MetLife, Inc. engages in providing insurance and financial services to individual and institutional customers. It operates through the following segments: Group Benefits, Retirement and Income Solutions (RIS), Asia, MetLife Holdings, and Corporate and Other. The Group Benefits segment offers group life insurance products with renewable term policies. The RIS segment contains short and long-duration products, including capital market products, pension risk transfers, structured settlements, and other benefit funding products. The Asia segment focuses on Japan only and offers traditional life insurance, and accident and health products. The MetLife Holdings segment includes traditional and universal life products. The Corporate and Other segment refers to surplus investment portfolios used to fund capital and liquidity needs. The company was founded on March 24, 1868 and is headquartered in New York, NY.
