TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in the instructions for the filing of
Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the
"Reports"), under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the undersigned hereby designates and authorizes JEFFREY A. WELIKSON to
execute and file such Reports, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the
undersigned, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other proper
bodies at any time when the filing of said Reports is in order, containing such
information as JEFFREY A. WELIKSON may deem advisable.

The authority of JEFFREY A. WELIKSON under this Power of Attorney shall continue
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Reports with regard to the
undersigned's ownership of or transactions in securities of MetLife, Inc.,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that JEFFREY A. WELIKSON is not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


/s/ William J. Wheeler

Date: July 30, 2009