METLIFE EXECUTIVE TO SPEAK AT WACHOVIA CONFERENCE

Anthony J. Nugent, executive vice president, employee benefits sales, for MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), will present at the Wachovia Securities 19th Annual  Mid-Year Equity Conference on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at approximately 11:45 a.m. (ET).

A live audio Webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet at  http://www.wsw.com/webcast/wa55/met. 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 Tuesday, June 30, 2009,  at 11:59 p.m. (ET) at the same Web site beginning shortly after the presentation.

Materials for Nugent’s presentation will be available over the Internet at www.metlife.com (through a link on the Investor Relations page) and at the above-mentioned Web site.

MetLife, Inc. is a leading provider of insurance, employee benefits and financial services with operations throughout the United States and the Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions.  Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife, Inc. reaches more than 70 million customers around the world and MetLife is the largest life insurer in the United States (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 and retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other institutions.  For more information, visit www.metlife.com.

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