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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
Form 10-Q
 
   
(Mark One)  
 
þ
 QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
  FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
OR
o
 TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
   
  FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM          TO          
 
Commission file number:001-15787
 
 
 
 
MetLife, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
   
Delaware 13-4075851
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)		 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
200 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y.
(Address of principal executive offices)
 10166-0188
(Zip Code)
 
 
(212) 578-2211
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 ofRegulation S-T(§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes þ     No o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
 
   
Large accelerated filer þ
 Accelerated filer o
Non-acceleratedfiler o  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 Smaller reporting company o
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2of the Exchange Act).  Yes o     No þ
 
At April 30, 2010, 820,152,497 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, were outstanding.
 

 

 
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Part I — Financial Information
    
Item 1.  Financial Statements (at March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2009 and for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited))
  5 
Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
  5 
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
  6 
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
  7 
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
  9 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
  11 
Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  105 
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
  161 
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures
  169 
Part II — Other Information
  169 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
  169 
Item 1A.  Risk Factors
  171 
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  178 
Item 6.  Exhibits
  179 
Signatures
  180 
Exhibit Index
  E-1 
 EX-10.1
 EX-10.3
 EX-31.1
 EX-31.2
 EX-32.1
 EX-32.2
 EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
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As used in thisForm 10-Q,“MetLife,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1999 (the “Holding Company”), and its subsidiaries, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MLIC”).
 
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
 
This Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q,including the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, may contain or incorporate by reference information that includes or is based upon forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give expectations or forecasts of future events. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, prospective services or products, future performance or results of current and anticipated services or products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, trends in operations and financial results. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”
 
Any or all forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. They can be affected by inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties. Many such factors will be important in determining MetLife’s actual future results. These statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. They involve a number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that might cause such differences include the risks, uncertainties and other factors identified in MetLife, Inc.’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These factors include: (i) difficult and adverse conditions in the global and domestic capital and credit markets; (ii) continued volatility and further deterioration of the capital and credit markets, which may affect the Company’s ability to seek financing or access its credit facilities; (iii) uncertainty about the effectiveness of the U.S. government’s plan to stabilize the financial system by injecting capital into financial institutions, purchasing large amounts of illiquid, mortgage-backed and other securities from financial institutions, or otherwise; (iv) exposure to financial and capital market risk; (v) changes in general economic conditions, including the performance of financial markets and interest rates, which may affect the Company’s ability to raise capital, generate fee income and market-related revenue and finance statutory reserve requirements and may require the Company to pledge collateral or make payments related to declines in value of specified assets; (vi) potential liquidity and other risks resulting from MetLife’s participation in a securities lending program and other transactions; (vii) investment losses and defaults, and changes to investment valuations; (viii) impairments of goodwill and realized losses or market value impairments to illiquid assets; (ix) defaults on the Company’s mortgage loans; (x) the impairment of other financial institutions; (xi) MetLife’s ability to identify any future acquisitions and consummate such acquisitions, including the acquisition of American Life Insurance Company (“Alico”), and to successfully integrate acquired businesses with minimal disruption; (xii) economic, political, currency and other risks relating to the Company’s international operations; (xiii) MetLife, Inc.’s primary reliance, as a holding company, on dividends from its subsidiaries to meet debt payment obligations and the applicable regulatory restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries to pay such dividends; (xiv) downgrades in MetLife, Inc.’s and its affiliates’ claims paying ability, financial strength or credit ratings; (xv) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and procedures, including with respect to guaranteed benefits (which may be affected by fair value adjustments arising from changes in the Company’s own credit spread) on certain of the Company’s variable annuity products; (xvi) availability and effectiveness of reinsurance or indemnification arrangements; (xvii) discrepancies between actual claims experience and assumptions used in setting prices for the Company’s products and establishing the liabilities for the Company’s obligations for future policy benefits and claims; (xviii) catastrophe losses; (xix) heightened competition, including with respect to pricing, entry of new competitors, consolidation of distributors, the development of new products by new and existing competitors and for personnel; (xx) unanticipated changes in industry trends; (xxi) changes in accounting standards, practicesand/orpolicies; (xxii) changes in assumptions related to deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”), value of business acquired (“VOBA”) or goodwill; (xxiii) increased expenses relating to pension and postretirement benefit plans; (xxiv) deterioration in the experience of the “closed block” established in connection with the reorganization of


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MLIC; (xxv) adverse results or other consequences from litigation, arbitration or regulatory investigations; (xxvi) discrepancies between actual experience and assumptions used in establishing liabilities related to other contingencies or obligations; (xxvii) regulatory, legislative or tax changes that may affect the cost of, or demand for, the Company’s products or services; (xxviii) the effects of business disruption or economic contraction due to terrorism, other hostilities, or natural catastrophes; (xxix) the effectiveness of the Company’s programs and practices in avoiding giving its associates incentives to take excessive risks; (xxx) other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in MetLife, Inc.’s filings with the SEC; and (xxxi) any of the foregoing factors as they relate to Alico and its operations.
 
MetLife, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to publicly correct or update any forward-looking statement if MetLife, Inc. later becomes aware that such statement is not likely to be achieved. Please consult any further disclosures MetLife, Inc. makes on related subjects in reports to the SEC.
 
Note Regarding Reliance on Statements in Our Contracts
 
In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q,please remember that they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about MetLife, Inc., its subsidiaries or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:
 
  • should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;
 
  • have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;
 
  • may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to investors; and
 
  • were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.
 
Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about MetLife, Inc. and its subsidiaries may be found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Qand MetLife, Inc.’s other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC website at www.sec.gov.


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Part I — Financial Information
 
Item 1.  Financial Statements
 
MetLife, Inc.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
 March 31, 2010 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2009

(In millions, except share and per share data)
 
         
  March 31,
  December 31,
 
  2010  2009 
 
Assets
        
Investments:
        
Fixed maturity securitiesavailable-for-sale,at estimated fair value (amortized cost: $238,061 and $229,709, respectively; includes $3,144 and $3,171, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
 $239,566  $227,642 
Equity securitiesavailable-for-sale,at estimated fair value (cost: $3,106 and $3,187, respectively)
  3,066   3,084 
Trading securities, at estimated fair value (cost: $2,978 and $2,249, respectively; includes $274 and $0, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  3,039   2,384 
Mortgage loans:
        
Held-for-investment,at amortized cost (net of valuation allowances of $751 and $721, respectively; includes $7,065 and $0, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  55,433   48,181 
Held-for-sale,principally at estimated fair value
  2,003   2,728 
         
Mortgage loans, net
  57,436   50,909 
Policy loans
  10,146   10,061 
Real estate and real estate joint venturesheld-for-investment(includes $19 and $18, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  6,826   6,852 
Real estateheld-for-sale
  40   44 
Other limited partnership interests (includes $226 and $236, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  5,753   5,508 
Short-term investments
  8,019   8,374 
Other invested assets (includes $110 and $137, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  12,327   12,709 
         
Total investments
  346,218   327,567 
Cash and cash equivalents (includes $267 and $68, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  9,202   10,112 
Accrued investment income (includes $39 and $0, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  3,392   3,173 
Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables
  17,554   16,752 
Deferred policy acquisition costs and value of business acquired
  18,697   19,256 
Current income tax recoverable
  —   316 
Deferred income tax assets
  149   1,228 
Goodwill
  5,049   5,047 
Other assets (includes $10 and $16, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  6,869   6,822 
Separate account assets
  158,436   149,041 
         
Total assets
 $565,566  $539,314 
         
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
        
Liabilities
        
Future policy benefits
 $137,516  $135,879 
Policyholder account balances
  141,734   138,673 
Other policyholder funds
  8,682   8,446 
Policyholder dividends payable
  745   761 
Payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
  25,982   24,196 
Bank deposits
  10,032   10,211 
Short-term debt
  318   912 
Long-term debt (includes $7,164 and $64, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  20,177   13,220 
Collateral financing arrangements
  5,297   5,297 
Junior subordinated debt securities
  3,191   3,191 
Current income tax payable
  66   — 
Other liabilities (includes $96 and $26, respectively, relating to variable interest entities)
  17,211   15,989 
Separate account liabilities
  158,436   149,041 
         
Total liabilities
  529,387   505,816 
         
Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees (Note 8)
        
Stockholders’ Equity
        
MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity:
        
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 84,000,000 shares issued and outstanding; $2,100 aggregate liquidation preference
  1   1 
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 3,000,000,000 shares authorized; 822,586,896 and 822,359,818 shares issued at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively; 819,393,009 and 818,833,810 shares outstanding at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
  8   8 
Additional paid-in capital
  16,871   16,859 
Retained earnings
  20,294   19,501 
Treasury stock, at cost; 3,193,887 and 3,526,008 shares at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively
  (172)  (190)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
  (1,191)  (3,058)
         
Total MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity
  35,811   33,121 
Noncontrolling interests
  368   377 
         
Total equity
  36,179   33,498 
         
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 $565,566  $539,314 
         
 
See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MetLife, Inc.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
 For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)

(In millions, except per share data)
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
 
Revenues
        
Premiums
 $6,854  $6,122 
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  1,407   1,183 
Net investment income
  4,344   3,261 
Other revenues
  513   554 
Net investment gains (losses):
        
Other-than-temporaryimpairments on fixed maturity securities
  (151)  (553)
Other-than-temporaryimpairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to other comprehensive loss
  59   — 
Other net investment gains (losses), net
  164   (353)
         
Total net investment gains (losses)
  72   (906)
         
Total revenues
  13,190   10,214 
         
Expenses
        
Policyholder benefits and claims
  7,537   6,582 
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  1,143   1,168 
Policyholder dividends
  377   424 
Other expenses
  2,942   3,002 
         
Total expenses
  11,999   11,176 
         
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income tax
  1,191   (962)
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  358   (377)
         
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
  833   (585)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
  1   37 
         
Net income (loss)
  834   (548)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (1)  (4)
         
Net income (loss) attributable to MetLife, Inc. 
  835   (544)
Less: Preferred stock dividends
  30   30 
         
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
 $805  $(574)
         
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax, available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders per common share:
        
Basic
 $0.98  $(0.76)
         
Diluted
 $0.97  $(0.76)
         
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders per common share:
        
Basic
 $0.98  $(0.71)
         
Diluted
 $0.97  $(0.71)
         
 
See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MetLife, Inc.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
 For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 (Unaudited)

(In millions)
 
                                                 
                 Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss          
                 Net
                   
                 Unrealized
     Foreign
  Defined
  Total
       
        Additional
     Treasury
  Investment
  Other-Than-
  Currency
  Benefit
  MetLife, Inc.’s
       
  Preferred
  Common
  Paid-in
  Retained
  Stock
  Gains
  Temporary
  Translation
  Plans
  Stockholders’
  Noncontrolling
  Total
 
  Stock  Stock  Capital  Earnings  at Cost  (Losses)  Impairments  Adjustments  Adjustment  Equity  Interests  Equity 
 
Balance at December 31, 2009
 $1  $8  $16,859  $19,501  $(190) $(817) $(513) $(183) $(1,545) $33,121  $377  $33,498 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income tax (Note 1)
              (12)      31   11           30       30 
                                                 
Balance at January 1, 2010
  1   8   16,859   19,489   (190)  (786)  (502)  (183)  (1,545)  33,151   377   33,528 
Stock-based compensation
          12       18                   30       30 
Dividends on preferred stock
              (30)                      (30)      (30)
Change in equity of noncontrolling interests
                                          (14)  (14)
Comprehensive income (loss):
                                                
Net income (loss)
              835                       835   (1)  834 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                                                
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net of income tax
                      78               78       78 
Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of related offsets and income tax
                      1,696   (29)          1,667   (1)  1,666 
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of income tax
                              61       61   7   68 
Defined benefit plans adjustment, net of income tax
                                  19   19       19 
                                                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
                                      1,825   6   1,831 
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
                                      2,660   5   2,665 
                                                 
Balance at March 31, 2010
 $1  $8  $16,871  $20,294  $(172) $988  $(531) $(122) $(1,526) $35,811  $368  $36,179 
                                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MetLife, Inc.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity  — (Continued)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 (Unaudited)

(In millions)
 
                                                 
                 Accumulated Other
          
                 Comprehensive Loss          
                 Net
                   
                 Unrealized
  Foreign
  Defined
  Total
          
        Additional
     Treasury
  Investment
  Currency
  Benefit
  MetLife, Inc.’s
          
  Preferred
  Common
  Paid-in
  Retained
  Stock
  Gains
  Translation
  Plans
  Stockholders’
  Noncontrolling
  Total
    
  Stock  Stock  Capital  Earnings  at Cost  (Losses)  Adjustments  Adjustment  Equity  Interests  Equity    
 
Balance at December 31, 2008
 $1  $8  $15,811  $22,403  $(236) $(12,564) $(246) $(1,443) $23,734  $251  $23,985     
Common stock issuance — newly issued shares
          1,035                       1,035       1,035     
Treasury stock transactions, net
          20       6               26       26     
Deferral of stock-based compensation
          (6)                      (6)      (6)    
Dividends on preferred stock
              (30)                  (30)      (30)    
Change in equity of noncontrolling interests
                                      80   80     
Comprehensive income (loss):
                                                
Net loss
              (544)                  (544)  (4)  (548)    
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                                                
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net of income tax
                      19           19       19     
Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of related offsets and income tax
                      (924)          (924)  (8)  (932)    
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of income tax
                          (240)      (240)      (240)    
Defined benefit plans adjustment, net of income tax
                              40   40       40     
                                                 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
                                  (1,105)  (8)  (1,113)    
                                                 
Comprehensive income (loss)
                                  (1,649)  (12)  (1,661)    
                                                 
Balance at March 31, 2009
 $1  $8  $16,860  $21,829  $(230) $(13,469) $(486) $(1,403) $23,110  $319  $23,429     
                                                 
 
See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.


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MetLife, Inc.

Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)

(In millions)
 
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 $2,871  $(985)
         
Cash flows from investing activities
        
Sales, maturities and repayments of:
        
Fixed maturity securities
  14,896   18,118 
Equity securities
  255   356 
Mortgage loans
  1,152   1,105 
Real estate and real estate joint ventures
  18   37 
Other limited partnership interests
  97   394 
Purchases of:
        
Fixed maturity securities
  (22,518)  (24,229)
Equity securities
  (134)  (481)
Mortgage loans
  (1,156)  (984)
Real estate and real estate joint ventures
  (176)  (174)
Other limited partnership interests
  (166)  (162)
Cash received in connection with freestanding derivatives
  465   2,427 
Cash paid in connection with freestanding derivatives
  (725)  (1,124)
Sales of businesses, net of cash disposed of $0 and $180, respectively
  —   (46)
Net change in policy loans
  (85)  (49)
Net change in short-term investments
  386   2,982 
Net change in other invested assets
  128   267 
Other, net
  (35)  (55)
         
Net cash used in investing activities
  (7,598)  (1,618)
         
Cash flows from financing activities
        
Policyholder account balances:
        
Deposits
  17,321   22,392 
Withdrawals
  (14,194)  (23,065)
Net change in bank deposits
  (218)  604 
Net change in payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
  1,786   (6,718)
Net change in short-term debt
  (594)  3,219 
Long-term debt issued
  163   469 
Long-term debt repaid
  (322)  (112)
Collateral financing arrangements issued
  —   50 
Debt issuance costs
  —   (3)
Common stock issued to settle stock forward contracts
  —   1,035 
Dividends on preferred stock
  (30)  (30)
Other, net
  (67)  (9)
         
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
  3,845   (2,168)
         
Effect of change in foreign currency exchange rates on cash balances
  (28)  (44)
         
Change in cash and cash equivalents
  (910)  (4,815)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
  10,112   24,239 
         
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
 $9,202  $19,424 
         
Cash and cash equivalents, subsidiariesheld-for-sale,beginning of period
 $—  $32 
         
Cash and cash equivalents, subsidiariesheld-for-sale,end of period
 $—  $— 
         


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Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — (Continued)
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 (Unaudited)

(In millions)
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
 
Cash and cash equivalents, from continuing operations, beginning of period
 $10,112  $24,207 
         
Cash and cash equivalents, from continuing operations, end of period
 $9,202  $19,424 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
        
Net cash paid (received) during the period for:
        
Interest
 $258  $113 
         
Income tax
 $(88) $85 
         
Non-cash transactions during the period:
        
Remarketing of debt securities:
        
Fixed maturity securities redeemed
 $—  $32 
         
Long-term debt issued
 $—  $1,035 
         
Junior subordinated debt securities redeemed
 $—  $1,067 
         
Real estate and real estate joint ventures acquired in satisfaction of debt
 $8  $1 
         
 
See accompanying notes to the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
 
1.  Business, Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Business
 
“MetLife” or the “Company” refers to MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1999 (the “Holding Company”), and its subsidiaries, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MLIC”). MetLife is a leading provider of insurance, employee benefits and financial services with operations throughout the United States and the Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and India regions. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife offers life insurance, annuities, auto and homeowners insurance, retail banking and other financial services to individuals, as well as group insurance and retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other institutions.
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
In applying the Company’s accounting policies, management makes subjective and complex judgments that frequently require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Many of these policies, estimates and related judgments are common in the insurance and financial services industries; others are specific to the Company’s businesses and operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Holding Company and its subsidiaries, as well as partnerships and joint ventures in which the Company has control, and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary. See “— Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements.” Closed block assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses are combined on aline-by-linebasis with the assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses outside the closed block based on the nature of the particular item. See Note 6. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.
 
The Company uses the equity method of accounting for investments in equity securities in which it has a significant influence or more than a 20% interest and for real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests in which it has more than a minor equity interest or more than a minor influence over the joint venture’s or partnership’s operations, but does not have a controlling interest and is not the primary beneficiary. The Company uses the cost method of accounting for investments in real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests in which it has a minor equity investment and virtually no influence over the joint venture’s or the partnership’s operations.
 
Certain amounts in the prior year periods’ interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform with the 2010 presentation. Such reclassifications include $604 million reclassified from policyholder account balances to net change in bank deposits within cash flows from financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009. In addition, $2,427 million and ($1,124) million were reclassified from net change in other invested assets to cash received in connection with freestanding derivatives and cash paid in connection with freestanding derivatives, respectively, within cash flows from investing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2009. See also Note 14 for reclassifications related to discontinued operations.
 
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (including normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of the Company at March 31, 2010, its consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, its consolidated cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, and its consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, in conformity with GAAP. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of full year performance. The December 31, 2009 consolidated balance sheet


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
data was derived from audited consolidated financial statements included in MetLife’s Annual Report onForm 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2009 (the “2009 Annual Report”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which includes all disclosures required by GAAP. Therefore, these interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
 
Financial Instruments
 
Effective January 1, 2010, the Company adopted new guidance related to financial instrument transfers and consolidation of VIEs. The financial instrument transfer guidance eliminates the concept of a qualified special purpose entity (“QSPE”), eliminates the guaranteed mortgage securitization exception, changes the criteria for achieving sale accounting when transferring a financial asset and changes the initial recognition of retained beneficial interests. The new consolidation guidance changes the definition of the primary beneficiary as well as the method of determining whether an entity is a primary beneficiary of a VIE from a quantitative model to a qualitative model. Under the new qualitative model, the entity that has both the ability to direct the most significant activities of the VIE and the obligation to absorb losses or receive benefits that could be significant to the VIE is considered to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE. The guidance also changes when reassessment is needed and requires enhanced disclosures, including the effects of a company’s involvement with VIEs on its financial statements.
 
As a result of the adoption of this guidance, the Company consolidated certain former QSPEs that were previously accounted for as fixed maturity commercial mortgage-backed securities and equity security collateralized debt obligations. The Company also elected the fair value option for all of the consolidated assets and liabilities of these entities. Upon consolidation, the Company recorded $278 million of securities classified as trading securities, $6,769 million of commercial mortgage loans and $6,822 million oflong-termdebt based on estimated fair values at January 1, 2010 and de-recognized $179 million in fixed maturity securities and less than $1 million in equity securities. The consolidation also resulted in a decrease in retained earnings of $12 million, net of income tax, and an increase in accumulated other comprehensive income of $42 million, net of income tax, as of January 1, 2010. For the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company recorded $109 million of net investment income on the consolidated assets, $106 million of interest expense in other expenses on the relatedlong-termdebt, and $10 million in net investment gains to remeasure the assets and liabilities at their estimated fair values as of March 31, 2010.
 
In addition, the Company also deconsolidated certain partnerships for which the Company does not have the power to direct activities and for which the Company has concluded it is no longer the primary beneficiary. These deconsolidations did not result in a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings and did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Also effective January 1, 2010, the Company adopted new guidance that indefinitely defers the above changes relating to the Company’s interests in entities that have all the attributes of an investment company or for which it is industry practice to apply measurement principles for financial reporting that are consistent with those applied by an investment company. As a result of the deferral, the above guidance did not apply to certain real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests held by the Company.
 
Fair Value
 
Effective January 1, 2010, the Company adopted new guidance that requires new disclosures about significant transfers inand/or out of Levels 1 and 2 of the fair value hierarchy and activity in Level 3 (Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”)2010-06,Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820): Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements). In addition, this guidance provides clarification of existing disclosure requirements


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
about level of disaggregation and inputs and valuation techniques. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
 
In April 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued new guidance regarding accounting for investment funds determined to be variable interest entities (“VIEs”) (ASU2010-15,How Investments Held through Separate Accounts Affect an Insurer’s Consolidation Analysis of Those Investments). Under this guidance, an insurance entity would not be required to consolidate a voting-interest investment fund when it holds the majority of the voting interests of the fund through its separate accounts. In addition, an insurance entity would not consider the interests held through separate accounts for the benefit of policyholders in the insurer’s evaluation of its economics in a VIE, unless the separate account contract holder is a related party. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2010. The Company does not expect the adoption of this new guidance to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
2.  Pending Acquisition
 
On March 7, 2010, the Holding Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with ALICO Holdings LLC (the “Seller”) and American International Group, Inc., pursuant to which the Holding Company agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of American Life Insurance Company (“Alico”) and Delaware American Life Insurance Company. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and determinations, as well as other customary closing conditions.
 
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Holding Company will (i) pay $6.8 billion to the Seller in cash, and (ii) issue to the Seller (a) 78,239,712 shares of its common stock, (b) 6,857,000 shares of Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Holding Company, which will be convertible into approximately 68,570,000 shares of the Holding Company’s common stock upon a favorable vote of the Holding Company’s stockholders and (c) $3.0 billion aggregate stated amount of equity units of the Holding Company (together, the “Securities”), consisting of (x) forward purchase contracts obligating the holder to purchase a variable number of shares of the Holding Company’s common stock on three specified future dates (to be determined at closing, approximately two, three and four years after closing, with an aggregate purchase price of $1 billion payable on each of those dates) for a fixed amount per purchase contract, and (y) an interest in shares of the Holding Company’s preferred stock. At a future date, the interest in the preferred stock forming part of the equity units will be mandatorily exchanged for an interest in debt securities of the Company, which will be subject to remarketing and sold to investors. Holders of the equity units who elect to include their debt securities in a remarketing can use the proceeds thereof to meet their obligations under the forward purchase contracts. The aggregate amount of the Holding Company’s common stock to be issued to the Seller in connection with the transaction is expected to be 214.6 million to 231.5 million shares, consisting of 78.2 million shares to be issued at closing, 68.6 million shares to be issued upon conversion of the Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (with the stockholder vote on such conversion to be held within one year after the closing) and between 67.8 million and 84.7 million shares of common stock, in total, issuable upon settlement of the purchase contracts forming part of the equity units (in three tranches approximately two, three and four years after the closing). The ownership of the Securities is subject to an investor rights agreement, which grants to the Seller certain rights and sets forth certain agreements with respect to the Seller’s ownership, voting and transfer of the Securities. The Seller has indicated that it intends to monetize the Securities over time, subject to market conditions, following the lapse ofagreed-uponminimum holding periods. See Note 7 for discussion of a related commitment letter signed by the Holding Company with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
3.  Investments
 
Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
The following tables present the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gain and loss, estimated fair value of the Company’s fixed maturity and equity securities and the percentage that each sector represents by the respective total holdings for the periods shown. The unrealized loss amounts presented below include the noncredit loss component ofother-than-temporaryimpairment (“OTTI”) loss:
 
                         
  March 31, 2010 
  Cost or
  Gross Unrealized  Estimated
    
  Amortized
     Temporary
  OTTI
  Fair
  % of
 
  Cost  Gain  Loss  Loss  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $72,883  $3,230  $1,973  $7  $74,133   31.0%
Residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”)
  43,786   1,351   1,550   607   42,980   17.9 
Foreign corporate securities
  38,869   2,180   944   —   40,105   16.7 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities (1)
  30,981   778   1,018   —   30,741   12.8 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”)
  16,680   507   692   —   16,495   6.9 
Asset-backed securities (“ABS”)
  14,686   254   871   177   13,892   5.8 
Foreign government securities
  11,969   1,272   77   —   13,164   5.5 
State and political subdivision securities
  8,188   185   334   —   8,039   3.4 
Other fixed maturity securities
  19   —   2   —   17   — 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities (2),(3)
 $238,061  $9,757  $7,461  $791  $239,566   100.0%
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Common stock
 $1,507  $117  $8  $—  $1,616   52.7%
Non-redeemable preferred stock (2)
  1,599   90   239   —   1,450   47.3 
                         
Total equity securities (4)
 $3,106  $207  $247  $—  $3,066   100.0%
                         
 
                         
  December 31, 2009 
  Cost or
  Gross Unrealized  Estimated
    
  Amortized
     Temporary
  OTTI
  Fair
  % of
 
  Cost  Gain  Loss  Loss  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $72,075  $2,821  $2,699  $10  $72,187   31.7%
RMBS
  45,343   1,234   1,957   600   44,020   19.3 
Foreign corporate securities
  37,254   2,011   1,226   9   38,030   16.7 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities (1)
  25,712   745   1,010   —   25,447   11.2 
CMBS
  16,555   191   1,106   18   15,622   6.9 
ABS
  14,272   189   1,077   222   13,162   5.8 
Foreign government securities
  11,010   1,076   139   —   11,947   5.2 
State and political subdivision securities
  7,468   151   411   —   7,208   3.2 
Other fixed maturity securities
  20   1   2   —   19   — 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities (2),(3)
 $229,709  $8,419  $9,627  $859  $227,642   100.0%
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Common stock
 $1,537  $92  $8  $—  $1,621   52.6%
Non-redeemable preferred stock (2)
  1,650   80   267   —   1,463   47.4 
                         
Total equity securities (4)
 $3,187  $172  $275  $—  $3,084   100.0%
                         


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
(1) The Company has classified within the U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities caption certain corporate fixed maturity securities issued by U.S. financial institutions that were guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) pursuant to the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (“FDIC Program”) of $323 million and $407 million at estimated fair value with unrealized gains of $3 million and $2 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
(2) Upon acquisition, the Company classifies perpetual securities that have attributes of both debt and equity as fixed maturity securities if the security has an interest ratestep-upfeature which, when combined with other qualitative factors, indicates that the security has more debt-like characteristics. The Company classifies perpetual securities with an interest rate step-upfeature which, when combined with other qualitative factors, indicates that the security has more equity-like characteristics, as equity securities within non-redeemable preferred stock. Many of such securities have been issued bynon-U.S.financial institutions that are accorded Tier 1 and Upper Tier 2 capital treatment by their respective regulatory bodies and are commonly referred to as “perpetual hybrid securities.” The following table presents the perpetual hybrid securities held by the Company at:
 
             
      March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009
      Estimated
 Estimated
Classification Fair
 Fair
Consolidated Balance Sheets Sector Table Primary Issuers Value Value
      (In millions)
 
Equity securities
 Non-redeemable preferred stock Non-U.S. financial institutions $1,134  $988 
Equity securities
 Non-redeemable preferred stock U.S. financial institutions $300  $349 
Fixed maturity securities
 Foreign corporate securities Non-U.S. financial institutions $2,630  $2,626 
Fixed maturity securities
 U.S. corporate securities U.S. financial institutions $65  $91 
 
 
(3) Redeemable preferred stock with stated maturity dates are included in the U.S. corporate securities sector within fixed maturity securities. These securities, commonly referred to as “capital securities”, are primarily issued by U.S. financial institutions and have cumulative interest deferral features. The Company held $2.7 billion and $2.5 billion at estimated fair value of such securities at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
(4) Equity securities primarily consist of investments in common and preferred stocks, including certain perpetual hybrid securities and mutual fund interests. Privately-held equity securities were $1.0 billion and $1.0 billion at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
All below investment grade, non-income producing and National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) amounts and percentages presented herein, are based on rating agency designations and equivalent ratings of the NAIC, with the exception of non-agency RMBS held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries. Non-agency RMBS, including RMBS backed by sub-primemortgage loans reported within ABS, held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries are presented based on final ratings from the revised NAIC rating methodology (i.e., NAIC 1 — 6) which became effective December 31, 2009 (which may not correspond to rating agency designations). All rating agency (i.e., Aaa/AAA) amounts or percentages presented herein are without adjustment for the revised NAIC methodology which became effective December 31, 2009.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents selected information about certain fixed maturity securities held by the Company at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Below investment grade or non-rated fixed maturity securities:
        
Estimated fair value
 $20,475  $20,201 
Net unrealized loss
 $1,820  $2,609 
Non-income producing fixed maturity securities:
        
Estimated fair value
 $151  $312 
Net unrealized loss
 $30  $31 
Fixed maturity securities credit enhanced by financial guarantor insurers — by sector — at estimated fair value:
        
State and political subdivision securities
 $2,225  $2,154 
U.S. corporate securities
  1,780   1,750 
ABS
  816   803 
Other
  97   43 
         
Total fixed maturity securities credit enhanced by financial guarantor insurers
 $4,918  $4,750 
         
Ratings of the financial guarantor insurers providing the credit enhancement:
        
Portion rated Aa/AA
  19%  18%
         
Portion rated A
  2%  2%
         
Portion rated Baa/BBB
  37%  36%
         
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — Summary.  The following section contains a summary of the concentrations of credit risk related to fixed maturity securities holdings.
 
