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                                                                PUBLIC RELATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEWS                                         METLIFE, INC.
                                                               ONE 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 CITIGROUP'S SALE OF SHARES


NEW YORK, July 7, 2006 - MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today that it has
been informed by Citigroup Inc. that Citigroup has sold to an unaffiliated
broker-dealer all of the 22,436,617 shares of MetLife common stock that
Citigroup had received in the July 1, 2005 sale of Travelers Life & Annuity and
substantially all of Citigroup's international insurance businesses to MetLife.
Citigroup further informed MetLife that all of the MetLife shares were delivered
to the third-party broker-dealer today pursuant to certain forward contracts
entered into by Citigroup and the broker-dealer previously.

Because MetLife believes that the broker-dealer had previously engaged in
hedging activities with respect to a substantial portion or more of the shares,
the sale of these shares to the broker-dealer should not result in a material
increase in the net supply of MetLife shares into the market.

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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