MetLife, Inc.
Industry: Insurance (Life)

MetLife, Inc., through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is a leading provider of insurance and other financial services to individual and group customers. The MetLife companies serve approximately nine million individual households in the U.S. and companies and institutions with 33 million employees and members. It also has international insurance operations in 13 countries.

Business Summary
MetLife, Inc., through its affiliates and subsidiaries, is a provider of insurance and other financial services to a spectrum of individual and institutional customers. The Company offers life insurance, annuities, automobile and homeowners insurance and mutual funds to individuals, as well as group insurance, reinsurance and retirement and savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. The MetLife companies serve approximately 13 million households in the United States and provide benefits to approximately 37 million employees and family members through their plan sponsors. MetLife also has direct international insurance operations in 11 countries serving approximately nine million customers. The Company is organized into five operating segments: Institutional, Individual, Auto and Home, International and Reinsurance, as well as Corporate and Other.

Financial Summary
MET is a provider of insurance and financial services to a broad spectrum of institutional and individual customers. For the six months ended 6/30/05, revenues rose 12% to $21.24B. Net income from continuing ops. and before accounting change rose 23% to $1.81B. Revenues reflect increased premiums written and gains on the sale of property in NYC. Net income also reflects a decrease in policyholder dividends and an increased absorption of overhead expenses.