The Company was not exposed to any concentrations of credit risk of any single issuer greater than 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity, other than the U.S. and Mexican government securities described below. The Company’s holdings in U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities at estimated fair value were $30.7 billion and $25.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company’s holdings in Mexican government and certain Mexican government agency fixed maturity securities at estimated fair value were $4.4 billion and $4.8 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — U.S. and Foreign Corporate Securities.  The Company maintains a diversified portfolio of corporate fixed maturity securities across industries and issuers. This portfolio does not have exposure to any single issuer in excess of 1% of total investments. The tables below present


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
the major industry types that comprise the corporate fixed maturity securities holdings, the largest exposure to a single issuer and the combined holdings in the ten issuers to which it had the largest exposure at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of
  Fair
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
     (In millions)    
 
Corporate fixed maturity securities — by industry type:
                
Foreign (1)
 $40,105   35.1% $38,030   34.5%
Industrial
  18,066   15.8   17,246   15.6 
Consumer
  17,625   15.4   16,924   15.4 
Utility
  15,530   13.6   14,785   13.4 
Finance
  13,302   11.6   13,756   12.5 
Communications
  6,592   5.8   6,580   6.0 
Other
  3,018   2.7   2,896   2.6 
                 
Total
 $114,238   100.0% $110,217   100.0%
                 
 
 
(1) Includes U.S. dollar-denominated debt obligations of foreign obligors and other foreign fixed maturity security investments.
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of Total
  Fair
  % of Total
 
  Value  Investments  Value  Investments 
     (In millions)    
 
Concentrations within corporate fixed maturity securities:
                
Largest exposure to a single issuer
 $938   0.3% $1,038   0.3%
Holdings in ten issuers with the largest exposures
 $6,888   2.0% $7,506   2.3%
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — RMBS.  The table below presents the Company’s RMBS holdings and portion rated Aaa/AAA and portion rated NAIC 1 at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of
  Fair
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
By security type:
                
Collateralized mortgage obligations
 $23,796   55.4% $24,480   55.6%
Pass-through securities
  19,184   44.6   19,540   44.4 
                 
Total RMBS
 $42,980   100.0% $44,020   100.0%
                 
By risk profile:
                
Agency
 $32,551   75.7% $33,334   75.7%
Prime
  6,442   15.0   6,775   15.4 
Alternative residential mortgage loans
  3,987   9.3   3,911   8.9 
                 
Total RMBS
 $42,980   100.0% $44,020   100.0%
                 
Portion rated Aaa/AAA
 $37,308   86.8% $35,626   80.9%
                 
Portion rated NAIC 1
 $37,534   87.3% $38,464   87.4%
                 


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Collateralized mortgage obligations are a type of mortgage-backed security structured by dividing the cash flows of mortgages into separate pools or tranches of risk that create multiple classes of bonds with varying maturities and priority of payments. Pass-through mortgage-backed securities are a type of asset-backed security that is secured by a mortgage or collection of mortgages. The monthly mortgage payments from homeowners pass from the originating bank through an intermediary, such as a government agency or investment bank, which collects the payments, and for a fee, remits or passes these payments through to the holders of the pass-through securities.
 
Prime residential mortgage lending includes the origination of residential mortgage loans to the most creditworthy borrowers with high quality credit profiles. Alternative residential mortgage loans (“Alt-A”) are a classification of mortgage loans where the risk profile of the borrower falls between prime andsub-prime.Sub-primemortgage lending is the origination of residential mortgage loans to borrowers with weak credit profiles.
 
The following tables present the Company’s investment in Alt-A RMBS by vintage year (vintage year refers to the year of origination and not to the year of purchase) and certain other selected data:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of
  Fair
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
     (In millions)    
 
Vintage Year:
                
2004 & Prior
 $104   2.6% $109   2.8%
2005
  1,350   33.9   1,395   35.7 
2006
  911   22.8   825   21.1 
2007
  830   20.8   814   20.8 
2008
  7   0.2   —   — 
2009
  750   18.8   768   19.6 
2010
  35   0.9   —   — 
                 
Total
 $3,987   100.0% $3,911   100.0%
                 
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
     % of
     % of
 
  Amount  Total  Amount  Total 
     (In millions)    
 
Net unrealized loss
 $1,072      $1,248     
Rated Aa/AA or better
      33.6%      26.3%
Rated NAIC 1
      33.9%      31.3%
By collateral type:
                
Fixed rate mortgage loans collateral
      89.6%      89.3%
Hybrid adjustable rate mortgage loans collateral
      10.4       10.7 
                 
Total Alt-A RMBS
      100.0%      100.0%
                 
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — CMBS.  The Company’s holdings in CMBS were $16.5 billion and $15.6 billion at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company had no exposure to CMBS index securities at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. The Company held commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations securities of $116 million and $111 million at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following tables present the Company’s holdings of CMBS by rating agency designation and by vintage year at:
 
                                                 
  March 31, 2010 
              Below
    
              Investment
    
  Aaa  Aa  A  Baa  Grade  Total 
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
 
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
 
  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value 
                 (In millions)                
 
2003 & Prior
 $7,413  $7,642  $298  $279  $127  $112  $40  $35  $21  $15  $7,899  $8,083 
2004
  2,333   2,441   115   92   80   54   83   64   58   46   2,669   2,697 
2005
  2,916   2,956   60   42   78   52   54   38   11   12   3,119   3,100 
2006
  1,690   1,648   45   40   50   31   40   19   87   33   1,912   1,771 
2007
  843   672   78   50   123   89   22   21   10   7   1,076   839 
2008
  5   5   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   5   5 
2009
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
                                                 
Total
 $15,200  $15,364  $596  $503  $458  $338  $239  $177  $187  $113  $16,680  $16,495 
                                                 
Ratings Distribution
      93.1%      3.1%      2.0%      1.1%      0.7%      100.0%
                                                 
 
                                                 
  December 31, 2009 
              Below
    
              Investment
    
  Aaa  Aa  A  Baa  Grade  Total 
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
 
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
 
  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value 
  (In millions)             
 
2003 & Prior
 $6,836  $6,918  $394  $365  $162  $140  $52  $41  $36  $18  $7,480  $7,482 
2004
  2,240   2,255   200   166   114   71   133   87   88   58   2,775   2,637 
2005
  2,956   2,853   144   108   85   65   39   24   57   51   3,281   3,101 
2006
  1,087   1,009   162   139   380   323   187   129   123   48   1,939   1,648 
2007
  432   314   13   12   361   257   234   153   35   13   1,075   749 
2008
  5   5   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   5   5 
2009
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
                                                 
Total
 $13,556  $13,354  $913  $790  $1,102  $856  $645  $434  $339  $188  $16,555  $15,622 
                                                 
Ratings Distribution
      85.4%      5.1%      5.5%      2.8%      1.2%      100.0%
                                                 
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — ABS.  The Company’s holdings in ABS were $13.9 billion and $13.2 billion at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company’s ABS are diversified both by collateral type and by issuer.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the collateral type and certain other information about ABS held by the Company at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of
  Fair
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
     (In millions)    
 
By collateral type:
                
Credit card loans
 $7,331   52.8% $7,057   53.6%
Student loans
  2,140   15.4   1,855   14.1 
RMBS backed bysub-primemortgage loans
  1,071   7.7   1,044   7.9 
Automobile loans
  861   6.2   963   7.3 
Other loans
  2,489   17.9   2,243   17.1 
                 
Total
 $13,892   100.0% $13,162   100.0%
                 
Portion rated Aaa/AAA
 $10,526   75.8% $9,354   71.1%
                 
Portion rated NAIC 1
 $12,340   88.8% $11,573   87.9%
                 
RMBS backed bysub-primemortgage loans — portion credit enhanced by financial guarantor insurers
      38.9%      37.6%
Of the 38.9% and 37.6% credit enhanced, the financial guarantor insurers were rated as follows:
                
By financial guarantor insurers rated Aa/AA
      21.8%      17.2%
By financial guarantor insurers rated A
      7.5%      7.9%
 
The following tables present the Company’s holdings of ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans by rating agency designation and by vintage year at:
 
                                                 
  March 31, 2010 
              Below
    
              Investment
    
  Aaa  Aa  A  Baa  Grade  Total 
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
 
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
 
  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
2003 & Prior
 $56  $48  $65  $53  $14  $11  $7  $6  $95  $57  $237  $175 
2004
  88   66   321   232   34   25   3   2   46   30   492   355 
2005
  60   49   195   137   37   28   54   34   201   136   547   384 
2006
  —   1   65   32   —   —   23   7   103   66   191   106 
2007
  —   —   78   36   —   —   —   —   33   15   111   51 
2008
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
2009
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
                                                 
Total
 $204  $164  $724  $490  $85  $64  $87  $49  $478  $304  $1,578  $1,071 
                                                 
Ratings Distribution
      15.3%      45.8%      6.0%      4.6%      28.3%      100.0%
                                                 
 


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
                                                 
  December 31, 2009 
              Below
    
              Investment
    
  Aaa  Aa  A  Baa  Grade  Total 
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
  Cost or
  Estimated
 
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
 
  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value  Cost  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
2003 & Prior
 $57  $48  $73  $58  $11  $8  $7  $6  $98  $56  $246  $176 
2004
  99   68   316   222   39   27   24   15   31   15   509   347 
2005
  64   45   226   144   40   26   24   18   209   139   563   372 
2006
  6   6   62   22   —   —   22   5   115   72   205   105 
2007
  —   —   78   28   —   —   —   —   36   16   114   44 
2008
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
2009
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   — 
                                                 
Total
 $226  $167  $755  $474  $90  $61  $77  $44  $489  $298  $1,637  $1,044 
                                                 
Ratings Distribution
      16.0%      45.4%      5.8%      4.2%      28.6%      100.0%
                                                 
 
The rating distribution of the Company’s ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans were as follows at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
 
NAIC 1
  69.3%  69.1%
NAIC 2
  5.1%  4.2%
NAIC 3
  12.4%  12.2%
NAIC 4
  9.2%  6.2%
NAIC 5
  3.9%  8.3%
NAIC 6
  0.1%  —%
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Equity Securities).  The Company was not exposed to any concentrations of credit risk in its equity securities holdings of any single issuer greater than 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Maturities of Fixed Maturity Securities.  The amortized cost and estimated fair value of fixed maturity securities, by contractual maturity date (excluding scheduled sinking funds), are as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
     Estimated
     Estimated
 
  Amortized
  Fair
  Amortized
  Fair
 
  Cost  Value  Cost  Value 
     (In millions)    
 
Due in one year or less
 $7,542  $7,659  $6,845  $6,924 
Due after one year through five years
  41,331   42,594   38,408   39,399 
Due after five years through ten years
  43,474   45,280   40,448   41,568 
Due after ten years
  70,562   70,666   67,838   66,947 
                 
Subtotal
  162,909   166,199   153,539   154,838 
RMBS, CMBS and ABS
  75,152   73,367   76,170   72,804 
                 
Total fixed maturity securities
 $238,061  $239,566  $229,709  $227,642 
                 
 
Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities due to the exercise of call or prepayment options. Fixed maturity securities not due at a single maturity date have been included in the above table in the year of final contractual maturity. RMBS, CMBS and ABS are shown separately in the table, as they are not due at a single maturity.

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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
EvaluatingAvailable-for-SaleSecurities forOther-Than-TemporaryImpairment
 
As described more fully in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report, the Company performs a regular evaluation, on asecurity-by-securitybasis, of itsavailable-for-salesecurities holdings in accordance with its impairment policy in order to evaluate whether such investments areother-than-temporarilyimpaired. As described more fully in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report, effective April 1, 2009, the Company adopted new OTTI guidance that amends the methodology for determining for fixed maturity securities whether an OTTI exists, and for certain fixed maturity securities, changes how the amount of the OTTI loss that is charged to earnings is determined. There was no change in the OTTI methodology for equity securities.
 
With respect to fixed maturity securities, the Company considers, among other impairment criteria, whether it has the intent to sell a particular impaired fixed maturity security. The Company’s intent to sell a particular impaired fixed maturity security considers broad portfolio management objectives such as asset/liability duration management, issuer and industry segment exposures, interest rate views and the overall total return focus. In following these portfolio management objectives, changes in facts and circumstances that were present in past reporting periods may trigger a decision to sell securities that were held in prior reporting periods. Decisions to sell are based on current conditions or the Company’s need to shift the portfolio to maintain its portfolio management objectives including liquidity needs or duration targets on asset/liability managed portfolios. The Company attempts to anticipate these types of changes and if a sale decision has been made on an impaired security, the security will be deemedother-than-temporarilyimpaired in the period that the sale decision was made and an OTTI loss will be recorded in earnings. In certain circumstances, the Company may determine that it does not intend to sell a particular security but that it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell that security before recovery of the decline in estimated fair value below amortized cost. In such instances, the fixed maturity security will be deemedother-than-temporarilyimpaired in the period during which it was determined more likely than not that the security will be required to be sold and an OTTI loss will be recorded in earnings. If the Company does not have the intent to sell (i.e., has not made the decision to sell) and it does not believe that it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized cost, an impairment assessment is made, as described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report. Prior to April 1, 2009, the Company’s assessment of OTTI for fixed maturity securities was performed in the same manner as described below for equity securities.
 
With respect to equity securities, the Company considers in its OTTI analysis its intent and ability to hold a particular equity security for a period of time sufficient to allow for the recovery of its value to an amount equal to or greater than cost. Decisions to sell equity securities are based on current conditions in relation to the same broad portfolio management considerations in a manner consistent with that described above for fixed maturity securities.
 
With respect to perpetual hybrid securities, some of which are classified as fixed maturity securities and some of which are classified as equity securities, within non-redeemable preferred stock, the Company considers in its OTTI analysis whether there has been any deterioration in credit of the issuer and the likelihood of recovery in value of the securities that are in a severe and extended unrealized loss position. The Company also considers whether any perpetual hybrid securities with an unrealized loss, regardless of credit rating, have deferred any dividend payments.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
 
The components of net unrealized investment gains (losses), included in accumulated other comprehensive loss, are as follows at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed maturity securities that were temporarily impaired
 $2,296  $(1,208)
Fixed maturity securities with noncredit OTTI losses in other comprehensive loss
  (791)  (859)
         
Total fixed maturity securities
  1,505   (2,067)
Equity securities
  (40)  (103)
Derivatives
  (17)  (144)
Other
  71   71 
         
Subtotal
  1,519   (2,243)
         
Amounts allocated from:
        
Insurance liability loss recognition
  (355)  (118)
DAC and VOBA related to noncredit OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive loss
  (11)  71 
DAC and VOBA
  (549)  145 
         
Subtotal
  (915)  98 
Deferred income tax benefit (expense) related to noncredit OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive loss
  271   275 
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)
  (420)  539 
         
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)
  455   (1,331)
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  2   1 
         
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) attributable to MetLife, Inc. 
 $457  $(1,330)
         
 
Fixed maturity securities with noncredit OTTI losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss, as presented above, of $791 million at March 31, 2010, includes $859 million recognized prior to January 1, 2010, $59 million ($17 million, net of DAC) of noncredit losses recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2010, $16 million transferred to retained earnings in connection with the adoption of new guidance related to the consolidation of VIEs (see Note 1), and $111 million of subsequent increases in estimated fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2010 on such securities for which a noncredit loss was previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
 
Fixed maturity securities with noncredit OTTI losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss, as presented above, of $859 million at December 31, 2009, includes $126 million related to the transition adjustment recorded in 2009 upon the adoption of new guidance on the recognition and presentation of OTTI, $939 million ($857 million, net of DAC) of noncredit losses recognized in the year ended December 31, 2009 (as more fully described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report) and $206 million of subsequent increases in estimated fair value during the year ended December 31, 2009 on such securities for which a noncredit loss was previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The changes in net unrealized investment gains (losses) are as follows:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $(1,330)
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of income tax
  42 
Fixed maturity securities on which noncredit OTTI losses have been recognized
  52 
Unrealized investment gains (losses) during the period
  3,646 
Unrealized investment gains (losses) relating to:
    
Insurance liability gain (loss) recognition
  (237)
DAC and VOBA related to noncredit OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive loss
  (82)
DAC and VOBA
  (694)
Deferred income tax benefit (expense) related to noncredit OTTI losses recognized in other comprehensive loss
  1 
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)
  (942)
     
Net unrealized investment gains (losses)
  456 
Net unrealized investment gains (losses) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  1 
     
Balance, end of period
 $457 
     
Change in net unrealized investment gains (losses)
 $1,786 
Change in net unrealized investment gains (losses) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  1 
     
Change in net unrealized investment gains (losses) attributable to MetLife, Inc. 
 $1,787 
     
 
Continuous Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Saleby Sector
 
The following tables present the estimated fair value and gross unrealized loss of the Company’s fixed maturity and equity securities in an unrealized loss position, aggregated by sector and by length of time that the securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position. The unrealized loss amounts presented below include the noncredit component of OTTI loss. Fixed maturity securities on which a noncredit OTTI loss has been recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss are categorized by length of time as being “less than 12 months” or “equal to or greater than 12 months” in a continuous unrealized loss position based on the point in


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
time that the estimated fair value initially declined to below the amortized cost basis and not the period of time since the unrealized loss was deemed a noncredit OTTI loss.
 
                         
  March 31, 2010 
     Equal to or Greater
    
  Less than 12 Months  than 12 Months  Total 
  Estimated
  Gross
  Estimated
  Gross
  Estimated
  Gross
 
  Fair
  Unrealized
  Fair
  Unrealized
  Fair
  Unrealized
 
  Value  Loss  Value  Loss  Value  Loss 
     (In millions, except number of securities)    
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $8,057  $253  $15,649  $1,727  $23,706  $1,980 
RMBS
  4,284   103   9,102   2,054   13,386   2,157 
Foreign corporate securities
  4,587   161   6,144   783   10,731   944 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  14,077   890   890   128   14,967   1,018 
CMBS
  566   12   2,862   680   3,428   692 
ABS
  1,413   91   4,510   957   5,923   1,048 
Foreign government securities
  575   24   518   53   1,093   77 
State and political subdivision securities
  2,123   61   1,737   273   3,860   334 
Other fixed maturity securities
  16   2   —   —   16   2 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $35,698  $1,597  $41,412  $6,655  $77,110  $8,252 
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Common stock
  67   7   7   1   74   8 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  41   7   986   232   1,027   239 
                         
Total equity securities
 $108  $14  $993  $233  $1,101  $247 
                         
Total number of securities in an unrealized loss position
  2,288       3,049             
                         
 


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
                         
  December 31, 2009 
     Equal to or Greater
    
  Less than 12 Months  than 12 Months  Total 
  Estimated
  Gross
  Estimated
  Gross
  Estimated
  Gross
 
  Fair
  Unrealized
  Fair
  Unrealized
  Fair
  Unrealized
 
  Value  Loss  Value  Loss  Value  Loss 
  (In millions, except number of securities) 
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $8,641  $395  $18,004  $2,314  $26,645  $2,709 
RMBS
  5,623   119   10,268   2,438   15,891   2,557 
Foreign corporate securities
  3,786   139   7,282   1,096   11,068   1,235 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  15,051   990   51   20   15,102   1,010 
CMBS
  2,052   29   5,435   1,095   7,487   1,124 
ABS
  1,259   143   5,875   1,156   7,134   1,299 
Foreign government securities
  2,318   55   507   84   2,825   139 
State and political subdivision securities
  2,086   94   1,843   317   3,929   411 
Other fixed maturity securities
  6   2   —   —   6   2 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $40,822  $1,966  $49,265  $8,520  $90,087  $10,486 
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Common stock
  56   7   14   1   70   8 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  66   41   930   226   996   267 
                         
Total equity securities
 $122  $48  $944  $227  $1,066  $275 
                         
Total number of securities in an unrealized loss position
  2,210       3,333             
                         
 
Aging of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
percentage of cost or amortized cost and number of securities for fixed maturity and equity securities where the estimated fair value had declined and remained below cost or amortized cost by less than 20%, or 20% or more at:
 
                         
  March 31, 2010 
  Cost or Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Loss  Number of Securities 
  Less than
  20% or
  Less than
  20% or
  Less than
  20% or
 
  20%  more  20%  more  20%  more 
     (In millions, except number of securities)    
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
Less than six months
 $31,552  $1,823  $849  $480   1,686   127 
Six months or greater but less than nine months
  1,271   317   92   90   116   26 
Nine months or greater but less than twelve months
  3,961   290   468   92   101   26 
Twelve months or greater
  35,978   10,170   2,835   3,346   2,308   584 
                         
Total
 $72,762  $12,600  $4,244  $4,008         
                         
Percentage of amortized cost
          6%  32%        
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Less than six months
 $77  $130  $6  $35   361   16 
Six months or greater but less than nine months
  24   —   2   —   12   2 
Nine months or greater but less than twelve months
  6   —   1   —   9   — 
Twelve months or greater
  665   446   75   128   48   25 
                         
Total
 $772  $576  $84  $163         
                         
Percentage of cost
          11%  28%        
                         
 


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
                         
  December 31, 2009 
  Cost or Amortized Cost  Gross Unrealized Loss  Number of Securities 
  Less than
  20% or
  Less than
  20% or
  Less than
  20% or
 
  20%  more  20%  more  20%  more 
     (In millions, except number of securities)    
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                        
Less than six months
 $35,163  $2,658  $933  $713   1,725   186 
Six months or greater but less than nine months
  4,908   674   508   194   124   49 
Nine months or greater but less than twelve months
  1,723   1,659   167   517   106   79 
Twelve months or greater
  41,721   12,067   3,207   4,247   2,369   724 
                         
Total
 $83,515  $17,058  $4,815  $5,671         
                         
Percentage of amortized cost
          6%  33%        
                         
Equity Securities:
                        
Less than six months
 $66  $63  $7  $14   199   8 
Six months or greater but less than nine months
  6   1   1   1   15   2 
Nine months or greater but less than twelve months
  13   94   2   39   8   6 
Twelve months or greater
  610   488   73   138   50   24 
                         
Total
 $695  $646  $83  $192         
                         
Percentage of cost
          12%  30%        
                         
 
Equity securities with a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more for twelve months or greater decreased from $138 million at December 31, 2009 to $128 million at March 31, 2010. As shown in the section “Evaluating Temporarily ImpairedAvailable-for-SaleSecurities” below, the $128 million of equity securities with a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more for twelve months or greater at March 31, 2010 were investment grade non-redeemable preferred stock, of which $124 million were financial services industry investment grade non-redeemable preferred stock, of which 90% were rated A or better.
 
Concentration of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
The Company’s gross unrealized losses related to its fixed maturity and equity securities, including the portion of OTTI loss on fixed maturity securities recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $8.5 billion and

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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
$10.8 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, were concentrated, calculated as a percentage of gross unrealized loss and OTTI loss, by sector and industry as follows:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
 
Sector:
        
RMBS
  25%  24%
U.S. corporate securities
  23   25 
ABS
  12   12 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  12   9 
Foreign corporate securities
  11   11 
CMBS
  8   10 
State and political subdivision securities
  4   4 
Other
  5   5 
         
Total
  100%  100%
         
Industry:
        
Mortgage-backed
  33%  34%
Finance
  20   22 
Asset-backed
  12   12 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  12   9 
Consumer
  4   4 
Utility
  4   4 
State and political subdivision securities
  4   4 
Communications
  2   2 
Industrial
  2   1 
Other
  7   8 
         
Total
  100%  100%
         
 
Evaluating Temporarily ImpairedAvailable-for-SaleSecurities
 
The following table presents the Company’s fixed maturity and equity securities, each with a gross unrealized loss of greater than $10 million, the number of securities, total gross unrealized loss and percentage of total gross unrealized loss at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
 
  Securities  Securities  Securities  Securities 
  (In millions, except number of securities) 
 
Number of securities
  165   7   223   9 
Total gross unrealized loss
 $3,310  $101  $4,465  $132 
Percentage of total gross unrealized loss
  40%  41%  43%  48%
 
Fixed maturity and equity securities, each with a gross unrealized loss greater than $10 million, decreased $1.2 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2010. The cause of the decline in, or improvement in, gross unrealized losses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to improving market conditions, including narrowing of credit spreads reflecting an improvement in liquidity. These securities were included in the Company’s OTTI review process. Based upon the Company’s current evaluation of these securities and otheravailable-for-salesecurities in an unrealized loss position in accordance with its impairment policy, and


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
the Company’s current intentions and assessments (as applicable to the type of security) about holding, selling and any requirements to sell these securities, the Company has concluded that these securities are notother-than-temporarilyimpaired.
 
In the Company’s impairment review process, the duration and severity of an unrealized loss position for equity securities is given greater weight and consideration than for fixed maturity securities. An extended and severe unrealized loss position on a fixed maturity security may not have any impact on the ability of the issuer to service all scheduled interest and principal payments and the Company’s evaluation of recoverability of all contractual cash flows or the ability to recover an amount at least equal to its amortized cost based on the present value of the expected future cash flows to be collected. In contrast, for an equity security, greater weight and consideration is given by the Company to a decline in market value and the likelihood such market value decline will recover.
 
The following table presents certain information about the Company’s equity securitiesavailable-for-salewith a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more at March 31, 2010:
 
                                 
     Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock 
     All Types of
       
  All Equity
  Non-Redeemable
  Investment Grade 
  Securities  Preferred Stock  All Industries  Financial Services Industry 
  Gross
  Gross
  % of All
  Gross
  % of All
  Gross
     % A
 
  Unrealized
  Unrealized
  Equity
  Unrealized
  Non-Redeemable
  Unrealized
  % of All
  Rated or
 
  Loss  Loss  Securities  Loss  Preferred Stock  Loss  Industries  Better 
           (In millions)          
 
Less than six months
 $35  $33   94% $16   48% $16   100%  100%
Six months or greater but less than twelve months
  —   —   —%  —   —%  —   —%  —%
Twelve months or greater
  128   128   100%  128   100%  124   97%  90%
                                 
All equity securities with a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more
 $163  $161   99% $144   89% $140   97%  91%
                                 
 
In connection with the equity securities impairment review process, the Company evaluated its holdings in non-redeemable preferred stock, particularly those of financial services companies. The Company considered several factors including whether there has been any deterioration in credit of the issuer and the likelihood of recovery in value of non-redeemable preferred stock with a severe or an extended unrealized loss. The Company also considered whether any issuers of non-redeemable preferred stock with an unrealized loss held by the Company, regardless of credit rating, have deferred any dividend payments. No such dividend payments were deferred.
 
With respect to common stock holdings, the Company considered the duration and severity of the unrealized losses for securities in an unrealized loss position of 20% or more; and the duration of unrealized losses for securities in an unrealized loss position of less than 20% in an extended unrealized loss position (i.e., 12 months or greater).
 
Futureother-than-temporaryimpairments will depend primarily on economic fundamentals, issuer performance (including changes in the present value of future cash flows expected to be collected), changes in credit rating, changes in collateral valuation, changes in interest rates and changes in credit spreads. If economic fundamentals and any of the above factors deteriorate, additionalother-than-temporaryimpairments may be incurred in upcoming quarters.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Net Investment Gains (Losses)
 
As described more fully in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report, effective April 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance on the recognition and presentation of OTTI that amends the methodology to determine for fixed maturity securities whether an OTTI exists, and for certain fixed maturity securities, changes how OTTI losses that are charged to earnings are measured. There was no change in the methodology for identification and measurement of OTTI losses charged to earnings for impaired equity securities.
 
