Exhibit 23.1


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of our reports dated February 28, 2006 relating to the consolidated
financial statements and consolidated financial statement schedules of MetLife,
Inc. (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory
paragraph relating to changes in accounting for certain non-traditional long
duration contracts and separate accounts and for embedded derivatives in certain
insurance products as required by accounting guidance which became effective on
January 1, 2004 and October 1, 2003, respectively) and management's report on
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting appearing in the
Annual Report on Form 10-K of MetLife, Inc. for the year ended December 31,
2005.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York
December 13, 2006

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