NEW YORK, October 10, 2006 – MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET) announced today that Kathleen A. Henkel, senior vice president in the company’s Institutional Business segment, will be one of several presenters at Citigroup’s Implications of Pension Protection Act (PPA) Seminar on Friday, October 13, 2006 at 9:45 a.m. (ET). The seminar will review the implications of the recently enacted PPA on U.S. life insurers and benefit consulting companies.

A live audio Webcast of Henkel’s presentation will be available over the Internet at http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/citigroup/pension06/33104155.cfm. Those who want to listen via the Internet should go to the Web site at least fifteen minutes prior to the presentation to download and install any necessary software. A replay of the presentation will be available until 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at the same Web site beginning shortly after the presentation.

Presentation materials for Henkel’s remarks will be available over the Internet at www.metlife.com (through a link on the Investor Relations page).

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance and financial services with operations throughout the U.S. and the Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions. Through its domestic and international subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. reaches more than 70 million customers around the world and MetLife is the largest life insurer in the U.S. (based on life insurance in-force). The MetLife companies offer life insurance, annuities, auto and home insurance, retail banking and other financial services to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement and savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. For more information, please visit www.metlife.com.