The components of net investment gains (losses) are as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Total losses on fixed maturity securities:
        
Total OTTI losses recognized
 $(151) $(553)
Less: Noncredit portion of OTTI losses transferred to and recognized in other comprehensive loss
  59   — 
         
Net OTTI losses on fixed maturity securities recognized in earnings
  (92)  (553)
Fixed maturity securities — net gains (losses) on sales and disposals
  25   (56)
         
Total losses on fixed maturity securities
  (67)  (609)
         
Other net investment gains (losses):
        
Equity securities
  27   (269)
Mortgage loans
  (28)  (148)
Commercial mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities — fair value option
  481   — 
Real estate and real estate joint ventures
  (22)  (25)
Other limited partnership interests
  (1)  (97)
Freestanding derivatives
  (481)  (1,050)
Embedded derivatives
  522   1,217 
Trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities — fair value option
  (4)  — 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities — related to trading securities — fair value option
  12   — 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities — related to mortgage loans — fair value option
  (479)  — 
Other
  112   75 
         
Total net investment gains (losses)
 $72  $(906)
         
 
See “— Variable Interest Entities” for discussion of consolidated securitization entities included in the table above.
 
Proceeds from sales or disposals of fixed maturity and equity securities and the components of fixed maturity and equity securities net investment gains (losses) are as shown below. Investment gains and losses on sales of securities are determined on a specific identification basis.
 


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
                         
  Fixed Maturity Securities  Equity Securities  Total 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Proceeds
 $8,378  $11,778  $145  $58  $8,523  $11,836 
                         
Gross investment gains
  164   356   31   7   195   363 
                         
Gross investment losses
  (139)  (412)  (3)  (18)  (142)  (430)
                         
Total OTTI losses recognized in earnings:
                        
Credit-related
  (86)  (483)  —   —   (86)  (483)
Other (1)
  (6)  (70)  (1)  (258)  (7)  (328)
                         
Total OTTI losses recognized in earnings
  (92)  (553)  (1)  (258)  (93)  (811)
                         
Net investment gains (losses)
 $(67) $(609) $27  $(269) $(40) $(878)
                         
 
 
(1) Other OTTI losses recognized in earnings include impairments on equity securities, impairments on perpetual hybrid securities classified within fixed maturity securities where the primary reason for the impairment was the severity and/or the duration of an unrealized loss position and fixed maturity securities where there is an intent to sell or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the decline in estimated fair value.
 
Fixed maturity security OTTI losses recognized in earnings relate to the following sectors and industries:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Sector:
        
U.S. and foreign corporate securities — by industry:
        
Consumer
 $22  $90 
Finance
  8   121 
Communications
  3   142 
Industrial
  —   17 
Utility
  —   33 
Other
  —   24 
         
Total U.S. and foreign corporate securities
  33   427 
RMBS
  30   58 
ABS
  19   66 
CMBS
  10   2 
         
Total
 $92  $553 
         

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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Equity security OTTI losses recognized in earnings relate to the following sectors and industries:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Sector:
        
Common stock
 $1  $39 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   219 
         
Total
 $1  $258 
         
Industry:
        
Financial services industry:
        
Perpetual hybrid securities
 $—  $200 
Common and remaining non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   30 
         
Total financial services industry
  —   230 
Other
  1   28 
         
Total
 $1  $258 
         
 
Credit Loss Rollforward — Rollforward of the Cumulative Credit Loss Component of OTTI Loss Recognized in Earnings on Fixed Maturity Securities Still Held for Which a Portion of the OTTI Loss was Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss
 
The table below presents a rollforward of the cumulative credit loss component of OTTI loss recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities still held by the Company at March 31, 2010 for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in other comprehensive loss:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $581 
Additions:
    
Initial impairments — credit loss OTTI recognized on securities not previously impaired
  19 
Additional impairments — credit loss OTTI recognized on securities previously impaired
  31 
Reductions:
    
Due to sales (maturities, pay downs or prepayments) during the period of securities previously credit loss OTTI impaired
  (104)
Due to securities de-recognized in connection with the adoption of new guidance related to the consolidation of VIEs
  (100)
Due to increases in cash flows — accretion of previous credit loss OTTI
  (3)
     
Balance, end of period
 $424 
     


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Net Investment Income
 
The components of net investment income are as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed maturity securities
 $3,073  $2,818 
Equity securities
  25   38 
Trading securities
  79   17 
Trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities
  4   — 
Mortgage loans
  673   682 
Commercial mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities
  105   — 
Policy loans
  178   157 
Real estate and real estate joint ventures
  48   (87)
Other limited partnership interests
  265   (253)
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
  18   48 
International joint ventures (1)
  17   7 
Other
  86   75 
         
Total investment income
  4,571   3,502 
Less: Investment expenses
  227   241 
         
Net investment income
 $4,344  $3,261 
         
 
 
(1) Amounts are presented net of changes in estimated fair value of derivatives related to economic hedges of the Company’s investment in these equity method international joint investments that do not qualify for hedge accounting of ($32) million and ($24) million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The current period losses were primarily attributable to losses on equity derivatives and equity option derivatives (both of which are used to hedge embedded derivative risk) due to improving equity markets in the current period. In addition, included in the equity in earnings of the joint ventures were gains attributable to the widening of the Company’s own credit spread, which is included in the valuation of certain liabilities, including embedded derivatives, that are carried at estimated fair value.
 
See “— Variable Interest Entities” for discussion of consolidated securitization entities included in the table above.
 
Securities Lending
 
The Company participates in securities lending programs whereby blocks of securities, which are included in fixed maturity securities and short-term investments, are loaned to third parties, primarily brokerage firms and commercial banks. These transactions are treated as financing arrangements and the associated liability is recorded at the amount of the cash received. The Company generally obtains collateral in an amount equal to 102% of the estimated fair value of the securities loaned. Securities loaned under such transactions may be sold or repledged by the transferee. The Company is liable to return to its counterparties the cash collateral under its control, the amounts of which by aging category are presented below.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Elements of the securities lending programs are presented below at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Securities on loan:
        
Cost or amortized cost
 $22,805  $21,012 
Estimated fair value
 $22,805  $20,949 
Aging of cash collateral liability:
        
Open (1)
 $3,905  $3,290 
Less than thirty days
  13,636   13,605 
Thirty days or greater but less than sixty days
  1,922   3,534 
Sixty days or greater but less than ninety days
  659   92 
Ninety days or greater
  3,156   995 
         
Total cash collateral liability
 $23,278  $21,516 
         
Security collateral on deposit from counterparties
 $5  $6 
         
Reinvestment portfolio — estimated fair value
 $22,300  $20,339 
         
 
 
(1) Open — meaning that the related loaned security could be returned to the Company on the next business day requiring the Company to immediately return the cash collateral.
 
The estimated fair value of the securities on loan related to the cash collateral on open at March 31, 2010 was $3,816 million, of which $3,612 million were U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities which, if put to the Company, can be immediately sold to satisfy the cash requirements. The remainder of the securities on loan were primarily U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities, and very liquid RMBS. The reinvestment portfolio acquired with the cash collateral consisted principally of fixed maturity securities (including U.S. corporate, U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed, RMBS, ABS and CMBS securities).
 
Security collateral on deposit from counterparties in connection with the securities lending transactions may not be sold or repledged, unless the counterparty is in default, and is not reflected in the consolidated financial statements. Separately, the Company has $47 million and $46 million, at estimated fair value, of cash and security collateral on deposit from a counterparty to secure its interest in a pooled investment that is held by a third party trustee, as custodian, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. This pooled investment is included within fixed maturity securities and had an estimated fair value of $53 million and $51 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Invested Assets on Deposit, Held in Trust and Pledged as Collateral
 
The invested assets on deposit, invested assets held in trust and invested assets pledged as collateral are presented in the table below. The amounts presented in the table below are at estimated fair value for cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments, fixed maturity, trading and equity securities and at carrying value for mortgage loans.
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Invested assets on deposit:
        
Regulatory agencies (1)
 $1,427  $1,383 
Invested assets held in trust:
        
Collateral financing arrangements (2)
  5,818   5,653 
Reinsurance arrangements (3)
  2,730   2,719 
Invested assets pledged as collateral:
        
Debt and funding agreements — FHLB of N Y(4)
  20,583   20,612 
Funding agreements — FHLB of Boston (4)
  405   419 
Funding agreements — Farmer Mac (5)
  2,871   2,871 
Federal Reserve Bank of New York (6)
  1,581   1,537 
Collateral financing arrangements (7)
  76   80 
Derivative transactions (8)
  1,690   1,671 
Short sale agreements (9)
  553   496 
         
Total invested assets on deposit, held in trust and pledged as collateral
 $37,734  $37,441 
         
 
 
(1) The Company had investment assets on deposit with regulatory agencies consisting primarily of cash and cash equivalents, fixed maturity and equity securities and short-term investments.
 
(2) The Company held in trust cash and securities, primarily fixed maturity and equity securities, to satisfy collateral requirements.
 
(3) The Company has pledged certain investments, primarily fixed maturity securities, in connection with certain reinsurance transactions.
 
(4) The Company has pledged fixed maturity securities and mortgage loans in support of its debt and funding agreements with the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (“FHLB of NY”) and has pledged fixed maturity securities to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (“FHLB of Boston”). The nature of these Federal Home Loan Bank arrangements is described in Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
(5) The Company has pledged certain agricultural real estate mortgage loans in connection with funding agreements with the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (“Farmer Mac”). The nature of the Farmer Mac arrangements is described in Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
(6) The Company has pledged qualifying mortgage loans and fixed maturity securities in connection with collateralized borrowings from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Term Auction Facility. The nature of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York arrangements is described in Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
(7) The Holding Company has pledged certain collateral in support of the collateral financing arrangements described in Note 12 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
(8) Certain of the Company’s invested assets are pledged as collateral for various derivative transactions as described in Note 4.
 
(9) Certain of the Company’s trading securities and cash and cash equivalents are pledged to secure liabilities associated with short sale agreements in the trading securities portfolio as described in the following section.
 
See also the immediately preceding section “Securities Lending” for the amount of the Company’s cash and invested assets received from and due back to counterparties pursuant to the securities lending program.
 
Trading Securities
 
The Company has trading securities portfolios to support investment strategies that involve the active and frequent purchase and sale of securities, the execution of short sale agreements and asset and liability matching strategies for certain insurance products. In addition, the Company classifies securities held within consolidated securitization entities as trading securities, with changes in estimated fair value recorded as net investment gains (losses).
 
The table below presents certain information about the Company’s trading securities portfolios:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Trading securities — at estimated fair value
 $2,765  $2,384 
Securities held by consolidated securitization entities — at estimated fair value
  274   — 
         
Total trading securities — at estimated fair value
 $3,039  $2,384 
         
Short sale agreement liabilities — at estimated fair value (included in other liabilities)
 $97  $106 
Investments pledged to secure short sale agreement liabilities
 $553  $496 
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Trading securities:
        
Net investment income (1)
 $79  $17 
Changes in estimated fair value included in net investment income
 $64  $13 
Securities held by consolidated securitization entities:
        
Net investment income (2)
 $4  $— 
Changes in estimated fair value included in net investment gains (losses) (3)
 $(4) $— 
 
 
(1) Includes interest and dividends earned on trading securities, in addition to the net realized gains (losses) and changes in estimated fair value subsequent to purchase, recognized on the trading securities and the related short sale agreement liabilities.
 
(2) Includes interest and dividends earned on securities held by consolidated securitization entities.
 
(3) Includes net realized gains (losses) and changes in estimated fair value subsequent to consolidation recognized on securities held by consolidated securitization entities — accounted for under the fair value option.
 
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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
Mortgage Loans
 
Mortgage loans, net of valuation allowances, are categorized as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Carrying
  % of
  Carrying
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Mortgage loansheld-for-investment,net:
                
Commercial mortgage loans
 $34,727   60.4% $34,587   67.9%
Agricultural mortgage loans
  12,093   21.1   12,140   23.8 
Residential and consumer loans
  1,548   2.7   1,454   2.9 
                 
Subtotal mortgage loansheld-for-investment,net
  48,368   84.2%  48,181   94.6%
                 
Commercial mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities — fair value option
  7,065   12.3   —   — 
                 
Total mortgage loansheld-for-investment,net
  55,433   96.5%  48,181   94.6%
                 
Mortgage loansheld-for-sale:
                
Residential — fair value option
  1,647   2.9   2,470   4.9 
Commercial and residential — lower of amortized cost or estimated fair value
  356   0.6   258   0.5 
                 
Total mortgage loansheld-for-sale
  2,003   3.5   2,728   5.4 
                 
Total mortgage loans, net
 $57,436   100.0% $50,909   100.0%
                 
 
See “— Variable Interest Entities” for discussion of consolidated securitization entities included in the table above.
 
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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Commercial Mortgage Loans by Geographic Region and Property Type — The Company diversifies its mortgage loans by both geographic region and property type to reduce the risk of concentration. The following table presents the distribution across geographic regions and property types for commercial mortgage loans at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Carrying
  % of
  Carrying
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Region:
                
Pacific
 $8,497   24.5% $8,684   25.1%
South Atlantic
  7,426   21.4   7,342   21.2 
Middle Atlantic
  6,075   17.4   5,948   17.2 
International
  3,676   10.6   3,564   10.3 
West South Central
  2,868   8.3   2,870   8.3 
East North Central
  2,513   7.2   2,487   7.2 
New England
  1,394   4.0   1,414   4.1 
Mountain
  928   2.7   944   2.7 
West North Central
  632   1.8   641   1.9 
East South Central
  441   1.3   443   1.3 
Other
  277   0.8   250   0.7 
                 
Total
 $34,727   100.0% $34,587   100.0%
                 
Property Type:
                
Office
 $15,046   43.3% $14,986   43.3%
Retail
  8,032   23.1   7,870   22.8 
Apartments
  3,656   10.6   3,696   10.7 
Hotel
  2,946   8.5   2,947   8.5 
Industrial
  2,776   8.0   2,759   8.0 
Other
  2,271   6.5   2,329   6.7 
                 
Total
 $34,727   100.0% $34,587   100.0%
                 


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Mortgage Servicing Rights
 
The following table presents the carrying value and changes in capitalized mortgage servicing rights (“MSRs”), which are included in other invested assets, at and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
 
         
  At and for the
 
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Estimated fair value, beginning of period
 $878  $191 
Acquisition of MSRs
  —   235 
Origination of MSRs
  59   — 
Reductions due to loan payments
  (23)  (25)
Changes in estimated fair value due to:
        
Changes in valuation model inputs or assumptions
  (55)  3 
Other changes in estimated fair value
  —   1 
         
Estimated fair value, end of period
 $859  $405 
         
 
The Company recognizes the rights to service residential mortgage loans as MSRs. MSRs are either acquired or are generated from the sale of originated residential mortgage loans where the servicing rights are retained by the Company. MSRs are carried at estimated fair value and changes in estimated fair value, primarily due to changes in valuation inputs and assumptions and to the collection of expected cash flows, are reported in other revenues in the period in which the change occurs. See also Note 5 for further information about how the estimated fair value of MSRs is determined and other related information.
 
Short-term Investments
 
The carrying value of short-term investments, which include investments with remaining maturities of one year or less, but greater than three months, at the time of acquisition was $8.0 billion and $8.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company is exposed to concentrations of credit risk related to securities of the U.S. government and certain U.S. government agencies included within short-term investments, which were $7.2 billion and $7.5 billon at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Cash Equivalents
 
The carrying value of cash equivalents, which include investments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less, at the time of acquisition was $7.3 billion and $8.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company is exposed to concentrations of credit risk related to securities of the U.S. government and certain U.S. government agencies included within cash equivalents, which were $5.2 billion and $6.0 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Variable Interest Entities
 
The Company holds investments in certain entities that are VIEs. In certain instances, the Company holds both the power to direct the most significant activities of the entity, as well as an economic interest in the entity and, as such, consistent with the new guidance described in Note 1, is deemed to be the primary beneficiary or consolidator of the entity. The following table presents the total assets and total liabilities relating to VIEs for which the Company has concluded that it is the primary beneficiary and which are consolidated in the Company’s financial statements at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Creditors or beneficial interest holders of VIEs where the


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Company is the primary beneficiary have no recourse to the general credit of the Company, as the Company’s obligation to the VIEs is limited to the amount of its committed investment.
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Total
  Total
  Total
  Total
 
  Assets  Liabilities  Assets  Liabilities 
  (In millions) 
 
Consolidated securitization entities (1)
 $7,416  $7,181  $—  $— 
MRSC collateral financing arrangement (2)
  3,362   —   3,230   — 
Other limited partnership interests
  354   63   367   72 
Real estate joint ventures
  22   16   22   17 
Other invested assets
  —   —   27   1 
                 
Total
 $11,154  $7,260  $3,646  $90 
                 
 
 
(1) As discussed in Note 1, upon the adoption of new guidance effective January 1, 2010, the Company consolidated former QSPEs that are structured as CMBS and former QSPEs that are structured as collateralized debt obligations. At March 31, 2010, these entities held total assets of $7,416 million consisting of $274 million of securities classified by the Company as trading securities, $7,065 million of commercial mortgage loans, $39 million of accrued investment income and $38 million of cash. These entities had total liabilities of $7,181 million, consisting of $7,106 million of long-term debt and $75 million of other liabilities. The assets of these entities can only be used to settle its liabilities, and under no circumstances is the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates liable for any principal or interest shortfalls should any arise. The Company’s exposure is limited to that of its remaining investment in the former QSPEs of $181 million at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010. The long-term debt referred to above bears interest at primarily fixed rates ranging from 2.25% to 5.57%, payable primarily on a monthly basis and is expected to be repaid over the next 7 years. Interest expense related to these obligations, included in other expenses, was $106 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
(2) See Note 12 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report for a description of the MetLife Reinsurance Company of South Carolina (“MRSC”) collateral financing arrangement. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, these assets consist of the following, at estimated fair value:
 
         
  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009
  (In millions)
 
Fixed maturity securitiesavailable-for-sale:
        
ABS
  $1,076   $  963 
U.S. corporate securities
  1,034   1,049 
RMBS
  494   672 
CMBS
  397   348 
Foreign corporate securities
  84   80 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  33   33 
State and political subdivision securities
  21   21 
Foreign government securities
  5   5 
Cash and cash equivalents (including cash held in trust of $0 and less than $1 million, respectively)
  218   59 
         
Total
  $3,362   $3,230 
         


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the carrying amount and maximum exposure to loss relating to VIEs for which the Company holds significant variable interests but is not the primary beneficiary and which have not been consolidated at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
     Maximum
     Maximum
 
  Carrying
  Exposure
  Carrying
  Exposure
 
  Amount  to Loss (1)  Amount  to Loss (1) 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed maturity securitiesavailable-for-sale:
                
RMBS (2)
 $42,980  $42,980  $—  $— 
CMBS (2)
  16,495   16,495   —   — 
ABS (2)
  13,892   13,892   —   — 
Foreign corporate securities
  1,361   1,361   1,254   1,254 
U.S. corporate securities
  1,849   1,849   1,216   1,216 
Other limited partnership interests
  3,256   5,248   2,543   2,887 
Other invested assets
  491   534   416   409 
Real estate joint ventures
  10   65   30   30 
Equity securitiesavailable-for-sale:
                
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   —   31   31 
                 
Total
 $80,334  $82,424  $5,490  $5,827 
                 
 
 
(1) The maximum exposure to loss relating to the fixed maturity and equity securitiesavailable-for-saleis equal to the carrying amounts or carrying amounts of retained interests. The maximum exposure to loss relating to the real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests is equal to the carrying amounts plus any unfunded commitments. Such a maximum loss would be expected to occur only upon bankruptcy of the issuer or investee. For certain of its investments in other invested assets, the Company’s return is in the form of tax credits which are guaranteed by a creditworthy third-party. For such investments, the maximum exposure to loss is equal to the carrying amounts plus any unfunded commitments, reduced by amounts guaranteed by third parties of $220 million and $232 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
(2) As discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted new guidance effective January 1, 2010 which eliminated the concept of a QSPE. As a result, the Company concluded it held variable interests in RMBS, CMBS and ABS. For these interests, the Company’s involvement is limited to that of a passive investor.
 
As described in Note 8, the Company makes commitments to fund partnership investments in the normal course of business. Excluding these commitments, the Company did not provide financial or other support to investees designated as VIEs during the three months ended March 31, 2010.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
4.  Derivative Financial Instruments
 
Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments
 
Derivatives are financial instruments whose values are derived from interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, or other financial indices. Derivatives may be exchange-traded or contracted in theover-the-countermarket. The Company uses a variety of derivatives, including swaps, forwards, futures and option contracts, to manage risks relating to its ongoing business. To a lesser extent, the Company uses credit derivatives, such as credit default swaps, to synthetically replicate investment risks and returns which are not readily available in the cash market. The Company also purchases certain securities, issues certain insurance policies and investment contracts and engages in certain reinsurance contracts that have embedded derivatives.
 
Freestanding derivatives are carried on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets either as assets within other invested assets or as liabilities within other liabilities at estimated fair value as determined through the use of quoted market prices for exchange-traded derivatives and interest rate forwards to sell certain to-be-announced securities or through the use of pricing models forover-the-counterderivatives. The determination of estimated fair value, when quoted market values are not available, is based on market standard valuation methodologies and inputs that are assumed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing the instruments. Derivative valuations can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, financial indices, credit spreads, default risk (including the counterparties to the contract), volatility, liquidity and changes in estimates and assumptions used in the pricing models.
 
The Company does not offset the fair value amounts recognized for derivatives executed with the same counterparty under the same master netting agreement.
 
If a derivative is not designated as an accounting hedge or its use in managing risk does not qualify for hedge accounting, changes in the estimated fair value of the derivative are generally reported in net investment gains (losses) except for those (i) in policyholder benefits and claims for economic hedges of variable annuity guarantees included in future policy benefits; (ii) in net investment income for economic hedges of equity method investments in joint ventures, or for all derivatives held in relation to the trading portfolios; (iii) in other revenues for derivatives held in connection with the Company’s mortgage banking activities; and (iv) in other expenses for economic hedges of foreign currency exposure related to the Company’s international subsidiaries. The fluctuations in estimated fair value of derivatives which have not been designated for hedge accounting can result in significant volatility in net income.
 
To qualify for hedge accounting, at the inception of the hedging relationship, the Company formally documents its risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedging transaction, as well as its designation of the hedge as either (i) a hedge of the estimated fair value of a recognized asset or liability (“fair value hedge”); (ii) a hedge of a forecasted transaction or of the variability of cash flows to be received or paid related to a recognized asset or liability (“cash flow hedge”); or (iii) a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation. In this documentation, the Company sets forth how the hedging instrument is expected to hedge the designated risks related to the hedged item and sets forth the method that will be used to retrospectively and prospectively assess the hedging instrument’s effectiveness and the method which will be used to measure ineffectiveness. A derivative designated as a hedging instrument must be assessed as being highly effective in offsetting the designated risk of the hedged item. Hedge effectiveness is formally assessed at inception and periodically throughout the life of the designated hedging relationship. Assessments of hedge effectiveness and measurements of ineffectiveness are also subject to interpretation and estimation and different interpretations or estimates may have a material effect on the amount reported in net income.
 
The accounting for derivatives is complex and interpretations of the primary accounting guidance continue to evolve in practice. Judgment is applied in determining the availability and application of hedge accounting designations and the appropriate accounting treatment under such accounting guidance. If it was determined that hedge accounting designations were not appropriately applied, reported net income could be materially affected. Differences in judgment as to the availability and application of hedge accounting designations and the appropriate accounting treatment may result in a differing impact in the consolidated financial statements of the Company from that previously reported.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Under a fair value hedge, changes in the estimated fair value of the hedging derivative, including amounts measured as ineffectiveness, and changes in the estimated fair value of the hedged item related to the designated risk being hedged, are reported within net investment gains (losses). The estimated fair values of the hedging derivatives are exclusive of any accruals that are separately reported in the consolidated statement of operations within interest income or interest expense to match the location of the hedged item. However, accruals that are not scheduled to settle until maturity are included in the estimated fair value of derivatives in the consolidated balance sheets.
 
Under a cash flow hedge, changes in the estimated fair value of the hedging derivative measured as effective are reported within other comprehensive income (loss), a separate component of stockholders’ equity and the deferred gains or losses on the derivative are reclassified into the consolidated statement of operations when the Company’s earnings are affected by the variability in cash flows of the hedged item. Changes in the estimated fair value of the hedging instrument measured as ineffectiveness are reported within net investment gains (losses). The estimated fair values of the hedging derivatives are exclusive of any accruals that are separately reported in the consolidated statement of operations within interest income or interest expense to match the location of the hedged item. However, accruals that are not scheduled to settle until maturity are included in the estimated fair value of derivatives in the consolidated balance sheets.
 
In a hedge of a net investment in a foreign operation, changes in the estimated fair value of the hedging derivative that are measured as effective are reported within other comprehensive income (loss) consistent with the translation adjustment for the hedged net investment in the foreign operation. Changes in the estimated fair value of the hedging instrument measured as ineffectiveness are reported within net investment gains (losses).
 
The Company discontinues hedge accounting prospectively when: (i) it is determined that the derivative is no longer highly effective in offsetting changes in the estimated fair value or cash flows of a hedged item; (ii) the derivative expires, is sold, terminated, or exercised; (iii) it is no longer probable that the hedged forecasted transaction will occur; or (iv) the derivative is de-designated as a hedging instrument.
 
When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is determined that the derivative is not highly effective in offsetting changes in the estimated fair value or cash flows of a hedged item, the derivative continues to be carried in the consolidated balance sheets at its estimated fair value, with changes in estimated fair value recognized currently in net investment gains (losses). The carrying value of the hedged recognized asset or liability under a fair value hedge is no longer adjusted for changes in its estimated fair value due to the hedged risk, and the cumulative adjustment to its carrying value is amortized into income over the remaining life of the hedged item. Provided the hedged forecasted transaction is still probable of occurrence, the changes in estimated fair value of derivatives recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) related to discontinued cash flow hedges are released into the consolidated statement of operations when the Company’s earnings are affected by the variability in cash flows of the hedged item.
 
When hedge accounting is discontinued because it is no longer probable that the forecasted transactions will occur on the anticipated date or within two months of that date, the derivative continues to be carried in the consolidated balance sheets at its estimated fair value, with changes in estimated fair value recognized currently in net investment gains (losses). Deferred gains and losses of a derivative recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) pursuant to the discontinued cash flow hedge of a forecasted transaction that is no longer probable are recognized immediately in net investment gains (losses).
 
In all other situations in which hedge accounting is discontinued, the derivative is carried at its estimated fair value in the consolidated balance sheets, with changes in its estimated fair value recognized in the current period as net investment gains (losses).
 
The Company is also a party to financial instruments that contain terms which are deemed to be embedded derivatives. The Company assesses each identified embedded derivative to determine whether it is required to be bifurcated. If the instrument would not be accounted for in its entirety at estimated fair value and it is determined that the terms of the embedded derivative are not clearly and closely related to the economic characteristics of the


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
host contract, and that a separate instrument with the same terms would qualify as a derivative instrument, the embedded derivative is bifurcated from the host contract and accounted for as a freestanding derivative. Such embedded derivatives are carried in the consolidated balance sheets at estimated fair value with the host contract and changes in their estimated fair value are generally reported in net investment gains (losses) except for those in policyholder benefits and claims related to ceded reinsurance of guaranteed minimum income benefits. If the Company is unable to properly identify and measure an embedded derivative for separation from its host contract, the entire contract is carried on the balance sheet at estimated fair value, with changes in estimated fair value recognized in the current period in net investment gains (losses) or in policyholder benefits and claims. Additionally, the Company may elect to carry an entire contract on the balance sheet at estimated fair value, with changes in estimated fair value recognized in the current period in net investment gains (losses) or in policyholder benefits and claims if that contract contains an embedded derivative that requires bifurcation. There is a risk that embedded derivatives requiring bifurcation may not be identified and reported at estimated fair value in the consolidated financial statements and that their related changes in estimated fair value could materially affect reported net income.
 
See Note 5 for information about the fair value hierarchy for derivatives.
 
Primary Risks Managed by Derivative Financial Instruments and Non-Derivative Financial Instruments
 
The Company is exposed to various risks relating to its ongoing business operations, including interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, credit risk and equity market risk. The Company uses a variety of strategies to manage these risks, including the use of derivative instruments. The following table presents the notional amount, estimated fair value and primary underlying risk exposure of the Company’s derivative financial instruments, excluding embedded derivatives held at:
 
                           
    March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
Primary Underlying
   Notional
  Estimated Fair Value (1)  Notional
  Estimated Fair Value (1) 
Risk Exposure Instrument Type Amount  Assets  Liabilities  Amount  Assets  Liabilities 
    (In millions) 
 
Interest rate
 Interest rate swaps $40,201  $1,702  $1,148  $38,152  $1,570  $1,255 
  Interest rate floors  24,191   445   32   23,691   461   37 
  Interest rate caps  24,406   168   —   28,409   283   — 
  Interest rate futures  7,376   6   13   7,563   8   10 
  Interest rate options  4,100   90   39   4,050   117   57 
  Interest rate forwards  7,962   31   14   9,921   66   27 
  Synthetic GICs  4,326   —   —   4,352   —   — 
Foreign currency
 Foreign currency swaps  17,499   1,485   1,321   16,879   1,514   1,392 
  Foreign currency forwards  6,421   75   109   6,485   83   57 
  Currency options  434   16   —   822   18   — 
Credit
 Credit default swaps  8,017   87   110   6,723   74   130 
  Credit forwards  190   1   2   220   2   6 
Equity market
 Equity futures  7,307   14   24   7,405   44   21 
  Equity options  29,662   1,443   1,104   27,175   1,712   1,018 
  Variance swaps  15,183   109   102   13,654   181   58 
  Total rate of return swaps  772   —   35   376   —   47 
                           
    Total $198,047  $5,672  $4,053  $195,877  $6,133  $4,115 
                           
 
 
(1) The estimated fair value of all derivatives in an asset position is reported within other invested assets in the consolidated balance sheets and the estimated fair value of all derivatives in a liability position is reported within other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.


