statements as a result of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to,
the following: (i) changes in general economic conditions, including the
performance of financial markets and interest rates; (ii) heightened
competition, including with respect to pricing, entry of new competitors and the
development of new products by new and existing competitors; (iii) unanticipated
changes in

industry trends; (iv) the company's primary reliance, as a holding company, on
dividends from its subsidiaries to meet debt payment obligations and the
applicable regulatory restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries to pay
such dividends; (v) deterioration in the experience of the "closed block"
established in connection with the reorganization of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; (vi) catastrophe losses; (vii) adverse results or other consequences
from litigation, arbitration or regulatory investigations; (viii) regulatory,
accounting or tax changes that may affect the cost of, or demand for, the
company's products or services; (ix) downgrades in the company's and its
affiliates' claims paying ability, financial strength or credit ratings; (x)
changes in rating agency policies or practices; (xi) discrepancies between
actual claims experience and assumptions used in setting prices for the
company's products and establishing the liabilities for the company's
obligations for future policy benefits and claims; (xii) discrepancies between
actual experience and assumptions used in establishing liabilities related to
other contingencies or obligations; (xiii) the effects of business disruption or
economic contraction due to terrorism or other hostilities; (xiv) the company's
ability to identify and consummate on successful terms any future acquisitions,
and to successfully integrate acquired businesses with minimal disruption; and
(xv) other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in the company's
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its S-1 and S-3
registration statements. The company specifically disclaims any obligation to
update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise.

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