Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

MetLife, Inc.
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	US59156R1086
founding	March 24, 1868
Seat	New York City , United States
management	Steven A. Kandarian, CEO
Number of employees	49,000
sales	$ 69.6 billion
Branch	Insurance
Website	https://www.metlife.com
	As of December 31, 2019

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ( MetLife ) is a US insurance company headquartered in New York City . The company is listed in the S&P 100 share index. In the Forbes Global 2000 of the largest listed companies, MetLife ranks 78th (as of FY 2017). The company had a market value of around USD 48 billion in mid-2018.

The company offers various types of insurance and is the largest life insurance company in the United States. In 1981, Metlife acquired the MetLife Building, which was renamed in 1992, from the insolvent airline Pan American World Airways . With the acquisition of the life insurance division of Travelers Companies and the subsidiary Annuity from Citigroup, MetLife rose to become the largest life insurer in the United States in 2005. MetLife previously acquired New England Financial and General American Insurance (GenAm). The company mascot is Snoopy from the comic series The Peanuts .

Web links

Official site of Metlife

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