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Interest rate swaps are used by the Company primarily to reduce market risks from changes in interest rates and to alter interest rate exposure arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities (duration mismatches). In an interest rate swap, the Company agrees with another party to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed rate and floating rate interest amounts as calculated by reference to an agreed notional principal amount. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by the counterparty at each due date. The Company utilizes interest rate swaps in fair value, cash flow and non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company also enters into basis swaps to better match the cash flows from assets and related liabilities. In a basis swap, both legs of the swap are floating with each based on a different index. Generally, no cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract and no principal payments are made by either party. A single net payment is usually made by one counterparty at each due date. Basis swaps are included in interest rate swaps in the preceding table. The Company utilizes basis swaps in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Inflation swaps are used as an economic hedge to reduce inflation risk generated from inflation-indexed liabilities. Inflation swaps are included in interest rate swaps in the preceding table. The Company utilizes inflation swaps in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Implied volatility swaps are used by the Company primarily as economic hedges of interest rate risk associated with the Company’s investments in mortgage-backed securities. In an implied volatility swap, the Company exchanges fixed payments for floating payments that are linked to certain market volatility measures. If implied volatility rises, the floating payments that the Company receives will increase, and if implied volatility falls, the floating payments that the Company receives will decrease. Implied volatility swaps are included in interest rate swaps in the preceding table. The Company utilizes implied volatility swaps in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company purchases interest rate caps and floors primarily to protect its floating rate liabilities against rises in interest rates above a specified level, and against interest rate exposure arising from mismatches between assets and liabilities (duration mismatches), as well as to protect its minimum rate guarantee liabilities against declines in interest rates below a specified level, respectively. In certain instances, the Company locks in the economic impact of existing purchased caps and floors by entering into offsetting written caps and floors. The Company utilizes interest rate caps and floors in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
In exchange-traded interest rate (Treasury and swap) futures transactions, the Company agrees to purchase or sell a specified number of contracts, the value of which is determined by the different classes of interest rate securities, and to post variation margin on a daily basis in an amount equal to the difference in the daily market values of those contracts. The Company enters into exchange-traded futures with regulated futures commission merchants that are members of the exchange. Exchange-traded interest rate (Treasury and swap) futures are used primarily to hedge mismatches between the duration of assets in a portfolio and the duration of liabilities supported by those assets, to hedge against changes in value of securities the Company owns or anticipates acquiring and to hedge against changes in interest rates on anticipated liability issuances by replicating Treasury or swap curve performance. The Company utilizes exchange-traded interest rate futures in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Swaptions are used by the Company to hedge interest rate risk associated with the Company’s long-term liabilities. A swaption is an option to enter into a swap with a forward starting effective date. In certain instances, the Company locks in the economic impact of existing purchased swaptions by entering into offsetting written swaptions. The Company pays a premium for purchased swaptions and receives a premium for written swaptions. Swaptions are included in interest rate options in the preceding table. The Company utilizes swaptions in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company writes covered call options on its portfolio of U.S. Treasuries as an income generation strategy. In a covered call transaction, the Company receives a premium at the inception of the contract in exchange for giving the derivative counterparty the right to purchase the referenced security from the Company at a


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predetermined price. The call option is “covered” because the Company owns the referenced security over the term of the option. Covered call options are included in interest rate options in the preceding table. The Company utilizes covered call options in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company enters into interest rate forwards to buy and sell securities. The price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for such a contract is made at a specified future date. The Company also uses interest rate forwards to sell to be announced securities as economic hedges against the risk of changes in the fair value of mortgage loansheld-for-saleand interest rate lock commitments. The Company utilizes interest rate forwards in cash flow and non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Interest rate lock commitments are short-term commitments to fund mortgage loan applications in process (the pipeline) for a fixed term at a fixed price. During the term of an interest rate lock commitment, the Company is exposed to the risk that interest rates will change from the rate quoted to the potential borrower. Interest rate lock commitments to fund mortgage loans that will beheld-for-saleare considered derivative instruments. Interest rate lock commitments are included in interest rate forwards in the preceding table. Interest rate lock commitments are not designated as hedging instruments.
 
A synthetic GIC is a contract that simulates the performance of a traditional guaranteed interest contract through the use of financial instruments. Under a synthetic GIC, the policyholder owns the underlying assets. The Company guarantees a rate return on those assets for a premium. Synthetic GICs are not designated as hedging instruments.
 
Foreign currency derivatives, including foreign currency swaps, foreign currency forwards and currency option contracts, are used by the Company to reduce the risk from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates associated with its assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies. The Company also uses foreign currency forwards and swaps to hedge the foreign currency risk associated with certain of its net investments in foreign operations.
 
In a foreign currency swap transaction, the Company agrees with another party to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between one currency and another at a fixed exchange rate, generally set at inception, calculated by reference to an agreed upon principal amount. The principal amount of each currency is exchanged at the inception and termination of the currency swap by each party. The Company utilizes foreign currency swaps in fair value, cash flow, net investment in foreign operations and non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
In a foreign currency forward transaction, the Company agrees with another party to deliver a specified amount of an identified currency at a specified future date. The price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for such a contract is made in a different currency at the specified future date. The Company utilizes foreign currency forwards in net investment in foreign operations and non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company enters into currency option contracts that give it the right, but not the obligation, to sell the foreign currency amount in exchange for a functional currency amount within a limited time at a contracted price. The contracts may also be net settled in cash, based on differentials in the foreign exchange rate and the strike price. The Company uses currency options to hedge against the foreign currency exposure inherent in certain of its variable annuity products. The Company also uses currency options as an economic hedge of foreign currency exposure related to the Company’s international subsidiaries. The Company utilizes currency options in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
The Company uses certain of its foreign currency denominated funding agreements to hedge portions of its net investments in foreign operations against adverse movements in exchange rates. Such contracts are included in non-derivative hedging instruments in the hedges of net investments in foreign operations table.
 
Swap spreadlocks are used by the Company to hedge invested assets on an economic basis against the risk of changes in credit spreads. Swap spreadlocks are forward transactions between two parties whose underlying reference index is a forward starting interest rate swap where the Company agrees to pay a coupon based on a predetermined reference swap spread in exchange for receiving a coupon based on a floating rate. The Company


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has the option to cash settle with the counterparty in lieu of maintaining the swap after the effective date. The Company utilizes swap spreadlocks in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Certain credit default swaps are used by the Company to hedge against credit-related changes in the value of its investments and to diversify its credit risk exposure in certain portfolios. In a credit default swap transaction, the Company agrees with another party, at specified intervals, to pay a premium to hedge credit risk. If a credit event, as defined by the contract, occurs, generally the contract will require the swap to be settled gross by the delivery of par quantities of the referenced investment equal to the specified swap notional in exchange for the payment of cash amounts by the counterparty equal to the par value of the investment surrendered. The Company utilizes credit default swaps in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Credit default swaps are also used to synthetically create investments that are either more expensive to acquire or otherwise unavailable in the cash markets. These transactions are a combination of a derivative and a cash instrument such as a U.S. Treasury or Agency security. The Company also enters into certain credit default swaps held in relation to trading portfolios for the purpose of generating profits on short-term differences in price. These credit default swaps are not designated as hedging instruments.
 
The Company enters into forwards to lock in the price to be paid for forward purchases of certain securities. The price is agreed upon at the time of the contract and payment for the contract is made at a specified future date. When the primary purpose of entering into these transactions is to hedge against the risk of changes in purchase price due to changes in credit spreads, the Company designates these as credit forwards. The Company utilizes credit forwards in cash flow hedging relationships.
 
In exchange-traded equity futures transactions, the Company agrees to purchase or sell a specified number of contracts, the value of which is determined by the different classes of equity securities, and to post variation margin on a daily basis in an amount equal to the difference in the daily market values of those contracts. The Company enters into exchange-traded futures with regulated futures commission merchants that are members of the exchange. Exchange-traded equity futures are used primarily to hedge liabilities embedded in certain variable annuity products offered by the Company. The Company utilizes exchange-traded equity futures in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Equity index options are used by the Company primarily to hedge minimum guarantees embedded in certain variable annuity products offered by the Company. To hedge against adverse changes in equity indices, the Company enters into contracts to sell the equity index within a limited time at a contracted price. The contracts will be net settled in cash based on differentials in the indices at the time of exercise and the strike price. In certain instances, the Company may enter into a combination of transactions to hedge adverse changes in equity indices within a pre-determined range through the purchase and sale of options. Equity index options are included in equity options in the preceding table. The Company utilizes equity index options in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Equity variance swaps are used by the Company primarily to hedge minimum guarantees embedded in certain variable annuity products offered by the Company. In an equity variance swap, the Company agrees with another party to exchange amounts in the future, based on changes in equity volatility over a defined period. Equity variance swaps are included in variance swaps in the preceding table. The Company utilizes equity variance swaps in non-qualifying hedging relationships.
 
Total rate of return swaps (“TRRs”) are swaps whereby the Company agrees with another party to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between the economic risk and reward of an asset or a market index and London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”), calculated by reference to an agreed notional principal amount. No cash is exchanged at the outset of the contract. Cash is paid and received over the life of the contract based on the terms of the swap. These transactions are entered into pursuant to master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by the counterparty at each due date. The Company uses TRRs to hedge its equity market guarantees in certain of its insurance products. TRRs can be used as hedges or to synthetically create investments. The Company utilizes TRRs in non-qualifying hedging relationships.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Hedging
 
The following table presents the notional amount and estimated fair value of derivatives designated as hedging instruments by type of hedge designation at:
 
                         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Notional
  Estimated Fair Value  Notional
  Estimated Fair Value 
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments Amount  Assets  Liabilities  Amount  Assets  Liabilities 
  (In millions) 
 
Fair Value Hedges:
                        
Foreign currency swaps
 $4,776  $766  $186  $4,807  $854  $132 
Interest rate swaps
  4,853   560   85   4,824   500   75 
                         
Subtotal
  9,629   1,326   271   9,631   1,354   207 
                         
Cash Flow Hedges:
                        
Foreign currency swaps
  4,834   188   355   4,108   127   347 
Interest rate swaps
  2,250   —   46   1,740   —   48 
Credit forwards
  190   1   2   220   2   6 
                         
Subtotal
  7,274   189   403   6,068   129   401 
                         
Foreign Operations Hedges:
                        
Foreign currency forwards
  1,844   23   35   1,880   27   13 
                         
Subtotal
  1,844   23   35   1,880   27   13 
                         
Total Qualifying Hedges
 $18,747  $1,538  $709  $17,579  $1,510  $621 
                         
 
The following table presents the notional amount and estimated fair value of derivatives that are not designated or do not qualify as hedging instruments by derivative type at:
 
                         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
Derivatives Not Designated or Not
 Notional
  Estimated Fair Value  Notional
  Estimated Fair Value 
Qualifying as Hedging Instruments Amount  Assets  Liabilities  Amount  Assets  Liabilities 
  (In millions) 
 
Interest rate swaps
 $33,098  $1,142  $1,017  $31,588  $1,070  $1,132 
Interest rate floors
  24,191   445   32   23,691   461   37 
Interest rate caps
  24,406   168   —   28,409   283   — 
Interest rate futures
  7,376   6   13   7,563   8   10 
Interest rate options
  4,100   90   39   4,050   117   57 
Interest rate forwards
  7,962   31   14   9,921   66   27 
Synthetic GICs
  4,326   —   —   4,352   —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
  7,889   531   780   7,964   533   913 
Foreign currency forwards
  4,577   52   74   4,605   56   44 
Currency options
  434   16   —   822   18   — 
Credit default swaps
  8,017   87   110   6,723   74   130 
Equity futures
  7,307   14   24   7,405   44   21 
Equity options
  29,662   1,443   1,104   27,175   1,712   1,018 
Variance swaps
  15,183   109   102   13,654   181   58 
Total rate of return swaps
  772   —   35   376   —   47 
                         
Total non-designated or non-qualifying derivatives
 $179,300  $4,134  $3,344  $178,298  $4,623  $3,494 
                         


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the settlement payments recorded in income for the:
 
         
  Three Months Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Qualifying hedges:
        
Net investment income
 $23  $17 
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  61   42 
Other expenses
  (2)  (4)
Non-qualifying hedges:
        
Net investment income
  —   (1)
Net investment gains (losses)
  30   30 
Other revenues
  29   8 
         
Total
 $141  $92 
         
 
Fair Value Hedges
 
The Company designates and accounts for the following as fair value hedges when they have met the requirements of fair value hedging: (i) interest rate swaps to convert fixed rate investments to floating rate investments; (ii) interest rate swaps to convert fixed rate liabilities to floating rate liabilities; and (iii) foreign currency swaps to hedge the foreign currency fair value exposure of foreign currency denominated investments and liabilities.
 
The Company recognizes gains and losses on derivatives and the related hedged items in fair value hedges within net investment gains (losses). The following table represents the amount of such net investment gains (losses) recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
 
               
    Net Investment
     Ineffectiveness
 
    Gains (Losses)
  Net Investment Gains
  Recognized in
 
Derivatives in Fair Value
 Hedged Items in Fair Value
 Recognized
  (Losses) Recognized
  Net Investment
 
Hedging Relationships Hedging Relationships for Derivatives  for Hedged Items  Gains (Losses) 
    (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
            
Interest rate swaps:
 Fixed maturity securities $(5) $6  $1 
  Policyholder account balances (1)  33   (33)  — 
Foreign currency swaps:
 Foreign-denominated fixed maturity securities  11   (11)  — 
  Foreign-denominated policyholder account balances (2)  (159)  149   (10)
               
Total
 $(120) $111  $(9)
             
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
            
Interest rate swaps:
 Fixed maturity securities $14  $(12) $2 
  Policyholder account balances (1)  (294)  292   (2)
Foreign currency swaps:
 Foreign-denominated fixed maturity securities  3   (4)  (1)
  Foreign-denominated policyholder account balances (2)  (107)  113   6 
               
Total
 $(384) $389  $5 
             
 
 
(1) Fixed rate liabilities
 
(2) Fixed rate or floating rate liabilities
 
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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Cash Flow Hedges
 
The Company designates and accounts for the following as cash flow hedges when they have met the requirements of cash flow hedging: (i) interest rate swaps to convert floating rate investments to fixed rate investments; (ii) interest rate swaps to convert floating rate liabilities to fixed rate liabilities; (iii) foreign currency swaps to hedge the foreign currency cash flow exposure of foreign currency denominated investments and liabilities; (iv) interest rate forwards and credit forwards to lock in the price to be paid for forward purchases of investments; (v) interest rate swaps to hedge the forecasted purchases of fixed-rate investments; and (vi) interest rate swaps to hedge forecasted fixed-rate borrowings.
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company recognized $3 million of net investment gains which represented the ineffective portion of all cash flow hedges. For the three months ended March 31, 2009, the Company recognized insignificant net investment losses which represented the ineffective portion of all cash flow hedges. All components of each derivative’s gain or loss were included in the assessment of hedge effectiveness. In certain instances, the Company discontinued cash flow hedge accounting because the forecasted transactions did not occur on the anticipated date or within two months of that date. The net amounts reclassified into net investment gains (losses) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 related to such discontinued cash flow hedges were insignificant. The net amounts reclassified into net investment gains (losses) for the three months ended March 31, 2009 related to such discontinued cash flow hedges were gains of $1 million. As of March 31, 2010, the maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging its exposure to variability in future cash flows for forecasted transactions does not exceed five years. There were no hedged forecasted transactions, other than the receipt or payment of variable interest payments, at March 31, 2009.
 
The following table presents the components of other comprehensive income (loss), before income tax, related to cash flow hedges:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss), balance at beginning of period
 $(76) $82 
Gains (losses) deferred in other comprehensive income (loss) on the effective portion of cash flow hedges
  51   (8)
Amounts reclassified to net investment gains (losses)
  68   39 
Amounts reclassified to net investment income
  1   2 
Amortization of transition adjustment
  —   (2)
         
Other comprehensive income (loss), balance at end of period
 $44  $113 
         
 
At March 31, 2010, $26 million of deferred net losses on derivatives accumulated in other comprehensive income (loss) is expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next 12 months.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the effects of derivatives in cash flow hedging relationships on the consolidated statements of operations and the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
 
                         
  Amount of Gains
  Amount and Location
    
  (Losses) Deferred
  of Gains (Losses)
  Amount and Location
 
  in Accumulated Other
  Reclassified from
  of Gains (Losses)
 
Derivatives in Cash Flow
 Comprehensive Income
  Accumulated Other Comprehensive
  Recognized in Income (Loss)
 
Hedging Relationships (Loss) on Derivatives  Income (Loss) into Income (Loss)  on Derivatives 
        (Ineffective Portion and
 
        Amount Excluded from
 
  (Effective Portion)  (Effective Portion)  Effectiveness Testing) 
     Net Investment
  Net Investment
  Other
  Net Investment
  Net Investment
 
     Gains (Losses)  Income  Expenses  Gains (Losses)  Income 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                        
Interest rate swaps
 $1  $—  $—  $—  $2  $— 
Foreign currency swaps
  47   (68)  (2)  —   1   — 
Interest rate forwards
  —   —   1   —   —   — 
Credit forwards
  3   —   —   —   —   — 
                         
Total
 $51  $(68) $(1) $—  $3  $— 
                         
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                        
Interest rate swaps
 $1  $—  $—  $—  $—  $— 
Foreign currency swaps
  (9)  (39)  —   —   —   — 
                         
Total
 $(8) $(39) $—  $—  $—  $— 
                         
 
Hedges of Net Investments in Foreign Operations
 
The Company uses foreign exchange contracts, which may include foreign currency swaps, forwards and options, to hedge portions of its net investments in foreign operations against adverse movements in exchange rates. The Company measures ineffectiveness on these contracts based upon the change in forward rates. In addition, the Company may also use non-derivative financial instruments to hedge portions of its net investments in foreign operations against adverse movements in exchange rates. The Company measures ineffectiveness on non-derivative financial instruments based upon the change in spot rates.
 
When net investments in foreign operations are sold or substantially liquidated, the amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations, while a pro rata portion will be reclassified upon partial sale of the net investments in foreign operations.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the effects of derivatives and non-derivative financial instruments in net investment hedging relationships in the consolidated statements of operations and the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009:
 
                 
     Amount and Location
 
        of Gains (Losses)
 
        Reclassified From Accumulated Other
 
  Amount of Gains (Losses)
  Comprehensive Income
 
  Deferred in Accumulated
  (Loss) into Income (Loss)
 
  Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
  (Effective Portion) 
  (Effective Portion)  Net Investment Gains (Losses) 
Derivatives and Non-Derivative Hedging Instruments in Net
 Three Months Ended March 31,  Three Months Ended March 31, 
Investment Hedging Relationships (1),(2) 2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Foreign currency forwards
 $(10) $5  $—  $— 
Foreign currency swaps
  —   4   —   — 
Non-derivative hedging instruments
  —   6   —   — 
                 
Total
 $(10) $15  $—  $— 
                 
 
 
(1) There were no sales or substantial liquidations of net investments in foreign operations that would have required the reclassification of gains or losses from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings during the periods presented.
 
(2) There was no ineffectiveness recognized for the Company’s hedges of net investments in foreign operations.
 
At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the cumulative foreign currency translation gain (loss) recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss related to hedges of net investments in foreign operations was ($50) million and ($40) million, respectively.
 
Non-Qualifying Derivatives and Derivatives for Purposes Other Than Hedging
 
The Company enters into the following derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting or for purposes other than hedging: (i) interest rate swaps, implied volatility swaps, caps and floors and interest rate futures to economically hedge its exposure to interest rates; (ii) foreign currency forwards, swaps and option contracts to economically hedge its exposure to adverse movements in exchange rates; (iii) credit default swaps to economically hedge exposure to adverse movements in credit; (iv) equity futures, equity index options, interest rate futures, TRRs and equity variance swaps to economically hedge liabilities embedded in certain variable annuity products; (v) swap spreadlocks to economically hedge invested assets against the risk of changes in credit spreads; (vi) interest rate forwards to buy and sell securities to economically hedge its exposure to interest rates; (vii) credit default swaps and TRRs to synthetically create investments; (viii) basis swaps to better match the cash flows of assets and related liabilities; (ix) credit default swaps held in relation to trading portfolios; (x) swaptions to hedge interest rate risk; (xi) inflation swaps to reduce risk generated from inflation-indexed liabilities; (xii) covered call options for income generation; (xiii) interest rate lock commitments; (xiv) synthetic GICs; and (xv) equity options to economically hedge certain invested assets against adverse changes in equity indices.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents the amount and location of gains (losses) recognized in income for derivatives that are not designated or qualifying as hedging instruments:
 
                     
  Net
  Net
  Policyholder
       
  Investment
  Investment
  Benefits
  Other
  Other
 
  Gains (Losses)  Income (1)  and Claims (2)  Revenues (3)  Expenses (4) 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                    
Interest rate swaps
 $81  $(1) $3  $57  $— 
Interest rate floors
  (7)  —   —   —   — 
Interest rate caps
  (113)  —   —   —   — 
Interest rate futures
  (20)  (5)  —   —   — 
Equity futures
  (82)  (11)  (88)  —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
  58   —   —   —   — 
Foreign currency forwards
  59   8   —   —   — 
Currency options
  3   (1)  —   —   (4)
Equity options
  (382)  (22)  —   —   — 
Interest rate options
  —   —   —   (2)  — 
Interest rate forwards
  8   —   —   (33)  — 
Variance swaps
  (120)  (3)  —   —   — 
Credit default swaps
  3   —   —   —   — 
Total rate of return swaps
  12   —   —   —   — 
                     
Total
 $(500) $(35) $(85) $22  $(4)
                     
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                    
Interest rate swaps
 $(592) $(2) $—  $9  $— 
Interest rate floors
  (551)  —   —   —   — 
Interest rate caps
  (25)  —   —   —   — 
Interest rate futures
  (118)  (6)  —   —   — 
Equity futures
  433   27   113   —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
  78   —   —   —   — 
Foreign currency forwards
  1   (24)  —   —   — 
Currency options
  (21)  —   —   —   — 
Equity options
  52   (18)  —   —   — 
Interest rate options
  (353)  —   —   —   — 
Interest rate forwards
  1   —   —   (16)  — 
Variance swaps
  (23)  (2)  —   —   — 
Swap spreadlocks
  (47)  —   —   —   — 
Credit default swaps
  89   (3)  —   —   — 
Total rate of return swaps
  (20)  —   —   —   — 
                     
Total
 $(1,096) $(28) $113  $(7) $— 
                     
 
 
(1) Changes in estimated fair value related to economic hedges of equity method investments in joint ventures, and changes in estimated fair value related to derivatives held in relation to trading portfolios.
 
(2) Changes in estimated fair value related to economic hedges of variable annuity guarantees included in future policy benefits.
 
(3) Changes in estimated fair value related to derivatives held in connection with the Company’s mortgage banking activities.
 
(4) Changes in estimated fair value related to economic hedges of foreign currency exposure associated with the Company’s international subsidiaries.


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
Credit Derivatives
 
In connection with synthetically created investment transactions and credit default swaps held in relation to the trading portfolio, the Company writes credit default swaps for which it receives a premium to insure credit risk. Such credit derivatives are included within the non-qualifying derivatives and derivatives for purposes other than hedging table. If a credit event occurs, as defined by the contract, generally the contract will require the Company to pay the counterparty the specified swap notional amount in exchange for the delivery of par quantities of the referenced credit obligation. The Company’s maximum amount at risk, assuming the value of all referenced credit obligations is zero, was $4,443 million and $3,101 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company can terminate these contracts at any time through cash settlement with the counterparty at an amount equal to the then current fair value of the credit default swaps. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company would have received $64 million and $53 million, respectively, to terminate all of these contracts.
 
The following table presents the estimated fair value, maximum amount of future payments and weighted average years to maturity of written credit default swaps at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
 
                         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
     Maximum
        Maximum
    
  Estimated
  Amount
     Estimated
  Amount of
    
  Fair Value
  of Future
  Weighted
  Fair Value
  Future
  Weighted
 
  of Credit
  Payments under
  Average
  of Credit
  Payments under
  Average
 
Rating Agency Designation of Referenced
 Default
  Credit Default
  Years to
  Default
  Credit Default
  Years to
 
Credit Obligations (1) Swaps  Swaps (2)  Maturity (3)  Swaps  Swaps (2)  Maturity (3) 
  (In millions) 
 
Aaa/Aa/A
                        
Single name credit default swaps (corporate)
 $5  $255   4.3  $5  $175   4.3 
Credit default swaps referencing indices
  50   2,955   3.9   46   2,676   3.4 
                         
Subtotal
  55   3,210   3.9   51   2,851   3.5 
                         
Baa
                        
Single name credit default swaps (corporate)
  3   390   4.9   2   195   4.8 
Credit default swaps referencing indices
  6   788   4.9   —   10   5.0 
                         
Subtotal
  9   1,178   4.9   2   205   4.8 
                         
Ba
                        
Single name credit default swaps (corporate)
  —   45   4.9   —   25   5.0 
Credit default swaps referencing indices
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
                         
Subtotal
  —   45   4.9   —   25   5.0 
                         
B
                        
Single name credit default swaps (corporate)
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
Credit default swaps referencing indices
  —   10   5.3   —   20   5.0 
                         
Subtotal
  —   10   5.3   —   20   5.0 
                         
Total
 $64  $4,443   4.2  $53  $3,101   3.6 
                         


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
(1) The rating agency designations are based on availability and the midpoint of the applicable ratings among Moody’s Investors Service, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings. If no rating is available from a rating agency, then an internally developed rating is used.
 
(2) Assumes the value of the referenced credit obligations is zero.
 
(3) The weighted average years to maturity of the credit default swaps is calculated based on weighted average notional amounts.
 
The Company has also entered into credit default swaps to purchase credit protection on certain of the referenced credit obligations in the table above. As a result, the maximum amounts of potential future recoveries available to offset the $4,443 million and $3,101 million from the table above were $131 million and $31 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Credit Risk on Freestanding Derivatives
 
The Company may be exposed to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to derivative financial instruments. Generally, the current credit exposure of the Company’s derivative contracts is limited to the net positive estimated fair value of derivative contracts at the reporting date after taking into consideration the existence of netting agreements and any collateral received pursuant to credit support annexes.
 
The Company manages its credit risk related toover-the-counterderivatives by entering into transactions with creditworthy counterparties, maintaining collateral arrangements and through the use of master agreements that provide for a single net payment to be made by one counterparty to another at each due date and upon termination. Because exchange-traded futures are effected through regulated exchanges, and positions are marked to market on a daily basis, the Company has minimal exposure to credit-related losses in the event of nonperformance by counterparties to such derivative instruments. See Note 5 for a description of the impact of credit risk on the valuation of derivative instruments.
 
The Company enters into various collateral arrangements, which require both the pledging and accepting of collateral in connection with its derivative instruments. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company was obligated to return cash collateral under its control of $2,704 million and $2,680 million, respectively. This unrestricted cash collateral is included in cash and cash equivalents or in short-term investments and the obligation to return it is included in payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions in the consolidated balance sheets. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had also accepted collateral consisting of various securities with a fair market value of $31 million and $221 million, respectively, which are held in separate custodial accounts. The Company is permitted by contract to sell or repledge this collateral, but at March 31, 2010, none of the collateral had been sold or repledged.
 
The Company’s collateral arrangements for itsover-the-counterderivatives generally require the counterparty in a net liability position, after considering the effect of netting agreements, to pledge collateral when the fair value of that counterparty’s derivatives reaches a pre-determined threshold. Certain of these arrangements also include credit-contingent provisions that provide for a reduction of these thresholds (on a sliding scale that converges toward zero) in the event of downgrades in the credit ratings of the Companyand/or the counterparty. In addition, certain of the Company’s netting agreements for derivative instruments contain provisions that require the Company to maintain a specific investment grade credit rating from at least one of the major credit rating agencies. If the Company’s credit ratings were to fall below that specific investment grade credit rating, it would be in violation of these provisions, and the counterparties to the derivative instruments could request immediate payment or demand immediate and ongoing full overnight collateralization on derivative instruments that are in a net liability position after considering the effect of netting agreements.
 
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balance sheet location of the collateral pledged. The table also presents the incremental collateral that the Company would be required to provide if there was a one notch downgrade in the Company’s credit rating at the reporting date or if the Company’s credit rating sustained a downgrade to a level that triggered full overnight collateralization or termination of the derivative position at the reporting date. Derivatives that are not subject to collateral agreements are not included in the scope of this table.
 
