MetLife - Insurance Companies

About MetLife

MetLife is an insurance company headquartered in New York, New York, with its head offices at 200 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. It serves as the holding corporation for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and its affiliates, and it is listed among insurance companies in New York. The firm was established in 1868, though its origins date to 1863, when it was formed to insure Union soldiers during the Civil War. The company operated as a mutual insurer owned by its policyholders from 1915 until it went public through an initial public offering in 2000. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol MET. Through subsidiaries and affiliates, it operates in the United States, Japan, Latin America, the Asia Pacific region, Europe and the Middle East, and it reports around 90 million customers in more than 60 countries. Its offerings include insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs. In 2017 the company spun off its U.S. retail individual life and annuity business as Brighthouse Financial. MetLife still holds the naming rights to MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Established

1868