METLIFE CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO TO SPEAK AT BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH CONFERENCE

C. Robert Henrikson, chairman, president and chief executive officer of MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2010 Insurance Conference on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at approximately 10:00 a.m. (ET).

A live audio Webcast of the presentation will be available over the Internet at https://www.veracast.com/webcasts/bas/insurance2010/id61204200.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 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. (ET) at the same Web site beginning approximately one hour after the presentation.

Materials for Henrikson’s presentation 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, 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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