                 
        Fair Value of Incremental Collateral
 
        Provided Upon: 
           Downgrade in the
 
     Estimated
  One Notch
  Company’s Credit Rating
 
     Fair Value of
  Downgrade
  to a Level that Triggers
 
  Estimated
  Collateral
  in the
  Full Overnight
 
  Fair Value (1) of
  Provided
  Company’s
  Collateralization or
 
  Derivatives in Net
  Fixed Maturity
  Credit
  Termination
 
  Liability Position  Securities (2)  Rating  of the Derivative Position 
  (In millions) 
 
At March 31, 2010:
                
Derivatives subject to credit-contingent provisions
 $1,323  $1,113  $100  $239 
Derivatives not subject to credit-contingent provisions
  35   31   —   — 
                 
Total
 $1,358  $1,144  $100  $239 
                 
At December 31, 2009:
                
Derivatives subject to credit-contingent provisions
 $1,163  $1,017  $90  $218 
Derivatives not subject to credit-contingent provisions
  48   42   —   — 
                 
Total
 $1,211  $1,059  $90  $218 
                 
 
 
(1) After taking into consideration the existence of netting agreements.
 
(2) Included in fixed maturity securities in the consolidated balance sheets. The counterparties are permitted by contract to sell or repledge this collateral. At both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company did not provide any cash collateral.
 
Without considering the effect of netting agreements, the estimated fair value of the Company’sover-the-counterderivatives with credit-contingent provisions that were in a gross liability position at March 31, 2010 was $1,799 million. At March 31, 2010, the Company provided securities collateral of $1,113 million in connection with these derivatives. In the unlikely event that both: (i) the Company’s credit rating is downgraded to a level that triggers full overnight collateralization or termination of all derivative positions; and (ii) the Company’s netting agreements are deemed to be legally unenforceable, then the additional collateral that the Company would be required to provide to its counterparties in connection with its derivatives in a gross liability position at March 31, 2010 would be $686 million. This amount does not consider gross derivative assets of $476 million for which the Company has the contractual right of offset.
 
The Company also has exchange-traded futures, which require the pledging of collateral. At both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company pledged securities collateral for exchange-traded futures of $50 million, which is included in fixed maturity securities. The counterparties are permitted by contract to sell or repledge this collateral. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company provided cash collateral for exchange-traded futures of $496 million and $562 million, respectively, which is included in premiums, reinsurance and other receivables.


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Embedded Derivatives
 
The Company has certain embedded derivatives that are required to be separated from their host contracts and accounted for as derivatives. These host contracts principally include: variable annuities with guaranteed minimum benefits, including guaranteed minimum withdrawal benefits (“GMWBs”), guaranteed minimum accumulation benefits (“GMABs”) and certain guaranteed minimum income benefits (“GMIBs”); ceded reinsurance contracts of guaranteed minimum benefits related to GMABs and certain GMIBs; and funding agreements with equity or bond indexed crediting rates.
 
The following table presents the estimated fair value of the Company’s embedded derivatives at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts:
        
Ceded guaranteed minimum benefits
 $56  $76 
Call options in equity securities
  (42)  (37)
         
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts
 $14  $39 
         
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts:
        
Direct guaranteed minimum benefits
 $1,005  $1,500 
Other
  36   5 
         
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts
 $1,041  $1,505 
         
 
The following table presents changes in estimated fair value related to embedded derivatives:
 
         
  Three Months
  Ended
  March 31,
  2010 2009
  (In millions)
 
Net investment gains (losses) (1)
 $522  $1,217 
Policyholder benefits and claims
 $(21) $16 
 
 
(1) Effective January 1, 2008, the valuation of the Company’s guaranteed minimum benefits includes an adjustment for the Company’s own credit. Included in net investment gains (losses) for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 were gains (losses) of ($86) million and $828 million, respectively, in connection with this adjustment.
 
5.  Fair Value
 
Considerable judgment is often required in interpreting market data to develop estimates of fair value and the use of different assumptions or valuation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts.


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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
 
Amounts related to the Company’s financial instruments are as follows:
 
             
        Estimated
 
  Notional
  Carrying
  Fair
 
March 31, 2010 Amount  Value  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets
            
Fixed maturity securities
     $239,566  $239,566 
Equity securities
     $3,066  $3,066 
Trading securities:
            
Trading securities
     $2,765  $2,765 
Trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities
      274   274 
             
Total trading securities
     $3,039  $3,039 
             
Mortgage loans:
            
Held-for-investment:
            
Mortgage loans
     $48,368  $47,504 
Mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities
      7,065   7,065 
             
Total mortgage loansheld-for-investment
     $55,433  $54,569 
             
Held-for-sale
     $2,003  $2,003 
             
Mortgage loans, net
     $57,436  $56,572 
Policy loans
     $10,146  $11,407 
Real estate joint ventures (1)
     $101  $113 
Other limited partnership interests (1)
     $1,583  $1,695 
Short-term investments
     $8,019  $8,019 
Other invested assets: (1)
            
Derivative assets: (2)
            
Interest rate contracts
 $76,721  $2,442  $2,442 
Foreign currency contracts
  11,482   1,576   1,576 
Credit contracts
  5,195   88   88 
Equity market contracts
  28,994   1,566   1,566 
             
Total derivative assets
 $122,392  $5,672  $5,672 
             
Mortgage servicing rights
     $859  $859 
Other
     $1,267  $1,267 
Cash and cash equivalents
     $9,202  $9,202 
Accrued investment income
     $3,392  $3,392 
Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables (1)
     $3,197  $3,310 
Other assets (1)
     $425  $430 
Separate account assets
     $158,436  $158,436 
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (3)
     $56  $56 
Liabilities
            
Policyholder account balances (1)
     $100,120  $98,916 
Payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
     $25,982  $25,982 
Bank deposits
     $10,032  $10,115 
Short-term debt
     $318  $318 
Long-term debt: (1)
            
Company-issued long-term debt
     $13,037  $13,660 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities
      7,106   7,106 
             
Total long-term debt
     $20,143  $20,766 
             
Collateral financing arrangements
     $5,297  $2,614 
Junior subordinated debt securities
     $3,191  $3,302 
Other liabilities: (1)
            
Derivative liabilities: (2)
            
Interest rate contracts
 $35,841  $1,246  $1,246 
Foreign currency contracts
  12,872   1,430   1,430 
Credit contracts
  3,012   112   112 
Equity market contracts
  23,930   1,265   1,265 
             
Total derivative liabilities
 $75,655  $4,053  $4,053 
             
Trading liabilities
     $97  $97 
Other
     $3,213  $3,213 
Separate account liabilities (1)
     $34,575  $34,575 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (3)
     $1,041  $1,041 
Commitments (4)
            
Mortgage loan commitments
 $2,604  $—  $(30)
Commitments to fund bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments
 $1,272  $—  $(49)
 
See Note 3 for discussion of consolidated securitization entities included in the table above.


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        Estimated
 
  Notional
  Carrying
  Fair
 
December 31, 2009 Amount  Value  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets
            
Fixed maturity securities
     $227,642  $227,642 
Equity securities
     $3,084  $3,084 
Trading securities
     $2,384  $2,384 
Mortgage loans:
            
Held-for-investment
     $48,181  $46,315 
Held-for-sale
      2,728   2,728 
             
Mortgage loans, net
     $50,909  $49,043 
Policy loans
     $10,061  $11,294 
Real estate joint ventures (1)
     $115  $127 
Other limited partnership interests (1)
     $1,571  $1,581 
Short-term investments
     $8,374  $8,374 
Other invested assets: (1)
            
Derivative assets (2)
 $122,156  $6,133  $6,133 
Mortgage servicing rights
     $878  $878 
Other
     $1,241  $1,284 
Cash and cash equivalents
     $10,112  $10,112 
Accrued investment income
     $3,173  $3,173 
Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables (1)
     $3,375  $3,532 
Other assets (1)
     $425  $440 
Separate account assets
     $149,041  $149,041 
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (3)
     $76  $76 
Liabilities
            
Policyholder account balances (1)
     $97,131  $96,735 
Payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
     $24,196  $24,196 
Bank deposits
     $10,211  $10,300 
Short-term debt
     $912  $912 
Long-term debt (1)
     $13,185  $13,831 
Collateral financing arrangements
     $5,297  $2,877 
Junior subordinated debt securities
     $3,191  $3,167 
Other liabilities: (1)
            
Derivative liabilities (2)
 $73,721  $4,115  $4,115 
Trading liabilities
     $106  $106 
Other
     $1,788  $1,788 
Separate account liabilities (1)
     $32,171  $32,171 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (3)
     $1,505  $1,505 
Commitments (4)
            
Mortgage loan commitments
 $2,220  $—  $(48)
Commitments to fund bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments
 $1,261  $—  $(52)


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
 
(1) Carrying values presented herein differ from those presented in the consolidated balance sheets because certain items within the respective financial statement caption are not considered financial instruments. Financial statement captions excluded from the table above are not considered financial instruments.
 
(2) Derivative assets are presented within other invested assets and derivative liabilities are presented within other liabilities.
 
(3) Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts are presented within premiums, reinsurance and other receivables. Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts are presented primarily within policyholder account balances. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, equity securities also included embedded derivatives of ($42) million and ($37) million, respectively.
 
(4) Commitments are off-balance sheet obligations. Negative estimated fair values represent off-balance sheet liabilities.
 
The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments are summarized as follows:
 
Fixed Maturity Securities, Equity Securities and Trading Securities — When available, the estimated fair value of the Company’s fixed maturity, equity and trading securities are based on quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly obtainable. Generally, these are the most liquid of the Company’s securities holdings and valuation of these securities does not involve management judgment.
 
When quoted prices in active markets are not available, the determination of estimated fair value is based on market standard valuation methodologies. The market standard valuation methodologies utilized include: discounted cash flow methodologies, matrix pricing or other similar techniques. The inputs in applying these market standard valuation methodologies include, but are not limited to: interest rates, credit standing of the issuer or counterparty, industry sector of the issuer, coupon rate, call provisions, sinking fund requirements, maturity and management’s assumptions regarding estimated duration, liquidity and estimated future cash flows. Accordingly, the estimated fair values are based on available market information and management’s judgments about financial instruments.
 
The significant inputs to the market standard valuation methodologies for certain types of securities with reasonable levels of price transparency are inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Such observable inputs include benchmarking prices for similar assets in active markets, quoted prices in markets that are not active and observable yields and spreads in the market.
 
When observable inputs are not available, the market standard valuation methodologies for determining the estimated fair value of certain types of securities that trade infrequently, and therefore have little or no price transparency, rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. These unobservable inputs can be based in large part on management judgment or estimation and cannot be supported by reference to market activity. Even though unobservable, these inputs are assumed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing such securities and are considered appropriate given the circumstances.
 
The estimated fair value of trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities is determined on a basis consistent with the methodologies described herein for trading securities.
 
The use of different methodologies, assumptions and inputs may have a material effect on the estimated fair values of the Company’s securities holdings.
 
Mortgage Loans — The Company originates mortgage loans for both investment purposes and with the intention to sell them to third parties. Commercial and agricultural mortgage loans are originated for investment purposes and are primarily carried at amortized cost. Residential mortgage and consumer loans are generally purchased from third parties for investment purposes and are primarily carried at amortized cost. Mortgage loans


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held-for-saleconsist principally of residential mortgage loans for which the Company has elected the fair value option and which are carried at estimated fair value and to a significantly lesser degree certain mortgage loans which were previouslyheld-for-investmentbut where the Company has changed its intention as it relates to holding them for investment. In addition, as discussed in Note 1, the Company adopted new guidance effective January 1, 2010 and consolidated certain securitization entities that hold commercial mortgage loans. The estimated fair values of these mortgage loans are determined as follows:
 
Mortgage LoansHeld-for-Investment.  For mortgage loansheld-for-investmentand carried at amortized cost, estimated fair value was primarily determined by estimating expected future cash flows and discounting them using current interest rates for similar mortgage loans with similar credit risk.
 
Mortgage Loans Held by Consolidated Securitization Entities.  For commercial mortgage loans held by the Company’s consolidated securitization entities, the Company has determined that the principal market for these commercial loan portfolios is the securitization market. The Company uses the securitization market price of the obligations of the consolidated securitization entities to determine the estimated fair value of these commercial loan portfolios, which is provided primarily by independent pricing services using observable inputs.
 
Mortgage LoansHeld-for-Sale.  Mortgage loansheld-for-saleprincipally include residential mortgage loans for which the fair value option was elected and which are carried at estimated fair value. Generally, quoted market prices are not available for residential mortgage loansheld-for-sale;accordingly, the estimated fair values of such assets are determined based on observable pricing of residential mortgage loansheld-for-salewith similar characteristics, or observable pricing for securities backed by similar types of mortgage loans, adjusted to convert the securities prices to mortgage loan prices. When observable pricing for similar loans or securities that are backed by similar loans are not available, the estimated fair values of residential mortgage loansheld-for-saleare determined using independent broker quotations or valuation models, which are intended to approximate the amounts that would be received from third parties. Certain other mortgage loans previously classified asheld-for-investmenthave also been designated asheld-for-sale.For these mortgage loans, estimated fair value is determined using independent broker quotations or, when the mortgage loan is in foreclosure or otherwise determined to be collateral dependent, the fair value of the underlying collateral is estimated using internal models.
 
Policy Loans — For policy loans with fixed interest rates, estimated fair values are determined using a discounted cash flow model applied to groups of similar policy loans determined by the nature of the underlying insurance liabilities. Cash flow estimates are developed applying a weighted-average interest rate to the outstanding principal balance of the respective group of policy loans and an estimated average maturity determined through experience studies of the past performance of policyholder repayment behavior for similar loans. These cash flows are discounted using current risk-free interest rates with no adjustment for borrower credit risk as these loans are fully collateralized by the cash surrender value of the underlying insurance policy. The estimated fair value for policy loans with variable interest rates approximates carrying value due to the absence of borrower credit risk and the short time period between interest rate resets, which presents minimal risk of a material change in estimated fair value due to changes in market interest rates.
 
Real Estate Joint Ventures and Other Limited Partnership Interests — Real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests included in the preceding tables consist of those investments accounted for using the cost method. The remaining carrying value recognized in the consolidated balance sheets represents investments in real estate or real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests accounted for using the equity method, which do not meet the definition of financial instruments for which fair value is required to be disclosed.
 
The estimated fair values for other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures accounted for under the cost method are generally based on the Company’s share of the net asset value (“NAV”) as provided in the financial statements of the investees. In certain circumstances, management may adjust the NAV by a premium or discount when it has sufficient evidence to support applying such adjustments.


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
Short-term Investments — Certain short-term investments do not qualify as securities and are recognized at amortized cost in the consolidated balance sheets. For these instruments, the Company believes that there is minimal risk of material changes in interest rates or credit of the issuer such that estimated fair value approximates carrying value. In light of recent market conditions, short-term investments have been monitored to ensure there is sufficient demand and maintenance of issuer credit quality and the Company has determined additional adjustment is not required. Short-term investments that meet the definition of a security are recognized at estimated fair value in the consolidated balance sheets in the same manner described above for similar instruments that are classified within captions of other major investment classes.
 
Other Invested Assets — Other invested assets in the consolidated balance sheets are principally comprised of freestanding derivatives with positive estimated fair values, leveraged leases, joint venture investments, investments in tax credit partnerships, investment in a funding agreement, MSRs, funds withheld at interest and various interest-bearing assets held in foreign subsidiaries. Leveraged leases and investments in tax credit partnerships and joint venture investments, which are accounted for under the equity method or under the effective yield method, are not financial instruments subject to fair value disclosure. Accordingly, they have been excluded from the preceding table.
 
The estimated fair value of derivatives — with positive and negative estimated fair values — is described in the section labeled “Derivatives” which follows.
 
Although MSRs are not financial instruments, the Company has included them in the preceding table as a result of its election to carry MSRs at estimated fair value. As sales of MSRs tend to occur in private transactions where the precise terms and conditions of the sales are typically not readily available, observable market valuations are limited. As such, the Company relies primarily on a discounted cash flow model to estimate the fair value of the MSRs. The model requires inputs such as type of loan (fixed vs. variable and agency vs. other), age of loan, loan interest rates and current market interest rates that are generally observable. The model also requires the use of unobservable inputs including assumptions regarding estimates of discount rates, loan prepayments and servicing costs.
 
The estimated fair value of the investment in funding agreements is estimated by discounting the expected future cash flows using current market rates and the credit risk of the note issuer.
 
For funds withheld at interest and the various interest-bearing assets held in foreign subsidiaries, the Company evaluates the specific facts and circumstances of each instrument to determine the appropriate estimated fair values. These estimated fair values were not materially different from the recognized carrying values.
 
Cash and Cash Equivalents — Due to the short term maturities of cash and cash equivalents, the Company believes there is minimal risk of material changes in interest rates or credit of the issuer such that estimated fair value generally approximates carrying value. In light of recent market conditions, cash and cash equivalent instruments have been monitored to ensure there is sufficient demand and maintenance of issuer credit quality, or sufficient solvency in the case of depository institutions, and the Company has determined additional adjustment is not required.
 
Accrued Investment Income — Due to the short term until settlement of accrued investment income, the Company believes there is minimal risk of material changes in interest rates or credit of the issuer such that estimated fair value approximates carrying value. In light of recent market conditions, the Company has monitored the credit quality of the issuers and has determined additional adjustment is not required.
 
Premiums, Reinsurance and Other Receivables —Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables in the consolidated balance sheets are principally comprised of premiums due and unpaid for insurance contracts, amounts recoverable under reinsurance contracts, amounts on deposit with financial institutions to facilitate daily settlements related to certain derivative positions, amounts receivable for securities sold but not yet settled, fees and


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
general operating receivables and embedded derivatives related to the ceded reinsurance of certain variable annuity guarantees.
 
Premiums receivable and those amounts recoverable under reinsurance treaties determined to transfer sufficient risk are not financial instruments subject to disclosure and thus have been excluded from the amounts presented in the preceding table. Amounts recoverable under ceded reinsurance contracts, which the Company has determined do not transfer sufficient risk such that they are accounted for using the deposit method of accounting, have been included in the preceding table with the estimated fair value determined as the present value of expected future cash flows under the related contracts discounted using an interest rate determined to reflect the appropriate credit standing of the assuming counterparty.
 
The amounts on deposit for derivative settlements essentially represent the equivalent of demand deposit balances and amounts due for securities sold are generally received over short periods such that the estimated fair value approximates carrying value. In light of recent market conditions, the Company has monitored the solvency position of the financial institutions and has determined additional adjustments are not required.
 
Embedded derivatives recognized in connection with ceded reinsurance of certain variable annuity guarantees are included in this caption in the consolidated financial statements but excluded from this caption in the preceding table as they are separately presented. The estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives is described in the section labeled “Embedded Derivatives within Asset and Liability Host Contracts” which follows.
 
Other Assets — Other assets in the consolidated balance sheets are principally comprised of prepaid expenses, amounts held under corporate owned life insurance, fixed assets, capitalized software, deferred sales inducements, value of distribution agreements and value of customer relationships acquired. Also included within other assets is a receivable for cash paid to an unaffiliated financial institution under the MetLife Reinsurance Company of Charleston (“MRC”) collateral financing arrangement as described in Note 12 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report. With the exception of the receivable for cash paid to the unaffiliated financial institution, other assets are not considered financial instruments subject to disclosure. Accordingly, the amount presented in the preceding table represents the receivable for the cash paid to the unaffiliated financial institution under the MRC collateral financing arrangement for which the estimated fair value was determined by discounting the expected future cash flows using a discount rate that reflects the credit rating of the unaffiliated financial institution.
 
Separate Account Assets — Separate account assets are carried at estimated fair value and reported as a summarized total on the consolidated balance sheets. The estimated fair value of separate account assets are based on the estimated fair value of the underlying assets owned by the separate account. Assets within the Company’s separate accounts include: mutual funds, fixed maturity securities, equity securities, mortgage loans, derivatives, hedge funds, other limited partnership interests, short-term investments and cash and cash equivalents. The estimated fair values of fixed maturity securities, equity securities, derivatives, short-term investments and cash and cash equivalents held by separate accounts are determined on a basis consistent with the methodologies described herein for similar financial instruments held within the general account. The estimated fair value of hedge funds and mutual funds is based upon NAVs provided by the fund manager. The estimated fair value of mortgage loans is determined by discounting expected future cash flows, using current interest rates for similar loans with similar credit risk. Other limited partnership interests are valued giving consideration to the value of the underlying holdings of the partnerships and by applying a premium or discount, if appropriate, for factors such as liquidity, bid/ask spreads, the performance record of the fund manager or other relevant variables which may impact the exit value of the particular partnership interest.
 
Policyholder Account Balances — Policyholder account balances in the table above include investment contracts. Embedded derivatives on investment contracts and certain variable annuity guarantees accounted for as embedded derivatives are included in this caption in the consolidated financial statements but excluded from this caption in the tables above as they are separately presented therein. The remaining difference between the amounts


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Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
reflected as policyholder account balances in the preceding table and those recognized in the consolidated balance sheets represents those amounts due under contracts that satisfy the definition of insurance contracts and are not considered financial instruments.
 
The investment contracts primarily include certain funding agreements, fixed deferred annuities, modified guaranteed annuities, fixed term payout annuities and total control accounts. The fair values for these investment contracts are estimated by discounting best estimate future cash flows using current market risk-free interest rates and adding a spread for the Company’s own credit which is determined using publicly available information relating to the Company’s debt, as well as its claims paying ability.
 
Payables for Collateral Under Securities Loaned and Other Transactions — The estimated fair value for payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions approximates carrying value. The related agreements to loan securities are short-term in nature such that the Company believes there is limited risk of a material change in market interest rates. Additionally, because borrowers are cross-collateralized by the borrowed securities, the Company believes no additional consideration for changes in its own credit are necessary.
 
Bank Deposits — Due to frequency of interest rate resets on customer bank deposits held in money market accounts, the Company believes that there is minimal risk of a material change in interest rates such that the estimated fair value approximates carrying value. For time deposits, estimated fair values are estimated by discounting the expected cash flows to maturity using a discount rate based on an average market rate for certificates of deposit being offered by a representative group of large financial institutions at the date of the valuation.
 
Short-term and Long-term Debt, Collateral Financing Arrangements and Junior Subordinated Debt Securities —The estimated fair value for short-term debt approximates carrying value due to the short-term nature of these obligations. The estimated fair values of long-term debt, collateral financing arrangements and junior subordinated debt securities are generally determined by discounting expected future cash flows using market rates currently available for debt with similar remaining maturities and reflecting the credit risk of the Company including inputs, when available, from actively traded debt of the Company or other companies with similar types of borrowing arrangements. Risk-adjusted discount rates applied to the expected future cash flows can vary significantly based upon the specific terms of each individual arrangement, including, but not limited to: subordinated rights; contractual interest rates in relation to current market rates; the structuring of the arrangement; and the nature and observability of the applicable valuation inputs. Use of different risk-adjusted discount rates could result in different estimated fair values.
 
The carrying value of long-term debt presented in the table above differs from the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets as it does not include capital leases which are not required to be disclosed at estimated fair value.
 
Long-term Debt Obligations of Consolidated Securitization Entities — The estimated fair value of the long-term debt obligations of the Company’s consolidated securitization entities are based on their quoted prices when traded as assets in active markets, or if not available, based on market standard valuation methodologies, consistent with the Company’s methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of comparable fixed maturity securities.
 
Other Liabilities — Other liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets are principally comprised of freestanding derivatives with negative estimated fair values; securities trading liabilities; tax and litigation contingency liabilities; obligations for employee-related benefits; interest due on the Company’s debt obligations and on cash collateral held in relation to securities lending; dividends payable; amounts due for securities purchased but not yet settled; amounts due under assumed reinsurance contracts; and general operating accruals and payables.


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The estimated fair value of derivatives — with positive and negative estimated fair values — and embedded derivatives within asset and liability host contracts are described in the sections labeled “Derivatives” and “Embedded Derivatives within Asset and Liability Host Contracts” which follow.
 
The remaining other amounts included in the table above reflect those other liabilities that satisfy the definition of financial instruments subject to disclosure. These items consist primarily of securities trading liabilities; interest and dividends payable; amounts due for securities purchased but not yet settled; and amounts payable under certain assumed reinsurance contracts recognized using the deposit method of accounting. The Company evaluates the specific terms, facts and circumstances of each instrument to determine the appropriate estimated fair values, which were not materially different from the recognized carrying values.
 
Separate Account Liabilities — Separate account liabilities included in the table above represent those balances due to policyholders under contracts that are classified as investment contracts. The difference between the separate account liabilities reflected above and the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets represents those contracts classified as insurance contracts which do not satisfy the criteria of financial instruments for which estimated fair value is to be disclosed.
 
Separate account liabilities classified as investment contracts primarily represent variable annuities with no significant mortality risk to the Company such that the death benefit is equal to the account balance; funding agreements related to group life contracts; and certain contracts that provide for benefit funding.
 
Separate account liabilities, whether related to investment or insurance contracts, are recognized in the consolidated balance sheets at an equivalent summary total of the separate account assets. Separate account assets, which equal net deposits, net investment income and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, are fully offset by corresponding amounts credited to the contractholders’ liability which is reflected in separate account liabilities. Since separate account liabilities are fully funded by cash flows from the separate account assets which are recognized at estimated fair value as described above, the Company believes the value of those assets approximates the estimated fair value of the related separate account liabilities.
 
Derivatives — The estimated fair value of derivatives is determined through the use of quoted market prices for exchange-traded derivatives and interest rate forwards to sell certain to be announced securities, or through the use of pricing models forover-the-counterderivatives. The determination of estimated fair value, when quoted market values are not available, is based on market standard valuation methodologies and inputs that are assumed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing the instruments. Derivative valuations can be affected by changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, financial indices, credit spreads, default risk (including the counterparties to the contract), volatility, liquidity and changes in estimates and assumptions used in the pricing models.
 
The significant inputs to the pricing models for mostover-the-counterderivatives are inputs that are observable in the market or can be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Significant inputs that are observable generally include: interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, interest rate curves, credit curves and volatility. However, certainover-the-counterderivatives may rely on inputs that are significant to the estimated fair value that are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Significant inputs that are unobservable generally include: independent broker quotes, credit correlation assumptions, references to emerging market currencies and inputs that are outside the observable portion of the interest rate curve, credit curve, volatility or other relevant market measure. These unobservable inputs may involve significant management judgment or estimation. Even though unobservable, these inputs are based on assumptions deemed appropriate given the circumstances and are assumed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing such instruments.
 
The credit risk of both the counterparty and the Company are considered in determining the estimated fair value for allover-the-counterderivatives, and any potential credit adjustment is based on the net exposure by counterparty after taking into account the effects of netting agreements and collateral arrangements. The Company


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values its derivative positions using the standard swap curve which includes a spread over the risk free rate. This credit spread is appropriate for those parties that execute trades at pricing levels consistent with the standard swap curve. As the Company and its significant derivative counterparties consistently execute trades at such pricing levels, additional credit risk adjustments are not currently required in the valuation process. The Company’s ability to consistently execute at such pricing levels is in part due to the netting agreements and collateral arrangements that are in place with all of its significant derivative counterparties. The evaluation of the requirement to make additional credit risk adjustments is performed by the Company each reporting period.
 
Most inputs forover-the-counterderivatives are mid market inputs but, in certain cases, bid level inputs are used when they are deemed more representative of exit value. Market liquidity, as well as the use of different methodologies, assumptions and inputs, may have a material effect on the estimated fair values of the Company’s derivatives and could materially affect net income.
 
Embedded Derivatives within Asset and Liability Host Contracts — Embedded derivatives principally include certain direct, assumed and ceded variable annuity guarantees and certain funding agreements with equity or bond indexed crediting rates. Embedded derivatives are recorded in the financial statements at estimated fair value with changes in estimated fair value reported in net income.
 
The Company issues certain variable annuity products with guaranteed minimum benefit guarantees. GMWBs, GMABs and certain GMIBs are embedded derivatives, which are measured at estimated fair value separately from the host variable annuity contract, with changes in estimated fair value reported in net investment gains (losses). These embedded derivatives are classified within policyholder account balances. The fair value for these guarantees are estimated using the present value of future benefits minus the present value of future fees using actuarial and capital market assumptions related to the projected cash flows over the expected lives of the contracts. A risk neutral valuation methodology is used under which the cash flows from the guarantees are projected under multiple capital market scenarios using observable risk free rates, currency exchange rates and observable and estimated implied volatilities. The valuation of these guarantees includes an adjustment for the Company’s own credit and risk margins for non-capital market inputs. The Company’s own credit adjustment is determined taking into consideration publicly available information relating to the Company’s debt, as well as its claims paying ability. Risk margins are established to capture the non-capital market risks of the instrument which represent the additional compensation a market participant would require to assume the risks related to the uncertainties of such actuarial assumptions as annuitization, premium persistency, partial withdrawal and surrenders. The establishment of risk margins requires the use of significant management judgment, including assumptions of the amount and cost of capital needed to cover the guarantees. These guarantees may be more costly than expected in volatile or declining equity markets. Market conditions including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates, equity indices, market volatility and foreign currency exchange rates; changes in the Company’s own credit standing; and variations in actuarial assumptions regarding policyholder behavior, mortality and risk margins related to non-capital market inputs may result in significant fluctuations in the estimated fair value of the guarantees that could materially affect net income.
 
