MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET)

200 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10166-0188 (Map)
Phone: 212-578-2211
Fax: 212-578-3320
Toll Free: 800-638-5433
http://www.metlife.com

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Overview

Part of its name may stand for "metropolitan," but the company is found in villages, towns, and huge cities coast-to-coast and then some. MetLife is the US's largest life insurer; its flagship insurance subsidiary is Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. MetLife's Institutional segment offers group benefits products (life and disability insurance, dental, vision, retirement products, prepaid legal plans); its Individual segment offers consumers many of the same types of products, while its International segment offers the same to groups and individuals in the Asia/Pacific region, Europe, and Latin America. MetLife's Auto & Home segment works through subsidiary Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance (MPC).

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Key financials for MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET)

Company Type Public (NYSE: MET)
Fiscal Year-End December
2008 Sales (mil.) £35,213.0
1-Year Sales Growth (3.8%)
2008 Net Income (mil.) £2,216.1
1-Year Net Income Growth (25.7%)
2008 Employees 57,000
1-Year Employee Growth 16.3%
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Key people and executives for MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET)

Chairman, President, and CEO C. Robert (Rob) Henrikson
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EVP and CFO William J. (Bill) Wheeler
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EVP and CIO Steven L. Sheinheit
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  • #39 in FORTUNE 500
  • S&P 500
  • #255 in FT Global 500
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