Exhibit 99.1
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METLIFE CONFIRMS FIRST QUARTER 2011 PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
NEW YORK, March 7, 2011 — MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) today confirmed its previously announced
declaration of the first quarter 2011 dividends of $0.2500000 per share on the company’s floating
rate non-cumulative preferred stock, Series A (NYSE: METPrA), and $0.4062500 per share on the
company’s 6.50% non-cumulative preferred stock, Series B (NYSE: METPrB). Both dividends will be
payable on March 15, 2011 to shareholders of record as of February 28, 2011.
MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs,
serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates,
MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific,
Europe and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.metlife.com.
This press release may contain or incorporate by reference information that includes or is
based upon forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give expectations or forecasts of future events.
These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or
current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,”
“plan,” “believe” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of
future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to
future actions, prospective services or products, future performance or results of current and
anticipated services or products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as
legal proceedings, trends in operations and financial results.
Any or all forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate
assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many such factors will be important in
determining the actual future results of MetLife, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. These
statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. They involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or
implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that might cause
such differences include the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in MetLife, Inc.’s
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These factors include: (1)
difficult conditions in the global capital markets; (2) increased volatility and disruption of the
capital and credit markets, which may affect our ability to seek financing or access our credit
facilities; (3) uncertainty about the effectiveness of the U.S. government’s programs to stabilize
the financial system, the imposition of fees relating thereto, or the promulgation of additional
regulations; (4) impact of
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comprehensive financial services regulation reform on us; (5) exposure to financial and capital
market risk; (6) changes in general economic conditions, including the performance of financial
markets and interest rates, which may affect our ability to raise capital, generate fee income and
market-related revenue and finance statutory reserve requirements and may require us to pledge
collateral or make payments related to declines in value of specified assets; (7) potential
liquidity and other risks resulting from our participation in a securities lending program and
other transactions; (8) investment losses and defaults, and changes to investment valuations; (9)
impairments of goodwill and realized losses or market value impairments to illiquid assets; (10)
defaults on our mortgage loans; (11) the impairment of other financial institutions that could
adversely affect our investments or business; (12) our ability to address unforeseen liabilities,
asset impairments, loss of key contractual relationships, or rating actions arising from
acquisitions or dispositions, including our acquisition of American Life Insurance Company
(“American Life”), a subsidiary of ALICO Holdings LLC (“ALICO Holdings”), and Delaware American
Life Insurance Company (“DelAm,” together with American Life, collectively, “ALICO”) (the
“Acquisition”) and to successfully integrate and manage the growth of acquired businesses with
minimal disruption; (13) uncertainty with respect to the outcome of the closing agreement entered
into between American Life and the United States Internal Revenue Service in connection with the
Acquisition; (14) uncertainty with respect to any incremental tax benefits resulting from the
planned elections for ALICO and certain of its subsidiaries under Section 338 of the U.S. Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; (15) the dilutive impact on our stockholders resulting from the
issuance of equity securities to ALICO Holdings in connection with the Acquisition; (16) downward
pressure on our stock price as a result of ALICO Holdings’ ability to sell its equity securities;
(17) the conditional payment obligation of approximately $300 million to ALICO Holdings if the
conversion of the preferred stock issued to ALICO Holdings in connection with the Acquisition into
our common stock is not approved; (18) economic, political, currency and other risks relating to
our international operations, including with respect to fluctuations of exchange rates; (19) our
primary reliance, as a holding company, on dividends from our subsidiaries to meet debt payment
obligations and the applicable regulatory restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries to pay
such dividends; (20) downgrades in our claims paying ability, financial strength or credit ratings;
(21) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and procedures; (22) availability and
effectiveness of reinsurance or indemnification arrangements, as well as default or failure of
counterparties to perform; (23) discrepancies between actual claims experience and assumptions used
in setting prices for our products and establishing the liabilities for our obligations for future
policy benefits and claims; (24) catastrophe losses; (25) heightened competition, including with
respect to pricing, entry of new competitors, consolidation of distributors, the development of new
products by new and existing competitors, distribution of amounts available under U.S. government
programs, and for personnel; (26) unanticipated changes in industry trends; (27) changes in
accounting standards, practices and/or policies; (28) changes in assumptions related to deferred
policy acquisition costs, deferred sales inducements, value of business acquired or goodwill; (29)
increased expenses relating to pension and postretirement benefit plans, as well as health care and
other employee benefits; (30
) exposure to losses related to variable annuity guarantee benefits,
including from significant and sustained downturns or extreme volatility in equity markets, reduced
interest rates, unanticipated policyholder behavior, mortality or longevity, and the adjustment for
nonperformance risk; (31) deterioration in the experience of the “closed block” established in
connection with the reorganization of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company; (32) adverse results or
other consequences from litigation, arbitration or regulatory investigations; (33) inability to
protect our intellectual property rights or claims of infringement of the intellectual property
rights of others, (34) discrepancies between actual experience and assumptions used in establishing
liabilities related to other contingencies or obligations; (35) regulatory, legislative or tax
changes relating to our insurance, banking, international, or other operations that may affect the
cost of, or demand for, our products or services, impair our ability to attract and retain talented
and experienced management and other employees, or increase the cost or administrative burdens of
providing benefits to employees; (36) the effects of business disruption or economic contraction
due to terrorism, other hostilities, or natural catastrophes, including any related impact on our
disaster recovery systems and management continuity planning which could impair our ability to
conduct business effectively; (37) the effectiveness of our programs and practices in avoiding
giving our associates incentives to take excessive risks; and (38) other risks and uncertainties
described from time to time in MetLife, Inc.’s filings with the SEC.
MetLife, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to publicly correct or update any forward-looking
statement if we later become aware that such statement is not likely to be achieved. Please consult
any further disclosures MetLife, Inc. makes on related subjects in reports to the SEC.
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