The Company ceded the risk associated with certain of the GMIB and GMAB described in the preceding paragraph. These reinsurance contracts contain embedded derivatives which are included in premiums, reinsurance and other receivables with changes in estimated fair value reported in net investment gains (losses) or policyholder benefit and claims depending on the statement of operations classification of the direct risk. The value of the embedded derivatives on the ceded risk is determined using a methodology consistent with that described previously for the guarantees directly written by the Company.
 
The estimated fair value of the embedded derivatives within funds withheld at interest related to certain ceded reinsurance is determined based on the change in estimated fair value of the underlying assets held by the Company in a reference portfolio backing the funds withheld liability. The estimated fair value of the underlying assets is determined as described above in “Fixed Maturity Securities, Equity Securities and Trading Securities” and “Short-term Investments.” The estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives is included, along with their funds


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withheld hosts, in other liabilities with changes in estimated fair value recorded in net investment gains (losses). Changes in the credit spreads on the underlying assets, interest rates and market volatility may result in significant fluctuations in the estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives that could materially affect net income.
 
The estimated fair value of the embedded equity and bond indexed derivatives contained in certain funding agreements is determined using market standard swap valuation models and observable market inputs, including an adjustment for the Company’s own credit that takes into consideration publicly available information relating to the Company’s debt, as well as its claims paying ability. The estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives are included, along with their funding agreements host, within policyholder account balances with changes in estimated fair value recorded in net investment gains (losses). Changes in equity and bond indices, interest rates and the Company’s credit standing may result in significant fluctuations in the estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives that could materially affect net income.
 
Mortgage Loan Commitments and Commitments to Fund Bank Credit Facilities, Bridge Loans and Private Corporate Bond Investments — The estimated fair values for mortgage loan commitments and commitments to fund bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments reflected in the above table represent the difference between the discounted expected future cash flows using interest rates that incorporate current credit risk for similar instruments on the reporting date and the principal amounts of the original commitments.


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Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value
 
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
 
The assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis, including those items for which the Company has elected the fair value option, are determined as described in the preceding section. These estimated fair values and their corresponding fair value hierarchy are summarized as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using    
  Quoted Prices in
          
  Active Markets for
     Significant
  Total
 
  Identical Assets
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
  Estimated
 
  and Liabilities
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
  Fair
 
  (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3)  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets
                
Fixed maturity securities:
                
U.S. corporate securities
 $—  $67,794  $6,339  $74,133 
RMBS
  —   41,053   1,927   42,980 
Foreign corporate securities
  —   34,727   5,378   40,105 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  14,278   16,427   36   30,741 
CMBS
  —   16,270   225   16,495 
ABS
  —   11,069   2,823   13,892 
Foreign government securities
  272   12,670   222   13,164 
State and political subdivision securities
  —   7,938   101   8,039 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   11   6   17 
                 
Total fixed maturity securities
  14,550   207,959   17,057   239,566 
                 
Equity securities:
                
Common stock
  496   961   159   1,616 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   442   1,008   1,450 
                 
Total equity securities
  496   1,403   1,167   3,066 
                 
Trading securities:
                
Trading securities
  2,132   593   40   2,765 
Trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities
  —   274   —   274 
                 
Total trading securities
  2,132   867   40   3,039 
Short-term investments (1)
  4,285   3,465   97   7,847 
Mortgage loans:
                
Mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities
  —   7,065   —   7,065 
Mortgage loansheld-for-sale(2)
  —   1,619   28   1,647 
                 
Total mortgage loans
  —   8,684   28   8,712 
Derivative assets: (3)
                
Interest rate contracts
  16   2,389   37   2,442 
Foreign currency contracts
  —   1,498   78   1,576 
Credit contracts
  —   36   52   88 
Equity market contracts
  14   1,370   182   1,566 
                 
Total derivative assets
  30   5,293   349   5,672 
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (4)
  —   —   56   56 
MSRs (5)
  —   —   859   859 
Separate account assets (6)
  19,590   137,048   1,798   158,436 
                 
Total assets
 $41,083  $364,719  $21,451  $427,253 
                 
Liabilities
                
Derivative liabilities: (3)
                
Interest rate contracts
 $24  $1,219  $3  $1,246 
Foreign currency contracts
  —   1,426   4   1,430 
Credit contracts
  —   107   5   112 
Equity market contracts
  24   1,139   102   1,265 
                 
Total derivative liabilities
  48   3,891   114   4,053 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (4)
  —   (9)  1,050   1,041 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities
  —   6,886   220   7,106 
Trading liabilities (7)
  87   10   —   97 
                 
Total liabilities
 $135  $10,778  $1,384  $12,297 
                 
 


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  December 31, 2009 
  Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using    
  Quoted Prices in
          
  Active Markets for
     Significant
  Total
 
  Identical Assets
  Significant Other
  Unobservable
  Estimated
 
  and Liabilities
  Observable Inputs
  Inputs
  Fair
 
  (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3)  Value 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets:
                
Fixed maturity securities:
                
U.S. corporate securities
 $—  $65,493  $6,694  $72,187 
RMBS
  —   42,180   1,840   44,020 
Foreign corporate securities
  —   32,738   5,292   38,030 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  10,951   14,459   37   25,447 
CMBS
  —   15,483   139   15,622 
ABS
  —   10,450   2,712   13,162 
Foreign government securities
  306   11,240   401   11,947 
State and political subdivision securities
  —   7,139   69   7,208 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   13   6   19 
                 
Total fixed maturity securities
  11,257   199,195   17,190   227,642 
                 
Equity securities:
                
Common stock
  490   995   136   1,621 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   359   1,104   1,463 
                 
Total equity securities
  490   1,354   1,240   3,084 
                 
Trading securities
  1,886   415   83   2,384 
Short-term investments (1)
  5,650   2,500   23   8,173 
Mortgage loans (2)
  —   2,445   25   2,470 
Derivative assets (3)
  103   5,600   430   6,133 
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (4)
  —   —   76   76 
MSRs (5)
  —   —   878   878 
Separate account assets (6)
  17,601   129,545   1,895   149,041 
                 
Total assets
 $36,987  $341,054  $21,840  $399,881 
                 
Liabilities:
                
Derivative liabilities (3)
 $51  $3,990  $74  $4,115 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (4)
  —   (26)  1,531   1,505 
Trading liabilities (7)
  106   —   —   106 
                 
Total liabilities
 $157  $3,964  $1,605  $5,726 
                 
 
 
(1) Short-term investments as presented in the tables above differ from the amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets because certain short-term investments are not measured at estimated fair value (e.g. time deposits, etc.).

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(2) Mortgage loansheld-for-saleas presented in the tables above differ from the amount presented in the consolidated balance sheets as these tables only include residential mortgage loansheld-for-salemeasured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis.
 
(3) Derivative assets are presented within other invested assets and derivative liabilities are presented within other liabilities. The amounts are presented gross in the tables above to reflect the presentation in the consolidated balance sheets, but are presented net for purposes of the rollforward in the following tables.
 
(4) Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts are presented within premiums, reinsurance and other receivables. Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts are presented primarily within policyholder account balances. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, equity securities also included embedded derivatives of ($42) million and ($37) million, respectively.
 
(5) MSRs are presented within other invested assets.
 
(6) Separate account assets are measured at estimated fair value. Investment performance related to separate account assets is fully offset by corresponding amounts credited to contractholders whose liability is reflected within separate account liabilities. Separate account liabilities are set equal to the estimated fair value of separate account assets.
 
(7) Trading liabilities are presented within other liabilities.
 
The Company has categorized its assets and liabilities into the three-level fair value hierarchy based upon the priority of the inputs to the respective valuation technique. The following summarizes the types of assets and liabilities included within the three-level fair value hierarchy presented in the preceding table.
 
  Level 1  This category includes certain U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities, certain foreign government fixed maturity securities; exchange-traded common stock; certain trading securities; and certain short-term money market securities. As it relates to derivatives, this level includes exchange-traded equity and interest rate futures, as well as interest rate forwards to sell certain to be announced securities. Separate account assets classified within this level are similar in nature to those classified in this level for the general account.
 
  Level 2  This category includes fixed maturity and equity securities priced principally by independent pricing services using observable inputs. Fixed maturity securities classified as Level 2 include most U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities, as well as the majority of U.S. and foreign corporate securities, RMBS, CMBS, state and political subdivision securities, foreign government securities and ABS. Equity securities classified as Level 2 securities consist principally of common stock and non-redeemable preferred stock where market quotes are available but are not considered actively traded. Short-term investments and trading securities included within Level 2 are of a similar nature to these fixed maturity and equity securities. Mortgage loans included in Level 2 include mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities and residential mortgage loansheld-for-sale.Mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities are priced using the securitization market price of the obligations of the consolidated securitization entities, which are priced principally by independent pricing services using observable inputs. Residential mortgage loansheld-for-saleare priced using readily available observable pricing for similar loans or securities backed by similar loans and the unobservable adjustments to such prices are insignificant. As it relates to derivatives, this level includes all types of derivative instruments utilized by the Company with the exception of exchange-traded futures and interest rate forwards to sell certain to be announced securities included within Level 1 and those derivative instruments with unobservable inputs as described in Level 3. Separate account assets classified within this level are generally similar to those classified within this level for the general account, with the exception of certain mutual funds and hedge funds without readily determinable fair values given prices are not published publicly. Embedded derivatives classified within this level include embedded equity and bond indexed derivatives contained in certain funding agreements. Long-term debt of consolidated


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 securitization entities included in this level includes obligations priced principally by independent pricing services using observable inputs.
 
  Level 3  This category includes fixed maturity securities priced principally through independent broker quotations or market standard valuation methodologies using inputs that are not market observable or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. This level primarily consists of less liquid fixed maturity securities with very limited trading activity or where less price transparency exists around the inputs to the valuation methodologies including: U.S. and foreign corporate securities — including below investment grade private placements; RMBS and ABS — including all of those supported bysub-primemortgage loans. Equity securities classified as Level 3 securities consist principally of non-redeemable preferred stock and common stock of companies that are privately held or of companies for which there has been very limited trading activity or where less price transparency exists around the inputs to the valuation. Short-term investments and trading securities included within Level 3 are of a similar nature to these fixed maturity and equity securities. Mortgage loans included in Level 3 include residential mortgage loansheld-for-salefor which pricing for similar loans or securities backed by similar loans is not observable and the estimated fair value is determined using unobservable independent broker quotations or valuation models. As it relates to derivatives this category includes: swap spreadlocks with maturities which extend beyond observable periods; interest rate forwards including interest rate lock commitments with certain unobservable inputs, including pull-through rates; equity variance swaps with unobservable volatility inputs or that are priced via independent broker quotations; foreign currency swaps which are cancelable and priced through independent broker quotations; interest rate swaps with maturities which extend beyond the observable portion of the yield curve; credit default swaps based upon baskets of credits having unobservable credit correlations, as well as credit default swaps with maturities which extend beyond the observable portion of the credit curves and credit default swaps priced through independent broker quotations; foreign currency forwards priced via independent broker quotations or with liquidity adjustments; interest rate caps and floors referencing unobservable yield curvesand/or which include liquidity and volatility adjustments; implied volatility swaps with unobservable volatility inputs; currency options based upon baskets of currencies having unobservable currency correlations; credit forwards having unobservable repurchase rates; and equity options with unobservable volatility inputs. Separate account assets classified within this level are generally similar to those classified within this level for the general account; however, they also include mortgage loans, and other limited partnership interests. Embedded derivatives classified within this level primarily include embedded derivatives associated with certain variable annuity guarantees. This category also includes MSRs which are carried at estimated fair value and have multiple significant unobservable inputs including discount rates, estimates of loan prepayments and servicing costs. Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities included in this level includes obligations priced principally through independent broker quotations or market standard valuation methodologies using inputs that are not market observable or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.
 
Valuation Techniques and Inputs by Level Within the Three-Level Fair Value Hierarchy by Major Classes of Assets and Liabilities.  A description of the significant valuation techniques and inputs to the determination of estimated fair value for the more significant asset and liability classes measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:
 
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approach. The Company attempts to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs in selecting whether the market or income approach is used.
 
While certain investments have been classified as Level 1 from the use of unadjusted quoted prices for identical investments supported by high volumes of trading activity and narrow bid/ask spreads, most investments have been classified as Level 2 because the significant inputs used to measure the fair value on a recurring basis of the same or similar investment are market observable or can be corroborated using market observable information for the full term of the investment. Level 3 investments include those where estimated fair values are based on significant unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and may reflect our own assumptions about what factors market participants would use in pricing these investments.
 
Level 1 Measurements:
 
Fixed maturity securities — Comprised of U.S. Treasury securities and foreign government securities. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Equity securities — common stock — Comprised of exchange-traded U.S. and international common stock. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Trading securities — Comprised of securities that are similar in nature to the fixed maturity and equity securities referred to above. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Short-term investments — Comprised of short-term money market securities, including U.S. Treasury bills. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Derivative assets and derivative liabilities — Comprised of exchange-traded equity and interest rate futures, as well as interest rate forwards to sell certain to be announced securities. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Separate account assets — Comprised of securities that are similar in nature to the fixed maturity securities, equity securities and short-term investments referred to above; and certain exchange-traded derivatives, including financial futures and owned options. Valuation based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly available.
 
Level 2 Measurements:
 
U.S. corporate and foreign corporate fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market and income approaches. Valuation based primarily on quoted prices in markets that are not active, or using matrix pricing or other similar techniques that use standard market observable inputs such as a benchmark yields, spreads off benchmark yields, new issuances, issuer rating, duration, and trades of identical or comparable securities. Investment grade privately placed securities are valued using a discounted cash flow methodologies using standard market observable inputs, and inputs derived from, or corroborated by, market observable data including market yield curve, duration, call provisions, observable prices and spreads for similar publicly traded or privately traded issues that incorporate the credit quality and industry sector of the issuer.
 
Structured securities comprised of RMBS, CMBS and ABS fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market inputs including spreads for actively traded securities, spreads off benchmark yields, expected prepayment speeds and volumes, current and forecasted loss severity, rating, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, average delinquency rates, geographic region, debt-service coverage ratios and issuance-specific information including: collateral type, payment terms of the underlying assets, payment priority within the tranche, structure of the security, deal performance and vintage of loans, etc.


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U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation based primarily on quoted prices in markets that are not active, or using matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market observable inputs such as benchmark U.S. Treasury yield curve, the spread off the U.S. Treasury curve for the identical security and comparable securities that are actively traded.
 
Foreign government and state and political subdivision fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques using standard market observable inputs including benchmark U.S. Treasury or other yields, issuer ratings, broker-dealer quotes, issuer spreads and reported trades of similar securities, including those within the samesub-sectoror with a similar maturity or credit rating.
 
Equity securities — common and non-redeemable preferred stock — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based principally on observable inputs including quoted prices in markets that are not considered active.
 
Trading securities and short-term investments —Trading securities and short-term investments are of a similar nature to Level 2 fixed maturity and equity securities; accordingly the valuation techniques and significant market standard observable inputs used in their valuation are similar to those described above for fixed maturity and equity securities.
 
Mortgage loans of consolidated securitization entities — These loans are principally valued using the market approach. The principal market for these commercial loan portfolios is the securitization market. The Company uses the quoted securitization market price of the obligations of the consolidated securitization entities to determine the estimated fair value of these commercial loan portfolios.
 
Mortgage loansheld-for-sale — These loans are principally valued using the market approach. These residential mortgage loansheld-for-saleare valued primarily using readily available observable pricing for similar loans or securities backed by similar loans. The unobservable adjustments to such prices are insignificant.
 
Non-option based interest rate derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, and repurchase rates.
 
Option based interest rate derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, and interest rate volatility.
 
Non-option based foreign currency derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, currency spot rates, and cross currency basis curves.
 
Option based foreign currency derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, currency spot rates, cross currency basis curves, and currency volatility.
 
Non-option based credit derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, credit curves, and recovery rates.
 
Non-option based equity market derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, spot equity index levels, and dividend yield curves.


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Option based equity market derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve, spot equity index levels, dividend yield curves, and equity volatility.
 
Embedded derivatives contained in certain funding agreements — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve and the spot equity index level.
 
Separate account assets — These assets are comprised of securities that are similar in nature to the fixed maturity securities, equity securities, short-term investments and derivatives referred to above. Also included are certain mutual funds and hedge funds with non-readily determinable fair values given prices are not published publicly. Valuation of the mutual funds and hedge funds is based upon quoted prices or reported NAVs provided by the fund managers.
 
Long-term Debt Obligations of Consolidated Securitization Entities — The estimated fair value of the long-term debt obligations of the Company’s consolidated securitization entities are based on their quoted prices when traded as assets in active markets, or if not available, based on market standard valuation methodologies, consistent with the Company’s methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of comparable fixed maturity securities.
 
Level 3 Measurements:
 
In general, investments classified within Level 3 use many of the same valuation techniques and inputs as described above. However, if key inputs are unobservable, or if the investments are less liquid and there is very limited trading activity, the investments are generally classified as Level 3. The use of independent non-binding broker quotations to value investments generally indicates there is a lack of liquidity or the general lack of transparency in the process to develop the valuation estimates generally causing these investments to be classified in Level 3.
 
U.S. corporate and foreign corporate securities — These securities, including financial services industry hybrid securities classified within fixed maturity securities, are principally valued using the market and income approaches. Valuations are based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques that utilize unobservable inputs or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data, including illiquidity premiums and spread adjustments to reflect industry trends or specific credit-related issues. Valuations may be based on independent non-binding broker quotations. Generally, below investment grade privately placed or distressed securities included in this level are valued using discounted cash flow methodologies which rely upon significant, unobservable inputs and inputs that cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
 
Structured securities comprised of RMBS, CMBS and ABS fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques that utilize inputs that are unobservable or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data, or are based on independent non-binding broker quotations. Below investment grade securities and ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans included in this level are valued based on inputs including quoted prices for identical or similar securities that are less liquid and based on lower levels of trading activity than securities classified in Level 2, and certain of these securities are valued based on independent non-binding broker quotations.
 
Foreign government and state and political subdivision fixed maturity securities — These securities are principally valued using the market approach. Valuation is based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques, however these securities are less liquid and certain of the inputs are based on very limited trading activity.


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Equity securities — common and non-redeemable preferred stock — These securities, including privately held securities and financial services industry hybrid securities classified within equity securities, are principally valued using the market and income approaches. Valuations are based primarily on matrix pricing or other similar techniques using inputs such as comparable credit rating and issuance structure. Equity securities valuations determined with discounted cash flow methodologies use inputs such as earnings multiples based on comparable public companies, and industry-specific non-earnings based multiples. Certain of these securities are valued based on independent non-binding broker quotations.
 
Trading Securities and Short-term Investments.  Trading securities and short-term investments are of a similar nature to Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities; accordingly, the valuation techniques and significant market standard observable inputs used in their valuation are similar to those described above for fixed maturity and equity securities.
 
Non-option based interest rate derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of non-option based interest rate derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include pull through rates on interest rate lock commitments and the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve and LIBOR basis curves.
 
Option based interest rate derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of option based interest rate derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, and interest rate volatility.
 
Non-option based foreign currency derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of non-option based foreign currency derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves and cross currency basis curves. Certain of these derivatives are valued based on independent non-binding broker quotations.
 
Option based foreign currency derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of option based foreign currency derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include currency correlation and the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve, LIBOR basis curves, cross currency basis curves and currency volatility.
 
Non-option based credit derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of non-option based credit derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include credit correlation, repurchase rates, and the extrapolation beyond observable


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limits of the swap yield curve and credit curves. Certain of these derivatives are valued based on independent non-binding broker quotations.
 
Non-option based equity market derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of non-option based equity market derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include the extrapolation beyond observable limits of dividend yield curves.
 
Option based equity market derivative assets and derivative liabilities — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing models, which generally utilize the same inputs as described in the section above for Level 2 measurements of option based equity market derivatives. However, these derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs may include the extrapolation beyond observable limits of dividend yield curves and equity volatility.
 
Guaranteed minimum benefit guarantees — These embedded derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include swap yield curve, currency exchange rates and implied volatilities. These embedded derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs generally include: the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve and implied volatilities, actuarial assumptions for policyholder behavior and mortality and the potential variability in policyholder behavior and mortality, own credit spreads and cost of capital for purposes of calculating the risk margin.
 
Reinsurance ceded on certain guaranteed minimum benefit guarantees — These embedded derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on option pricing techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include swap yield curve, currency exchange rates and implied volatilities. These embedded derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs generally include: the extrapolation beyond observable limits of the swap yield curve and implied volatilities, actuarial assumptions for policyholder behavior and mortality and the potential variability in policyholder behavior and mortality, counterparty credit spreads and cost of capital for purposes of calculating the risk margin.
 
Embedded derivatives within funds withheld at interest related to certain ceded reinsurance — These derivatives are principally valued using an income approach. Valuations are based on present value techniques, which utilize significant inputs that may include the swap yield curve and the fair value of assets within the reference portfolio. These embedded derivatives result in Level 3 classification because one or more of the significant inputs are not observable in the market or cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data. Significant unobservable inputs generally include: the fair value of certain assets within the reference portfolio which are not observable in the market and cannot be derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data.
 
Separate account assets — These securities consist of fixed maturity securities, equity securities and derivatives referred to above. Separate account assets within this level also include mortgage loans and other limited partnership interests. The estimated fair value of mortgage loans is determined by discounting expected future cash flows, using current interest rates for similar loans with similar credit risk. Other limited partnership interests are valued giving consideration to the value of the underlying holdings of the partnerships and by applying


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a premium or discount, if appropriate, for factors such as liquidity, bid/ask spreads, the performance record of the fund manager or other relevant variables which may impact the exit value of the particular partnership interest.
 
A rollforward of all assets and liabilities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 is as follows:
 
                             
  Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
     Total Realized/Unrealized
             
     Gains (Losses) included in:  Purchases,
          
  Balance,
     Other
  Sales,
          
  Beginning of
     Comprehensive
  Issuances and
  Transfer Into
  Transfer Out
  Balance,
 
  Period  Earnings (1), (2)  Income (Loss)  Settlements (3)  Level 3 (5)  of Level 3 (4)  End of Period 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                            
Fixed maturity securities:
                            
U.S. corporate securities
 $6,694  $10  $216  $(547) $84  $(118) $6,339 
RMBS
  1,840   14   17   192   24   (160)  1,927 
Foreign corporate securities
  5,292   6   216   36   58   (230)  5,378 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  37   —   1   (2)  —   —   36 
CMBS
  139   (5)  15   3   100   (27)  225 
ABS
  2,712   (9)  144   178   10   (212)  2,823 
Foreign government securities
  401   (4)  3   (42)  —   (136)  222 
State and political subdivision securities
  69   —   7   25   —   —   101 
Other fixed maturity securities
  6   —   —   —   —   —   6 
                             
Total fixed maturity securities
 $17,190  $12  $619  $(157) $276  $(883) $17,057 
                             
Equity securities:
                            
Common stock
 $136  $—  $4  $21  $—  $(2) $159 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  1,104   1   19   (113)  —   (3)  1,008 
                             
Total equity securities
 $1,240  $1  $23  $(92) $—  $(5) $1,167 
                             
Trading securities
 $83  $(1) $—  $(24) $—  $(18) $40 
Short-term investments
 $23  $—  $—  $28  $48  $(2) $97 
Mortgage loans
 $25  $—  $—  $—  $6  $(3) $28 
Net derivatives: (5)
                            
Interest rate contracts
 $7  $27  $—  $—  $—  $—  $34 
Foreign currency contracts
  108   (21)  (1)  (12)  —   —   74 
Credit contracts
  42   —   3   2   —   —   47 
Equity market contracts
  199   (125)  1   5   —   —   80 
                             
Total net derivatives
 $356  $(119) $3  $(5) $—  $—  $235 
                             
Mortgage servicing rights (6), (7)
 $878  $(55) $—  $36  $—  $—  $859 
Separate account assets (8)
 $1,895  $38  $—  $—  $21  $(156) $1,798 
Net embedded derivatives (9)
 $(1,455) $519  $10  $(68) $—  $—  $(994)
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities (10)
 $—  $(12) $—  $232  $—  $—  $220 
 


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  Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) 
     Total Realized/Unrealized
          
     Gains (Losses) included in:  Purchases,
       
  Balance,
     Other
  Sales,
  Transfer In
    
  Beginning of
     Comprehensive
  Issuances and
  and/or Out
  Balance,
 
  Period  Earnings (1),(2)  Income (Loss)  Settlements (3)  of Level 3 (4)  End of Period 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                        
Fixed maturity securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $7,498  $(109) $(419) $(95) $(8) $6,867 
RMBS
  595   (6)  8   (59)  (25)  513 
Foreign corporate securities
  5,944   (146)  (330)  (38)  (1,379)  4,051 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  88   —   (2)  (2)  (21)  63 
CMBS
  260   —   (13)  (4)  —   243 
ABS
  2,452   (59)  (251)  (110)  16   2,048 
Foreign government securities
  408   (48)  51   (114)  (24)  273 
State and political subdivision securities
  123   —   (2)  20   (41)  100 
Other fixed maturity securities
  40   —   —   (32)  —   8 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $17,408  $(368) $(958) $(434) $(1,482) $14,166 
                         
Equity securities:
                        
Common stock
 $105  $—  $—  $—  $—  $105 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  1,274   (204)  (162)  (7)  —   901 
                         
Total equity securities
 $1,379  $(204) $(162) $(7) $—  $1,006 
                         
Trading securities
 $175  $1  $—  $(65) $(6) $105 
Short-term investments
 $100  $(2) $—  $(2) $(84) $12 
Mortgage and consumer loans
 $177  $—  $—  $31  $3  $211 
Net derivatives (5)
 $2,547  $24  $(77) $94  $(3) $2,585 
Mortgage servicing rights (6), (7)
 $191  $4  $—  $210  $—  $405 
Separate account assets (8)
 $1,758  $(218) $—  $(61) $21  $1,500 
Net embedded derivatives (9)
 $(2,929) $1,101  $41  $(25) $—  $(1,812)
 
 
(1) Amortization of premium/discount is included within net investment income which is reported within the earnings caption of total gains (losses). Impairments charged to earnings on securities, certain derivatives and certain mortgage loans are included within net investment gains (losses) which are reported within the earnings caption of total gains (losses); while impairments on certain derivatives, certain mortgage loans and MSRs are charged to other revenues. Lapses associated with embedded derivatives are included with the earnings caption of total gains (losses).
 
(2) Interest and dividend accruals, as well as cash interest coupons and dividends received, are excluded from the rollforward.
 
(3) The amount reported within purchases, sales, issuances and settlements is the purchase/issuance price (for purchases and issuances) and the sales/settlement proceeds (for sales and settlements) based upon the actual date purchased/issued or sold/settled. Items purchased/issued and sold/settled in the same period are excluded from the rollforward. For embedded derivatives, attributed fees are included within this caption along with settlements, if any.

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(4) Total gains and losses (in earnings and other comprehensive income (loss)) are calculated assuming transfers in and/or out of Level 3 occurred at the beginning of the period. Items transferred in and out in the same period are excluded from the rollforward.
 
(5) Freestanding derivative assets and liabilities are presented net for purposes of the rollforward.
 
(6) The additions and reductions (due to loan payments) affecting MSRs were $59 million and ($23) million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and $235 million and ($25) million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
(7) The changes in estimated fair value due to changes in valuation model inputs or assumptions, and other changes in estimated fair value affecting MSRs were ($55) million and $0, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2010, and $3 million and $1 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2009.
 
(8) Investment performance related to separate account assets is fully offset by corresponding amounts credited to contractholders whose liability is reflected within separate account liabilities.
 
(9) Embedded derivative assets and liabilities are presented net for purposes of the rollforward.
 
(10) The long-term debt at January 1, 2010 of the consolidated securitization entities is reported within the purchases, sales, issuances and settlements activity column of the rollforward.
 
Transfers between Levels 1 and 2 — During the three months ended March 31, 2010, transfers between Levels 1 and 2 were not significant.
 
