Employee Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

12. Employee Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Certain subsidiaries of MetLife, Inc. sponsor a U.S. qualified and various U.S. and non-U.S. nonqualified defined benefit pension plans covering employees who meet specified eligibility requirements. These subsidiaries also provide certain postemployment benefits and certain postretirement medical and life insurance benefits for U.S. and non-U.S. retired employees.

The components of net periodic benefit costs, reported in other expenses, were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2020						2019
	Pension Benefits			Other Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits			Other Postretirement Benefits
	(In millions)
Service costs	$	61		$	1		$	57		$	1
Interest costs	89			11			104			13
Expected return on plan assets	(132		)	(16		)	(123		)	(18		)
Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses	44			(18		)	48			(12		)
Amortization of prior service costs (credit)	(4		)	—			(4		)	(2		)
Net periodic benefit costs (credit)	$	58		$	(22	)	$	82		$	(18	)

	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2020						2019
	Pension Benefits			Other Postretirement Benefits			Pension Benefits			Other Postretirement Benefits
	(In millions)
Service costs	$	123		$	2		$	115		$	2
Interest costs	178			21			208			26
Expected return on plan assets	(264		)	(31		)	(245		)	(34		)
Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses	89			(37		)	96			(24		)
Amortization of prior service costs (credit)	(8		)	(1		)	(8		)	(5		)
Net periodic benefit costs (credit)	$	118		$	(46	)	$	166		$	(35	)