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 each of GWENN L. CARR,
RICHARD S. COLLINS, and MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI to execute and file, or cause to be
filed, 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
GWENN L. CARR, RICHARD S. COLLINS, and MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI may deem advisable.

The authority of GWENN L. CARR, RICHARD S. COLLINS, and MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI
under this authorization 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 GWENN L. CARR, RICHARD S. COLLINS, and MATTHEW
M. RICCIARDI are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


/s/ C. Robert Henrikson

Date: December 6, 2010