Transfers in or out of Level 3 — Overall, transfers inand/or out of Level 3 are attributable to a change in the observability of inputs. Assets and liabilities are transferred into Level 3 when a significant input cannot be corroborated with market observable data. This occurs when market activity decreases significantly and transparency to underlying inputs cannot be observed, current prices are not available, and when there are significant variances in quoted prices. Assets and liabilities are transferred out of Level 3 when circumstances change such that significant inputs can be corroborated with market observable data. This may be due to a significant increase in market activity, a specific event, or one or more significant input(s) becoming observable. Transfers inand/or out of any level are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. Significant transfers inand/or out of Level 3 assets and liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 are summarized as described below.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, fixed maturity securities transfers into Level 3 of $276 million and separate account assets transfers into Level 3 of $21 million resulted primarily from current market conditions characterized by a lack of trading activity, decreased liquidity, securities going into default and credit ratings downgrades (e.g., from investment grade to below investment grade). These current market conditions have resulted in decreased transparency of valuations and an increased use of broker quotations and unobservable inputs to determine estimated fair value principally for certain CMBS and U.S. and foreign corporate securities.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, fixed maturity securities transfers out of Level 3 of $883 million and separate account assets transfers out of Level 3 of $156 million resulted primarily from increased transparency of both new issuances that subsequent to issuance and establishment of trading activity, became priced by pricing services and existing issuances that, over time, the Company was able to corroborate pricing received from independent pricing services with observable inputs, increases in market activity and upgraded credit ratings primarily for certain U.S. and foreign corporate securities, ABS and RMBS.


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The tables below summarize both realized and unrealized gains and losses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 due to changes in estimated fair value recorded in earnings for Level 3 assets and liabilities:
 
                         
  Total Gains and Losses 
  Classification of Realized/Unrealized Gains
 
  (Losses) included in Earnings 
     Net
             
  Net
  Investment
     Policyholder
       
  Investment
  Gains
  Other
  Benefits and
  Other
    
  Income  (Losses)  Revenues  Claims  Expenses  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                        
Fixed maturity securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $5  $5  $—  $—  $—  $10 
RMBS
  14   —   —   —   —   14 
Foreign corporate securities
  1   5   —   —   —   6 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
CMBS
  —   (5)  —   —   —   (5)
ABS
  10   (19)  —   —   —   (9)
Foreign government securities
  (3)  (1)  —   —   —   (4)
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $27  $(15) $—  $—  $—  $12 
                         
Equity securities:
                        
Common stock
 $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $— 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   1   —   —   —   1 
                         
Total equity securities
 $—  $1  $—  $—  $—  $1 
                         
Trading securities
 $(1) $—  $—  $—  $—  $(1)
Net derivatives:
                        
Interest rate contracts
 $—  $13  $14  $—  $—  $27 
Foreign currency contracts
  —   (17)  —   —   (4)  (21)
Credit contracts
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
Equity market contracts
  (4)  (121)  —   —   —   (125)
                         
Total net derivatives
 $(4) $(125) $14  $—  $(4) $(119)
                         
Mortgage servicing rights
 $—  $—  $(55) $—  $—  $(55)
Net embedded derivatives
 $—  $540  $—  $(21) $—  $519 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities
 $—  $(12) $—  $—  $—  $(12)
 


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  Total Gains and Losses 
  Classification of Realized/Unrealized Gains
 
  (Losses) included in Earnings 
     Net
             
  Net
  Investment
     Policyholder
       
  Investment
  Gains
  Other
  Benefits and
  Other
    
  Income  (Losses)  Revenues  Claims  Expenses  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                        
Fixed maturity securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $4  $(113) $—  $—  $—  $(109)
RMBS
  —   (6)  —   —   —   (6)
Foreign corporate securities
  (1)  (145)  —   —   —   (146)
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
CMBS
  1   (1)  —   —   —   — 
ABS
  1   (60)  —   —   —   (59)
Foreign government securities
  3   (51)  —   —   —   (48)
State and political subdivision securities
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $8  $(376) $—  $—  $—  $(368)
                         
Equity securities:
                        
Common stock
 $—  $—  $—  $—  $—  $— 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   (204)  —   —   —   (204)
                         
Total equity securities
 $—  $(204) $—  $—  $—  $(204)
                         
Trading securities
 $1  $—  $—  $—  $—  $1 
Short-term investments
 $—  $(2) $—  $—  $—  $(2)
Net derivatives
 $(19) $13  $30  $—  $—  $24 
Mortgage servicing rights
 $—  $—  $4  $—  $—  $4 
Net embedded derivatives
 $—  $1,085  $—  $16  $—  $1,101 
 
The tables below summarize the portion of unrealized gains and losses recorded in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 for Level 3 assets and liabilities that were still held at March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 

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  Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses)
 
  Relating to Assets and Liabilities Held at March 31, 2010 
     Net
             
  Net
  Investment
     Policyholder
       
  Investment
  Gains
  Other
  Benefits and
  Other
    
  Income  (Losses)  Revenues  Claims  Expenses  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                        
Fixed maturity securities:
                        
U.S. corporate securities
 $4  $(14) $—  $—  $—  $(10)
RMBS
  14   —   —   —   —   14 
Foreign corporate securities
  1   (8)  —   —   —   (7)
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
CMBS
  —   (5)  —   —   —   (5)
ABS
  10   (19)  —   —   —   (9)
Foreign government securities
  (3)  —   —   —   —   (3)
                         
Total fixed maturity securities
 $26  $(46) $—  $—  $—  $(20)
                         
Equity securities:
                        
Common stock
 $—  $(1) $—  $—  $—  $(1)
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
                         
Total equity securities
 $—  $(1) $—  $—  $—  $(1)
                         
Trading securities
 $(1) $—  $—  $—  $—  $(1)
Net derivatives:
                        
Interest rate contracts
 $—  $13  $19  $—  $—  $32 
Foreign currency contracts
  —   (16)  —   —   (3)  (19)
Credit contracts
  —   —   —   —   —   — 
Equity market contracts
  (4)  (115)  —   —   —   (119)
                         
Total net derivatives
 $(4) $(118) $19  $—  $(3) $(106)
                         
Mortgage servicing rights
 $—  $—  $(54) $—  $—  $(54)
Net embedded derivatives
 $—  $536  $—  $(21) $—  $515 
Long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities
 $—  $(12) $—  $—  $—  $(12)
 

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  Changes in Unrealized Gains (Losses)
 
  Relating to Assets and Liabilities Held at March 31, 2009 
     Net
          
  Net
  Investment
     Policyholder
    
  Investment
  Gains
  Other
  Benefits and
    
  Income  (Losses)  Revenues  Claims  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                    
Fixed maturity securities:
                    
U.S. corporate securities
 $4   (109) $—  $—  $(105)
RMBS
  —   —   —   —   — 
Foreign corporate securities
  (1)  (138)  —   —   (139)
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  —   —   —   —   — 
CMBS
  1   (1)  —   —   — 
ABS
  1   (61)  —   —   (60)
Foreign government securities
  2   —   —   —   2 
State and political subdivision securities
  —   —   —   —   — 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   —   —   —   — 
                     
Total fixed maturity securities
 $7  $(309) $—  $—  $(302)
                     
Equity securities:
                    
Common stock
 $—  $—  $—  $—  $— 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   (183)  —   —   (183)
                     
Total equity securities
 $—  $(183) $—  $—  $(183)
                     
Trading securities
 $1  $—  $—  $—  $1 
Short-term investments
 $—  $(2) $—  $—  $(2)
Net derivatives
 $(19) $55  $67  $—  $103 
Net embedded derivatives
 $—  $1,076  $—  $16  $1,092 
 
Fair Value Option — Mortgage LoansHeld-For-Sale
 
The Company has elected fair value accounting for certain residential mortgage loansheld-for-sale.The following table presents residential mortgage loansheld-for-salecarried under the fair value option at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Unpaid principal balance
 $1,597  $2,418 
Excess estimated fair value over unpaid principal balance
  50   52 
         
Carrying value at estimated fair value
 $1,647  $2,470 
         
Loans in non-accrual status
 $2  $4 
Loans more than 90 days past due
 $2  $2 
Loans in non-accrual status or more than 90 days past due, or both — difference between aggregate estimated fair value and unpaid principal balance
 $(1) $(2)
 
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of the loan and is recorded in net investment income. Gains and losses from initial measurement, subsequent changes in estimated fair value and gains or losses on sales are recognized in other revenues, and such changes in estimated fair value were due to the following:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Instrument-specific credit risk based on changes in credit spreads for non-agency loans and adjustments in individual loan quality
 $—  $(1)
Other changes in estimated fair value
  110   185 
         
Total gains (losses) recognized in other revenues
 $110  $184 
         
 
Fair Value Option — Consolidated Securitization Entities
 
As discussed in Note 1, upon the adoption of new guidance effective January 1, 2010, the Company has elected fair value accounting for commercial mortgage loans and securities classified as trading securities held by and the related long-term debt of the consolidated securitization entities. Information on the fair value of the securities classified as trading securities is presented in Note 3 — “Investments — Trading Securities.” The following table presents these commercial mortgage loans carried under the fair value option at:
 
     
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Unpaid principal balance
 $7,138 
Excess of unpaid principal balance over estimated fair value
  (73)
     
Carrying value at estimated fair value
 $7,065 
     
 
The following table presents the long-term debt carried under the fair value option related to both the commercial mortgage loans and securities classified as trading securities at:
 
     
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Contractual principal balance
 $7,112 
Excess of contractual principal balance over estimated fair value
  (6)
     
Carrying value at estimated fair value
 $7,106 
     
 
Interest income on commercial mortgage loans held by consolidated securitization entities is recorded in net investment income. Interest expense on long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities is recorded in other expenses. Gains and losses from initial measurement, subsequent changes in estimated fair value and gains or losses on sales of both the commercial mortgage loans and long-term debt are recognized in net investment gains (losses), which is summarized in Note 3 — “Investments — Net Investment Gains (Losses).”
 
Non-Recurring Fair Value Measurements
 
Certain assets are measured at estimated fair value on a non-recurring basis and are not included in the tables above. The amounts below relate to certain investments measured at estimated fair value during the period and still held as of the reporting dates.
 


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  For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009 
     Estimated
        Estimated
    
  Carrying
  Fair
     Carrying
  Fair
    
  Value Prior to
  Value After
  Gains
  Value Prior to
  Value After
  Gains
 
  Impairment  Impairment  (Losses)  Impairment  Impairment  (Losses) 
  (In millions) 
 
Mortgage loans: (1)
                        
Held-for-investment
 $165  $141  $(24) $261  $235  $(26)
Held-for-sale
  13   13   —   —   —   — 
                         
Mortgage loans, net
 $178  $154  $(24) $261  $235  $(26)
                         
Other limited partnership interests (2)
 $—  $—  $—  $170  $74  $(96)
Real estate joint ventures (3)
 $26  $5  $(21) $—  $—  $— 
 
 
(1) Mortgage Loans — The impaired mortgage loans presented above were written down to their estimated fair values at the date the impairments were recognized. Estimated fair values for impaired mortgage loans are based on observable market prices or, if the loans are in foreclosure or are otherwise determined to be collateral dependent, on the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral, or the present value of the expected future cash flows. Impairments to estimated fair value represent non-recurring fair value measurements that have been categorized as Level 3 due to the lack of price transparency inherent in the limited markets for such mortgage loans.
 
(2) Other Limited Partnership Interests — The impaired investments presented above were accounted for using the cost basis. Impairments on these cost basis investments were recognized at estimated fair value determined from information provided in the financial statements of the underlying entities in the period in which the impairment was incurred. These impairments to estimated fair value represent non-recurring fair value measurements that have been classified as Level 3 due to the limited activity and price transparency inherent in the market for such investments. This category includes several private equity and debt funds that typically invest primarily in a diversified pool of investments across certain investment strategies including domestic and international leveraged buyout funds; power, energy, timber and infrastructure development funds; venture capital funds; below investment grade debt and mezzanine debt funds. The estimated fair values of these investments have been determined using the NAV of the Company’s ownership interest in the partners’ capital. Distributions from these investments will be generated from investment gains, from operating income from the underlying investments of the funds of less than $1 million and from liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. It is estimated that the underlying assets of the funds will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years. Unfunded commitments for these investments were less than $1 million at March 31, 2010.
 
(3) Real Estate Joint Ventures — The impaired investments presented above were accounted for using the cost basis. Impairments on these cost basis investments were recognized at estimated fair value determined from information provided in the financial statements of the underlying entities in the period in which the impairment was incurred. These impairments to estimated fair value represent non-recurring fair value measurements that have been classified as Level 3 due to the limited activity and price transparency inherent in the market for such investments. This category includes several real estate funds that typically invest primarily in commercial real estate. The estimated fair values of these investments have been determined using the NAV of the Company’s ownership interest in the partners’ capital. Distributions from these investments will be generated from investment gains, from operating income from the underlying investments of the funds and from liquidation of the underlying assets of the funds. It is estimated that the underlying assets of the funds will be liquidated over the next 2 to 10 years. Unfunded commitments for these investments were $13 million at March 31, 2010.

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6.  Closed Block
 
On April 7, 2000, (the “Demutualization Date”), MLIC converted from a mutual life insurance company to a stock life insurance company and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc. The conversion was pursuant to an order by the New York Superintendent of Insurance approving MLIC’s plan of reorganization, as amended (the “Plan”). On the Demutualization Date, MLIC established a closed block for the benefit of holders of certain individual life insurance policies of MLIC.
 
Recent experience within the closed block, in particular mortality and investment yields, as well as realized and unrealized losses, have resulted in a policyholder dividend obligation of zero at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. The policyholder dividend obligation of zero and the Company’s decision to revise the expected policyholder dividend scales, which are based upon statutory results, have resulted in a reduction to both actual and expected cumulative earnings of the closed block. Amortization of the closed block DAC, which resides outside of the closed block, will be based upon actual cumulative earnings rather than expected cumulative earnings of the closed block until such time as the actual cumulative earnings of the closed block exceed the expected cumulative earnings, at which time the policyholder dividend obligation will be reestablished. Actual cumulative earnings less than expected cumulative earnings will result in future adjustments to DAC and net income of the Company and increase sensitivity of the Company’s net income to movements in closed block results.
 
Information regarding the closed block liabilities and assets designated to the closed block is as follows:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Closed Block Liabilities
        
Future policy benefits
 $43,462  $43,576 
Other policyholder funds
  329   307 
Policyholder dividends payable
  637   615 
Other liabilities
  639   576 
         
Total closed block liabilities
  45,067   45,074 
         
Assets Designated to the Closed Block
        
Investments:
        
Fixed maturity securitiesavailable-for-sale,at estimated fair value (amortized cost: $27,309 and $27,129, respectively)
  28,025   27,375 
Equity securitiesavailable-for-sale,at estimated fair value (cost: $156 and $204, respectively)
  164   218 
Mortgage loans
  6,151   6,200 
Policy loans
  4,569   4,538 
Real estate and real estate joint venturesheld-for-investment
  314   321 
Short-term investments
  —   1 
Other invested assets
  491   463 
         
Total investments
  39,714   39,116 
Cash and cash equivalents
  186   241 
Accrued investment income
  530   489 
Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables
  105   78 
Current income tax recoverable
  32   112 
Deferred income tax assets
  431   612 
         
Total assets designated to the closed block
  40,998   40,648 
         
Excess of closed block liabilities over assets designated to the closed block
  4,069   4,426 
         
Amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
        
Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of income tax of $255 and $89, respectively
  474   166 
Unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net of income tax of $0 and ($3), respectively
  —   (5)
         
Total amounts included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)
  474   161 
         
Maximum future earnings to be recognized from closed block assets and liabilities
 $4,543  $4,587 
         


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Information regarding the closed block revenues and expenses is as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Revenues
        
Premiums
 $575  $635 
Net investment income and other revenues
  583   533 
Net investment gains (losses):
        
Other-than-temporaryimpairments on fixed maturity securities
  —   (36)
Other-than-temporaryimpairments on fixed maturity securities transferred to other comprehensive loss
  —   — 
Other net investment gains (losses), net
  12   190 
         
Total net investment gains (losses)
  12   154 
         
Total revenues
  1,170   1,322 
         
Expenses
        
Policyholder benefits and claims
  733   786 
Policyholder dividends
  321   366 
Other expenses
  50   52 
         
Total expenses
  1,104   1,204 
         
Revenues, net of expenses before provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  66   118 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  22   41 
         
Revenues, net of expenses and provision for income tax expense (benefit)
 $44  $77 
         
 
The change in the maximum future earnings of the closed block is as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, end of period
 $4,543  $4,441 
Balance, beginning of period
  4,587   4,518 
         
Change during period
 $(44) $(77)
         
 
MLIC charges the closed block with federal income taxes, state and local premium taxes and other additive state or local taxes, as well as investment management expenses relating to the closed block as provided in the Plan. MLIC also charges the closed block for expenses of maintaining the policies included in the closed block.
 
7.  Long-term and Short-term Debt
 
The following represents significant changes in debt from the amounts reported in Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report. See Note 3 for discussion of long-term debt of consolidated securitization entities.


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Repurchase Agreements with the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
 
MetLife Bank, National Association (“MetLife Bank”) is a member of the FHLB of NY and held $100 million and $124 million of common stock of the FHLB of NY at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, which is included in equity securities. MetLife Bank has also entered into repurchase agreements with the FHLB of NY whereby MetLife Bank has issued repurchase agreements in exchange for cash and for which the FHLB of NY has been granted a blanket lien on certain of MetLife Bank’s residential mortgages, mortgage loansheld-for-sale,commercial mortgages and mortgage-backed securities to collateralize MetLife Bank’s obligations under the repurchase agreements. MetLife Bank maintains control over these pledged assets, and may use, commingle, encumber or dispose of any portion of the collateral as long as there is no event of default and the remaining qualified collateral is sufficient to satisfy the collateral maintenance level. The repurchase agreements and the related security agreement represented by this blanket lien provide that upon any event of default by MetLife Bank, the FHLB of NY’s recovery is limited to the amount of MetLife Bank’s liability under the outstanding repurchase agreements. The amount of MetLife Bank’s liability for repurchase agreements entered into with the FHLB of NY was $1.9 billion and $2.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, which is included in long-term debt and short term debt depending upon the original tenor of the advance. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, MetLife Bank received advances related to long-term borrowings totaling $163 million and $50 million, respectively, from the FHLB of NY. MetLife Bank made repayments to the FHLB of NY of $114 million and $100 million related to long-term borrowings for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The advances on the repurchase agreements related to both long-term and short-term debt were collateralized by residential mortgages, mortgage loansheld-for-sale,commercial mortgages and mortgage-backed securities with estimated fair values of $5.6 billion and $5.5 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Credit and Committed Facilities
 
Concurrently with the entry into the Stock Purchase Agreement (see Note 2), the Holding Company signed a commitment letter (amended and restated on March 16, 2010) with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 billion. At the Holding Company’s option, any loan under the senior credit facility will bear interest at a rate equal to (i) LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin (the Applicable Margin is 2.00% for the first 89 days after the closing date and, beginning on the 90th day after the closing date, is calculated using credit default swap rates on the Company’s senior unsecured obligations plus a margin that increases with the amount of time that has passed since the closing), or (ii) the Base Rate (to be defined as the highest of (a) the Bank of America prime rate, (b) the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% and (c) one month LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus the Applicable Margin. In addition, on the 90th, 180th and 270th day after the closing, the Company must pay a fee (increasing over time) equal to a percentage of the amounts outstanding under the credit facility on those dates. During the continuance of any default under the senior credit facility, the Applicable Margin on obligations owing thereunder shall increase by 2% per annum (subject, in all cases other than an insolvency default or default in the payment of principal when due, to the request of the Required Lenders (as defined therein). The senior credit facility will be used to finance any portion of the cash component of the purchase price of the Alico transaction that is not financed with sales of the Company’s securities. Any borrowings under the senior credit facility must be repaid by the 364th day following the closing of the Alico transaction. Conditions precedent to closing of the senior credit facility are typical for transactions of this type, including (in addition to certain conditions precedent contained in the Stock Purchase Agreement): (i) no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the commitment letter) since December 31, 2009 relating to the Holding Company and its subsidiaries, or November 30, 2009 relating to the Transferred Businesses (as defined in the commitment letter); (ii) long-term indebtedness of the Holding Company must be at or above a specified level as of closing; (iii) without consent of the lead arrangers, no change materially adverse to the lenders may be made in terms of the sources of funding for the transaction; and (iv) no term in the Stock Purchase Agreement may be waived adversely to the lenders without the consent of the lead arrangers.


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8.  Contingencies, Commitments and Guarantees
 
Contingencies
 
Litigation
 
The Company is a defendant in a large number of litigation matters. In some of the matters, very largeand/orindeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, are sought. Modern pleading practice in the United States permits considerable variation in the assertion of monetary damages or other relief. Jurisdictions may permit claimants not to specify the monetary damages sought or may permit claimants to state only that the amount sought is sufficient to invoke the jurisdiction of the trial court. In addition, jurisdictions may permit plaintiffs to allege monetary damages in amounts well exceeding reasonably possible verdicts in the jurisdiction for similar matters. This variability in pleadings, together with the actual experience of the Company in litigating or resolving through settlement numerous claims over an extended period of time, demonstrate to management that the monetary relief which may be specified in a lawsuit or claim bears little relevance to its merits or disposition value. Thus, unless stated below, the specific monetary relief sought is not noted.
 
Due to the vagaries of litigation, the outcome of a litigation matter and the amount or range of potential loss at particular points in time may normally be inherently impossible to ascertain with any degree of certainty. Inherent uncertainties can include how fact finders will view individually and in their totality documentary evidence, the credibility and effectiveness of witnesses’ testimony and how trial and appellate courts will apply the law in the context of the pleadings or evidence presented, whether by motion practice, or at trial or on appeal. Disposition valuations are also subject to the uncertainty of how opposing parties and their counsel will themselves view the relevant evidence and applicable law.
 
On a quarterly and annual basis, the Company reviews relevant information with respect to litigation and contingencies to be reflected in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The review includes senior legal and financial personnel. Unless stated below, estimates of possible losses or ranges of loss for particular matters cannot in the ordinary course be made with a reasonable degree of certainty. Liabilities are established when it is probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Liabilities have been established for a number of the matters noted below. It is possible that some of the matters could require the Company to pay damages or make other expenditures or establish accruals in amounts that could not be estimated at March 31, 2010.
 
Asbestos-Related Claims
 
MLIC is and has been a defendant in a large number of asbestos-related suits filed primarily in state courts. These suits principally allege that the plaintiff or plaintiffs suffered personal injury resulting from exposure to asbestos and seek both actual and punitive damages. MLIC has never engaged in the business of manufacturing, producing, distributing or selling asbestos or asbestos-containing products nor has MLIC issued liability or workers’ compensation insurance to companies in the business of manufacturing, producing, distributing or selling asbestos or asbestos-containing products. The lawsuits principally have focused on allegations with respect to certain research, publication and other activities of one or more of MLIC’s employees during the period from the 1920’s through approximately the 1950’s and allege that MLIC learned or should have learned of certain health risks posed by asbestos and, among other things, improperly publicized or failed to disclose those health risks. MLIC believes that it should not have legal liability in these cases. The outcome of most asbestos litigation matters, however, is uncertain and can be impacted by numerous variables, including differences in legal rulings in various jurisdictions, the nature of the alleged injury and factors unrelated to the ultimate legal merit of the claims asserted against MLIC. MLIC employs a number of resolution strategies to manage its asbestos loss exposure, including seeking resolution of pending litigation by judicial rulings and settling individual or groups of claims or lawsuits under appropriate circumstances.
 
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(i) MLIC owed no duty to the plaintiffs— it had no special relationship with the plaintiffs and did not manufacture, produce, distribute or sell the asbestos products that allegedly injured plaintiffs; (ii) plaintiffs did not rely on any actions of MLIC; (iii) MLIC’s conduct was not the cause of the plaintiffs’ injuries; (iv) plaintiffs’ exposure occurred after the dangers of asbestos were known; and (v) the applicable time with respect to filing suit has expired. During the course of the litigation, certain trial courts have granted motions dismissing claims against MLIC, while other trial courts have denied MLIC’s motions to dismiss. There can be no assurance that MLIC will receive favorable decisions on motions in the future. While most cases brought to date have settled, MLIC intends to continue to defend aggressively against claims based on asbestos exposure, including defending claims at trials.
 
As reported in the 2009 Annual Report, MLIC received approximately 3,910 asbestos-related claims in 2009. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, MLIC received approximately 1,180 and 981 new asbestos-related claims, respectively. See Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report for historical information concerning asbestos claims and MLIC’s increase in its recorded liability at December 31, 2002. The number of asbestos cases that may be brought, the aggregate amount of any liability that MLIC may incur, and the total amount paid in settlements in any given year are uncertain and may vary significantly from year to year.
 
The ability of MLIC to estimate its ultimate asbestos exposure is subject to considerable uncertainty, and the conditions impacting its liability can be dynamic and subject to change. The availability of reliable data is limited and it is difficult to predict with any certainty the numerous variables that can affect liability estimates, including the number of future claims, the cost to resolve claims, the disease mix and severity of disease in pending and future claims, the impact of the number of new claims filed in a particular jurisdiction and variations in the law in the jurisdictions in which claims are filed, the possible impact of tort reform efforts, the willingness of courts to allow plaintiffs to pursue claims against MLIC when exposure to asbestos took place after the dangers of asbestos exposure were well known, and the impact of any possible future adverse verdicts and their amounts.
 
The ability to make estimates regarding ultimate asbestos exposure declines significantly as the estimates relate to years further in the future. In the Company’s judgment, there is a future point after which losses cease to be probable and reasonably estimable. It is reasonably possible that the Company’s total exposure to asbestos claims may be materially greater than the asbestos liability currently accrued and that future charges to income may be necessary. While the potential future charges could be material in the particular quarterly or annual periods in which they are recorded, based on information currently known by management, management does not believe any such charges are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position.
 
The Company believes adequate provision has been made in its consolidated financial statements for all probable and reasonably estimable losses for asbestos-related claims. MLIC’s recorded asbestos liability is based on its estimation of the following elements, as informed by the facts presently known to it, its understanding of current law and its past experiences: (i) the probable and reasonably estimable liability for asbestos claims already asserted against MLIC, including claims settled but not yet paid; (ii) the probable and reasonably estimable liability for asbestos claims not yet asserted against MLIC, but which MLIC believes are reasonably probable of assertion; and (iii) the legal defense costs associated with the foregoing claims. Significant assumptions underlying MLIC’s analysis of the adequacy of its recorded liability with respect to asbestos litigation include: (i) the number of future claims; (ii) the cost to resolve claims; and (iii) the cost to defend claims.
 
MLIC reevaluates on a quarterly and annual basis its exposure from asbestos litigation, including studying its claims experience, reviewing external literature regarding asbestos claims experience in the United States, assessing relevant trends impacting asbestos liability and considering numerous variables that can affect its asbestos liability exposure on an overall or per claim basis. These variables include bankruptcies of other companies involved in asbestos litigation, legislative and judicial developments, the number of pending claims involving serious disease, the number of new claims filed against it and other defendants and the jurisdictions in which claims are pending. Based upon its regular reevaluation of its exposure from asbestos litigation, MLIC has updated its liability analysis for asbestos-related claims through March 31, 2010.


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Regulatory Matters
 
The Company receives and responds to subpoenas or other inquiries from state regulators, including state insurance commissioners; state attorneys general or other state governmental authorities; federal regulators, including the SEC; federal governmental authorities, including congressional committees; and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) seeking a broad range of information. The issues involved in information requests and regulatory matters vary widely. Certain regulators have requested information and documents regarding contingent commission payments to brokers, the Company’s awareness of any “sham” bids for business, bids and quotes that the Company submitted to potential customers, incentive agreements entered into with brokers, or compensation paid to intermediaries. On April 15, 2010, the Company and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California signed an agreement that resolved the U.S. Attorney’s investigation concerning payments that the Company had made to the insurance broker Universal Life Resources prior to 2005. Among other things, the agreement required the Company to make a $13.5 million payment. The Florida insurance regulator has initiated discussions with the Company regarding its investigation of contingent payments made to brokers. The Company has been cooperating fully in these inquiries.
 
In June 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) regarding the operations of the Homer City Generating Station, an electrical generation facility. The NOV alleges, among other things, that the electrical generation facility is being operated in violation of certain federal and state Clean Air Act requirements. Homer City OL6 LLC, an entity owned by MLIC, is a passive investor with a noncontrolling interest in the electrical generation facility, which is solely operated by the lessee, EME Homer City Generation L.P. (“EME Homer”). Homer City OL6 LLC and EME Homer are among the respondents identified in the NOV. EME Homer has been notified of its obligation to indemnify Homer City OL6 LLC and MLIC for any claims resulting from the NOV and has expressly acknowledged its obligation to indemnify Homer City OL6 LLC.
 
Regulatory authorities in a small number of states and FINRA have had investigations or inquiries relating to sales of individual life insurance policies or annuities or other products by MLIC, MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, New England Life Insurance Company and General American Life Insurance Company, and the four Company broker-dealers, which are MetLife Securities, Inc. (“MSI”), New England Securities Corporation, Walnut Street Securities, Inc. and Tower Square Securities, Inc. Over the past several years, these and a number of investigations by other regulatory authorities were resolved for monetary payments and certain other relief. The Company may continue to resolve investigations in a similar manner.
 
MSI is a defendant in two regulatory matters brought by the Illinois Department of Securities. In 2005, MSI received a notice from the Illinois Department of Securities asserting possible violations of the Illinois Securities Act in connection with alleged failure to disclose portability with respect to sales of a former affiliate’s mutual funds and representative compensation with respect to proprietary products. A response has been submitted and in January 2008, MSI received notice of the commencement of an administrative action by the Illinois Department of Securities. In May 2008, MSI’s motion to dismiss the action was denied. In the second matter, in December 2008 MSI received a Notice of Hearing from the Illinois Department of Securities based upon a complaint alleging that MSI failed to reasonably supervise one of its former registered representatives in connection with the sale of variable annuities to Illinois investors. MSI intends to vigorously defend against the claims in these matters.
 
Demutualization Actions
 
The Company is a defendant in two lawsuits challenging the fairness of the Plan and the adequacy and accuracy of MLIC’s disclosure to policyholders regarding the Plan. The plaintiffs in the consolidated state court class action,Fiala, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., et al. (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County, filed March 17, 2000), sought compensatory relief and punitive damages against MLIC, the Holding Company, and individual directors. The court certified a litigation class of present and former policyholders on plaintiffs’ claim that defendants violated section 7312 of the New York Insurance Law. The plaintiffs in the consolidated federal court class action, In re MetLife Demutualization Litig. (E.D.N.Y., filed April 18, 2000), sought rescission and compensatory damages


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against MLIC and the Holding Company. Plaintiffs asserted violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the Plan, claiming that the Policyholder Information Booklets failed to disclose certain material facts and contained certain material misstatements. The court certified a litigation class of present and former policyholders. The parties to these two lawsuits entered into a settlement agreement in November 2009. The federal and state courts respectively approved the settlement in orders issued on February 12, 2010 and March 3, 2010. On March 2, 2010 and March 23, 2010, the federal and state courts entered final judgments confirming their approval of the settlement and dismissing the actions. On March 15, 2010, an objector filed a notice of appeal of the federal court’s order approving the settlement.
 
Other Litigation
 
Travelers Ins. Co., et al. v. Banc of America Securities LLC (S.D.N.Y., filed December 13, 2001).  On January 6, 2009, after a jury trial, the district court entered a judgment in favor of The Travelers Insurance Company, now known as MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, in the amount of approximately $42 million in connection with securities and common law claims against the defendant. On May 14, 2009, the district court issued an opinion and order denying the defendant’s post judgment motion seeking a judgment in its favor or, in the alternative, a new trial. On June 3, 2009, the defendant filed a notice of appeal from the January 6, 2009 judgment and the May 14, 2009 opinion and order. As it is possible that the judgment could be affected during appellate practice, and the Company has not collected any portion of the judgment, the Company has not recognized any award amount in its consolidated financial statements.
 
Shipley v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co. and Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co. (Ill. Cir. Ct., Madison County, filed February 26 and July 2, 2003).  Two putative nationwide class actions have been filed against Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company in Illinois. One suit claims breach of contract and fraud due to the alleged underpayment of medical claims arising from the use of a purportedly biased provider fee pricing system. The second suit currently alleges breach of contract arising from the alleged use of preferred provider organizations to reduce medical provider fees covered by the medical claims portion of the insurance policy. Motions for class certification have been filed and briefed in both cases. Simon v. Metropolitan Property and Casualty Ins. Co. (W.D. Okla., filed September 23, 2008), a third putative nationwide class action lawsuit relating to payment of medical providers, is pending in federal court in Oklahoma. The Company is vigorously defending against the claims in these matters.
 
The American Dental Association, et al.v. MetLife Inc., et al. (S.D. Fla., filed May 19, 2003).  The American Dental Association and three individual providers had sued the Holding Company, MLIC and other non-affiliated insurance companies in a putative class action lawsuit. The plaintiffs purported to represent a nationwide class ofin-networkproviders who alleged that their claims were being wrongfully reduced by downcoding, bundling, and the improper use and programming of software. The complaint alleged federal racketeering and various state law theories of liability. All of plaintiffs’ claims except for breach of contract claims were dismissed with prejudice on March 2, 2009. By order dated March 20, 2009, the district court declined to retain jurisdiction over the remaining breach of contract claims and dismissed the lawsuit. On April 17, 2009, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal from this order.
 
In Re Ins. Brokerage Antitrust Litig. (D. N.J., filed February 24, 2005).  In this multi-district class action proceeding, plaintiffs’ complaint alleged that the Holding Company, MLIC, several non-affiliated insurance companies and several insurance brokers violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and antitrust laws and committed other misconduct in the context of providing insurance to employee benefit plans and to persons who participate in such employee benefit plans. In August and September 2007 and January 2008, the court issued orders granting defendants’ motions to dismiss with prejudice the federal antitrust, the RICO, and the ERISA claims. In February 2008, the court dismissed the remaining state law claims on jurisdictional grounds. Plaintiffs’ appeal from the orders dismissing their RICO and federal antitrust claims is pending with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. A putative class action alleging that the Holding Company and other non-affiliated defendants


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violated state laws was transferred to the District of New Jersey but was not consolidated with other related actions. Plaintiffs’ motion to remand this action to state court in Florida is pending.
 
Roberts, et al. v. Tishman Speyer Properties, et al. (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County, filed January 22, 2007). This lawsuit was filed by a putative class of market rate tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village against parties including Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company and Metropolitan Insurance and Annuity Company. These tenants claim that the Company, as former owner, and the current owner improperly deregulated apartments while receiving J-51 tax abatements. The lawsuit seeks declaratory relief and damages for rent overcharges. In August 2007, the trial court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. In March 2009, New York’s intermediate appellate court reversed the trial court’s decision and reinstated the lawsuit. The defendants appealed this ruling to the New York State Court of Appeals, which in October 2009 issued an opinion affirming the ruling of the intermediate appellate court. The action has been remanded to the trial court for further proceedings. Plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint and the Company has filed a motion to dismiss. The current owner is pursuing potential settlement of the claims against it.
 
Thomas, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., et al. (W.D. Okla., filed January 31, 2007).  A putative class action complaint was filed against MLIC and MSI. Plaintiffs asserted legal theories of violations of the federal securities laws and violations of state laws with respect to the sale of certain proprietary products by the Company’s agency distribution group. Plaintiffs sought rescission, compensatory damages, interest, punitive damages and attorneys’ fees and expenses. In August 2009, the court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. On September 29, 2009, plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal from the court’s order dismissing the lawsuit.
 
Sales Practices Claims.  Over the past several years, the Company has faced numerous claims, including class action lawsuits, alleging improper marketing or sales of individual life insurance policies, annuities, mutual funds or other products. Some of the current cases seek substantial damages, including punitive and treble damages and attorneys’ fees. The Company continues to vigorously defend against the claims in these matters. The Company believes adequate provision has been made in its consolidated financial statements for all probable and reasonably estimable losses for sales practices matters.
 
Summary
 
Putative or certified class action litigation and other litigation and claims and assessments against the Company, in addition to those discussed previously and those otherwise provided for in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, have arisen in the course of the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, in connection with its activities as an insurer, mortgage lending bank, employer, investor, investment advisor and taxpayer. Further, state insurance regulatory authorities and other federal and state authorities regularly make inquiries and conduct investigations concerning the Company’s compliance with applicable insurance and other laws and regulations.
 
It is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of all pending investigations and legal proceedings or provide reasonable ranges of potential losses, except as noted previously in connection with specific matters. In some of the matters referred to previously, very largeand/orindeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, are sought. Although in light of these considerations it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain cases could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial position, based on information currently known by the Company’s management, in its opinion, the outcomes of such pending investigations and legal proceedings are not likely to have such an effect. However, given the largeand/orindeterminate amounts sought in certain of these matters and the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain matters could, from time to time, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated net income or cash flows in particular quarterly or annual periods.


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Commitments
 
Commitments to Fund Partnership Investments
 
The Company makes commitments to fund partnership investments in the normal course of business. The amounts of these unfunded commitments were $3.9 billion and $4.1 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company anticipates that these amounts will be invested in partnerships over the next five years.
 
Mortgage Loan Commitments
 
The Company has issued interest rate lock commitments on certain residential mortgage loan applications totaling $2.8 billion and $2.7 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company intends to sell the majority of these originated residential mortgage loans. Interest rate lock commitments to fund mortgage loans that will beheld-for-saleare considered derivatives and their estimated fair value and notional amounts are included within interest rate forwards in Note 4.
 
The Company also commits to lend funds under certain other mortgage loan commitments that will beheld-for-investment.The amounts of these mortgage loan commitments were $2.6 billion and $2.2 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Commitments to Fund Bank Credit Facilities, Bridge Loans and Private Corporate Bond Investments
 
The Company commits to lend funds under bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments. The amounts of these unfunded commitments were $1.3 billion at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Guarantees
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company did not record any additional liabilities for indemnities, guarantees and commitments. The Company’s recorded liabilities were $5 million at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, for indemnities, guarantees and commitments.
 
9.  Employee Benefit Plans
 
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 
Certain subsidiaries of the Holding Company (the “Subsidiaries”) sponsorand/oradminister various qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement employee benefit plans covering employees and sales representatives who meet specified eligibility requirements. The Subsidiaries also provide certain postemployment benefits and certain postretirement medical and life insurance benefits for retired employees. The Subsidiaries have issued group annuity and life insurance contracts supporting approximately 99% of all pension and other postretirement benefit plan assets, which are invested primarily in separate accounts sponsored by the Subsidiaries.
 
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The components of net periodic benefit cost were as follows:
 
                 
     Other
 
     Postretirement
 
  Pension Benefits  Benefits 
  Three Months
  Three Months
 
  Ended
  Ended
 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Service cost
 $44  $43  $4  $6 
Interest cost
  99   100   28   32 
Expected return on plan assets
  (112)  (112)  (19)  (19)
Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses
  49   57   9   10 
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
  2   2   (21)  (9)
                 
Net periodic benefit cost
 $82  $90  $1  $20 
                 
 
The components of net periodic benefit cost amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) were as follows:
 
                 
     Other
 
     Postretirement
 
  Pension Benefits  Benefits 
  Three Months
  Three Months
 
  Ended
  Ended
 
  March 31,  March 31, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Amortization of net actuarial (gains) losses
 $49  $57  $9  $10 
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
  2   2   (21)  (9)
                 
Subtotal
  51   59   (12)  1 
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
  (18)  (21)  (2)  — 
                 
Components of net periodic benefit cost amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of income tax
 $33  $38  $(14) $1 
                 
 
As disclosed in Note 17 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report, no contributions are required to be made to the Subsidiaries’ qualified pension plans during 2010; however, the Subsidiaries expected to make discretionary contributions of up to $150 million to the plans during 2010. At March 31, 2010, no discretionary contributions have yet been made to those plans. The Subsidiaries fund benefit payments for their non-qualified pension and other postretirement plans as due through their general assets.
 
10.  Equity
 
Stock-Based Compensation Plans
 
Payout of2007-2009Performance Shares
 
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performance period (subject to certain contingencies). Vested awards are payable in shares of the Holding Company’s common stock.
 
The performance factor for the January 1, 2007 — December 31, 2009 performance period was 94%. This factor has been applied to the 807,750 Performance Shares associated with that performance period that vested on December 31, 2009, and as a result 759,285 shares of the Holding Company’s common stock (less withholding for taxes and other items, as applicable) will be issued during the second quarter of 2010 or on later dates. The performance factor applied for the January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2009 performance period was determined based on measurements of the Holding Company’s performance that included: (i) the change in annual net operating earnings per share, as defined in the applicable award agreements; and (ii) the proportionate total shareholder return, as defined in the applicable award agreements, each with reference to the applicable three-year performance period relative to other Fortune 500 companies in the S&P Insurance Index with reference to the same three-year period.
 
11.  Other Expenses
 
Information on other expenses is as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Compensation
 $932  $913 
Commissions
  815   856 
Interest and debt issue costs
  380   255 
Interest credited to bank deposits
  39   43 
Capitalization of DAC
  (744)  (786)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  602   929 
Rent, net of sublease income
  99   113 
Insurance tax
  115   125 
Other
  704   554 
         
Total other expenses
 $2,942  $3,002 
         
 
Interest and Debt Issue Costs
 
Includes interest expense related to consolidated securitization entities of $106 million and $0, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively (see Note 3), and interest expense on tax audits of $10 million and $10 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Costs Related to Pending Acquisition
 
Related to the pending acquisition of Alico discussed in Note 2, the Company incurred $27 million of transaction costs, which primarily consisted of investment banking and legal fees, for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Such costs were included in other expenses.
 
Integration related expenses incurred for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and included in other expenses were $2 million. Integration of Alico is an enterprise-wide initiative, and the expenses were incurred within Banking, Corporate & Other.


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Restructuring Charges
 
In September 2008, the Company began an enterprise-wide cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiative which is expected to be fully implemented by December 31, 2010. This initiative is focused on reducing complexity, leveraging scale, increasing productivity and improving the effectiveness of the Company’s operations, as well as providing a foundation for future growth. These restructuring costs were included in other expenses. As the expenses relate to an enterprise-wide initiative, they were incurred within Banking, Corporate & Other. Estimated restructuring costs may change as management continues to execute its restructuring plans. Restructuring charges associated with this enterprise-wide initiative are as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $36  $86 
Severance charges
  11   22 
Change in severance charge estimates
  2   (1)
Cash payments
  (24)  (68)
         
Balance, end of period
 $25  $39 
         
Restructuring charges incurred in current period
 $13  $21 
         
Total restructuring charges incurred since inception of program
 $190  $122 
         
 
For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the change in severance charge estimates of $2 million and ($1) million, respectively, was due to changes in estimates for variable incentive compensation, COBRA benefits, employee outplacement services and for employees whose severance status changed.
 
In addition to the above charges, the Company has recognized lease charges of $28 million associated with the consolidation of office space since inception of the program.
 
Management anticipates further restructuring charges including severance, lease and asset impairments will be incurred during the year ending December 31, 2010. However, such restructuring plans are not sufficiently developed to enable the Company to make an estimate of such restructuring charges at March 31, 2010.


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12.  Earnings Per Common Share
 
The following table presents the weighted average shares used in calculating basic earnings per common share and those used in calculating diluted earnings per common share for each income category presented below:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions, except share and per share data) 
 
Weighted Average Shares:
        
Weighted average common stock outstanding for basic earnings per common share
  822,654,945   809,101,944 
Incremental common shares from assumed:
        
Exercise or issuance of stock-based awards (1)
  5,966,444   — 
         
Weighted average common stock outstanding for diluted earnings per common share
  828,621,389   809,101,944 
         
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations:
        
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $833  $(585)
Less: Income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests, net of income tax
  (1)  (4)
Less: Preferred stock dividends
  30   30 
         
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax, available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
 $804  $(611)
         
Basic
 $0.98  $(0.76)
         
Diluted
 $0.97  $(0.76)
         
Income from Discontinued Operations:
        
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
 $1  $37 
Less: Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax, attributable to noncontrolling interests
  —   — 
         
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax, available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
 $1  $37 
         
Basic
 $—  $0.05 
         
Diluted
 $—  $0.05 
         
Net Income (Loss):
        
Net income (loss)
 $834  $(548)
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (1)  (4)
Less: Preferred stock dividends
  30   30 
         
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
 $805  $(574)
         
Basic
 $0.98  $(0.71)
         
Diluted
 $0.97  $(0.71)
         
 
 
(1) For the three months ended March 31, 2009, 1,679,455 shares related to the assumed exercise or issuance of stock-based awards have been excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share as these assumed shares are anti-dilutive.


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13.  Business Segment Information
 
The Company’s business is currently divided into five operating segments. The Company’s U.S. Business operations consists of the Insurance Products, Retirement Products, Corporate Benefit Funding and Auto & Home segments. The Company also has an International segment. In addition, the Company reports certain of its results of operations in Banking, Corporate & Other.
 
Insurance Products offers a broad range of protection products and services to individuals, corporations and other institutions, and is organized into three distinct businesses: Group Life, Individual Life and Non-Medical Health. Group Life insurance products and services include variable life, universal life and term life. Individual Life includes variable life, universal life, term life and whole life insurance products. Non-Medical Health includes short- and long-term disability, long-term care, dental insurance, and other insurance products. Retirement Products offers asset accumulation and income products, including a wide variety of annuities. Corporate Benefit Funding offers pension risk solutions, structured settlements, stable value and investment products and other benefit funding products. Auto & Home provides personal lines property and casualty insurance, including private passenger automobile, homeowners and personal excess liability insurance.
 
International provides life insurance, accident and health insurance, annuities and retirement products to both individuals and groups.
 
Banking, Corporate & Other contains the excess capital not allocated to the business segments, the results of operations of MetLife Bank, variousstart-upentities and run-off entities, as well as interest expense related to the majority of the Company’s outstanding debt and expenses associated with certain legal proceedings and income tax audit issues. Banking, Corporate & Other also includes the elimination of intersegment amounts, which generally relate to intersegment loans, which bear interest rates commensurate with related borrowings.
 
Operating earnings is the measure of segment profit or loss the Company uses to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources. Consistent with GAAP accounting guidance for segment reporting, it is the Company’s measure of segment performance reported below. Operating earnings does not equate to income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax or net income (loss) as determined in accordance with GAAP and should not be viewed as a substitute for those GAAP measures. The Company believes the presentation of operating earnings herein as we measure it for management purposes enhances the understanding of its performance by highlighting the results from operations and the underlying profitability drivers of the businesses.
 
Operating earnings is defined as operating revenues less operating expenses, net of income tax.
 
Operating revenues is defined as GAAP revenues (i) less net investment gains (losses); (ii) less amortization of unearned revenue related to net investment gains (losses); (iii) plus scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivative instruments that are hedges of investments but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment; (iv) plus income from discontinued real estate operations; and (v) plus, for operating joint ventures reported under the equity method of accounting, the aforementioned adjustments and those identified in the definition of operating expenses, net of income tax, if applicable to these joint ventures.
 
Operating expenses is defined as GAAP expenses (i) less changes in policyholder benefits associated with asset value fluctuations related to experience-rated contractholder liabilities and certain inflation-indexed liabilities; (ii) less costs related to business combinations (since January 1, 2009) and noncontrolling interests; (iii) less amortization of DAC and VOBA and changes in the policyholder dividend obligation related to net investment gains (losses); and (iv) plus scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivative instruments that are hedges of policyholder account balances but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.
 
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Set forth in the tables below is certain financial information with respect to the Company’s segments, as well as Banking, Corporate & Other for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those of the Company, except for the method of capital allocation and the accounting for gains (losses) from intercompany sales, which are eliminated in consolidation. Economic capital is an internally developed risk capital model, the purpose of which is to measure the risk in the business and to provide a basis upon which capital is deployed. The economic capital model accounts for the unique and specific nature of the risks inherent in the Company’s businesses. As a part of the economic capital process, a portion of net investment income is credited to the segments based on the level of allocated equity. The Company allocates certain non-recurring items, such as expenses associated with certain legal proceedings, to Banking, Corporate & Other.
 
                                         
  Operating Earnings       
  U.S. Business                
        Corporate
  Auto
        Banking,
          
Three Months Ended
 Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  &
        Corporate
        Total
 
March 31, 2010 Products  Products  Funding  Home  Total  International  & Other  Total  Adjustments  Consolidated 
  (In millions) 
 
Revenues
                                        
Premiums
 $4,323  $123  $801  $714  $5,961  $893  $—  $6,854  $—  $6,854 
Universal life and investment- type product policy fees
  549   513   55   —   1,117   291   —   1,408   (1)  1,407 
Net investment income
  1,504   773   1,270   53   3,600   450   243   4,293   51   4,344 
Other revenues
  189   48   64   (2)  299   1   213   513   —   513 
Net investment gains (losses)
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   72   72 
                                         
Total revenues
  6,565   1,457   2,190   765   10,977   1,635   456   13,068   122   13,190 
                                         
Expenses
                                        
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  4,847   354   1,362   494   7,057   838   (5)  7,890   24   7,914 
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  234   406   355   —   995   151   —   1,146   (3)  1,143 
Interest credited to bank deposits
  —   —   —   —   —   —   39   39   —   39 
Capitalization of DAC
  (206)  (234)  (8)  (104)  (552)  (192)  —   (744)  —   (744)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  239   133   4   107   483   105   —   588   14   602 
Interest expense
  —   —   2   —   2   1   261   264   106   370 
Other expenses
  992   554   124   179   1,849   522   274   2,645   30   2,675 
                                         
Total expenses
  6,106   1,213   1,839   676   9,834   1,425   569   11,828   171   11,999 
                                         
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  161   85   123   17   386   59   (69)  376   (18)  358 
                                         
Operating earnings
 $298  $159  $228  $72  $757  $151  $(44)  864         
                                         
Adjustments to:
                                        
Total revenues
  122         
Total expenses
  (171)        
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit
  18         
             
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $833      $833 
             
 


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
                                         
  Operating Earnings       
  U.S. Business                
        Corporate
  Auto
        Banking,
          
Three Months Ended
 Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  &
        Corporate
        Total
 
March 31, 2009 Products  Products  Funding  Home  Total  International  & Other  Total  Adjustments  Consolidated 
  (In millions) 
 
Revenues
                                        
Premiums
 $4,201  $152  $324  $722  $5,399  $721  $2  $6,122  $—  $6,122 
Universal life and investment- type product policy fees
  583   356   40   —   979   210   —   1,189   (6)  1,183 
Net investment income
  1,281   623   1,111   40   3,055   168   51   3,274   (13)  3,261 
Other revenues
  177   30   69   9   285   2   267   554   —   554 
Net investment gains (losses)
  —   —   —   —   —   —   —   —   (906)  (906)
                                         
Total revenues
  6,242   1,161   1,544   771   9,718   1,101   320   11,139   (925)  10,214 
                                         
Expenses
                                        
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  4,748   325   879   479   6,431   548   —   6,979   27   7,006 
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  231   402   459   —   1,092   78   —   1,170   (2)  1,168 
Interest credited to bank deposits
  —   —   —   —   —   —   43   43   —   43 
Capitalization of DAC
  (206)  (329)  (2)  (104)  (641)  (145)  —   (786)  —   (786)
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  210   326   5   110   651   95   —   746   183   929 
Interest expense
  1   —   2   —   3   2   240   245   —   245 
Other expenses
  1,023   619   105   187   1,934   336   287   2,557   14   2,571 
                                         
Total expenses
  6,007   1,343   1,448   672   9,470   914   570   10,954   222   11,176 
                                         
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  80   (64)  31   23   70   56   (102)  24   (401)  (377)
                                         
Operating earnings
 $155  $(118) $65  $76  $178  $131  $(148)  161         
                                         
Adjustments to:
                                        
Total revenues
  (925)        
Total expenses
  (222)        
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit
  401         
             
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $(585)     $(585)
             

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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
The following table presents total assets with respect to the Company’s segments, as well as Banking, Corporate & Other, at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
U.S. Business:
        
Insurance Products
 $133,762  $132,717 
Retirement Products
  154,303   148,756 
Corporate Benefit Funding
  168,059   159,270 
Auto & Home
  5,680   5,517 
         
Total
  461,804   446,260 
International
  35,907   33,923 
Banking, Corporate & Other
  67,855   59,131 
         
Total
 $565,566  $539,314 
         
 
Net investment income is based upon the actual results of each segment’s specifically identifiable asset portfolio adjusted for allocated equity. Other costs are allocated to each of the segments based upon: (i) a review of the nature of such costs; (ii) time studies analyzing the amount of employee compensation costs incurred by each segment; and (iii) cost estimates included in the Company’s product pricing.
 
Revenues derived from any customer did not exceed 10% of consolidated revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. Revenues from U.S. operations were $11.2 billion and $8.6 billion for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which represented 85% and 84%, respectively, of consolidated revenues.
 
14.  Discontinued Operations
 
Real Estate
 
The Company actively manages its real estate portfolio with the objective of maximizing earnings through selective acquisitions and dispositions. Income related to real estate classified asheld-for-saleor sold is presented in discontinued operations. These assets are carried at the lower of depreciated cost or estimated fair value less expected disposition costs. Income from discontinued real estate operations, net of income tax, was $1 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
The carrying value of real estate related to discontinued operations was $40 million and $44 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Operations
 
Texas Life Insurance Company
 
During the fourth quarter of 2008, the Holding Company entered into an agreement to sell its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cova Corporation (“Cova”), the parent company of Texas Life Insurance Company, to a third-party and


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MetLife, Inc.
 
Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) — (Continued)
 
the sale occurred in March 2009. The following table presents the amounts related to the operations of Cova that have been reflected as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Revenues:
    
Premiums
 $3 
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  15 
Net investment income
  6 
Net investment gains (losses)
  1 
     
Total revenues
  25 
     
Expenses:
    
Policyholder benefits and claims
  10 
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  3 
Policyholder dividends
  1 
Other expenses
  5 
     
Total expenses
  19 
     
Income before provision for income tax
  6 
Provision for income tax
  2 
     
Income from operations of discontinued operations, net of income tax
  4 
Gain on disposal, net of income tax
  32 
     
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax
 $36 
     
 
15.  Subsequent Events
 
The Company evaluated the recognition and disclosure of subsequent events for its March 31, 2010 interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
On April 19, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with a third party to sell MetLife Taiwan Insurance Company Limited (“MetLife Taiwan”) for approximately $113 million in cash consideration. The total equity of MetLife Taiwan was $218 million, including accumulated other comprehensive income of $54 million, at March 31, 2010. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.


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Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
For purposes of this discussion, “MetLife,” the “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refers to MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation incorporated in 1999 (the “Holding Company”), and its subsidiaries, including Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MLIC”). Following this summary is a discussion addressing the consolidated results of operations and financial condition of the Company for the periods indicated. This discussion should be read in conjunction with MetLife, Inc.’s Annual Report onForm 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2009 (“2009 Annual Report”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the forward-looking statement information included below, the “Risk Factors” set forth in Part II, Item 1A, and the additional risk factors referred to therein and the Company’s interim condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.
 
This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations may contain or incorporate by reference information that includes or is based upon forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements give expectations or forecasts of future events. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future operating or financial performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future actions, prospective services or products, future performance or results of current and anticipated services or products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, trends in operations and financial results. Any or all forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong. Actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. See “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”
 
The following discussion includes references to our performance measures operating earnings and operating earnings available to common shareholders, that are not based on generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). Operating earnings is the measure of segment profit or loss we use to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources and, consistent with GAAP accounting guidance for segment reporting, is our measure of segment performance. Operating earnings is also a measure by which our senior management’s and many other employees’ performance is evaluated for the purposes of determining their compensation under applicable compensation plans. Operating earnings is defined as operating revenues less operating expenses, net of income tax. Operating earnings available to common shareholders, which is used to evaluate the performance of Banking, Corporate & Other, as well as MetLife, is defined as operating earnings less preferred stock dividends.
 
Operating revenues is defined as GAAP revenues (i) less net investment gains (losses); (ii) less amortization of unearned revenue related to net investment gains (losses); (iii) plus scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivative instruments that are hedges of investments but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment; (iv) plus income from discontinued real estate operations; and (v) plus, for operating joint ventures reported under the equity method of accounting, the aforementioned adjustments and those identified in the definition of operating expenses, net of income tax, if applicable to these joint ventures.
 
Operating expenses is defined as GAAP expenses (i) less changes in policyholder benefits associated with asset value fluctuations related to experience-rated contractholder liabilities and certain inflation-indexed liabilities; (ii) less costs related to business combinations (since January 1, 2009) and noncontrolling interests; (iii) less amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs (“DAC”) and value of business acquired (“VOBA”) and changes in the policyholder dividend obligation related to net investment gains (losses); and (iv) plus scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivative instruments that are hedges of policyholder account balances but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment.
 
In addition, operating revenues and operating expenses do not reflect the consolidation of certain securitization vehicles that are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) as required under GAAP.
 
We believe the presentation of operating earnings and operating earnings available to common shareholders as we measure it for management purposes enhances the understanding of our performance by highlighting the results of operations and the underlying profitability drivers of our businesses. Operating earnings and operating earnings available to common shareholders should not be viewed as substitutes for GAAP income (loss) from continuing


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operations, net of income tax. Reconciliations of operating earnings and operating earnings available to common shareholders to GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, are included in “— Consolidated Results of Operations.”
 
Executive Summary
 
MetLife is a leading provider of insurance, employee benefits and financial services with operations throughout the United States and the Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe, Middle East and India (“EMEI”) regions. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, MetLife offers life insurance, annuities, auto and homeowners insurance, retail banking and other financial services to individuals, as well as group insurance and retirement & savings products and services to corporations and other institutions. MetLife is organized into five operating segments: Insurance Products, Retirement Products, Corporate Benefit Funding and Auto & Home (collectively, “U.S. Business”) and International. In addition, the Company reports certain of its results of operations in Banking, Corporate & Other, which is comprised of MetLife Bank, National Association (“MetLife Bank”) and other business activities.
 
On March 7, 2010, the Holding Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with ALICO Holdings LLC (the “Seller”) and American International Group, Inc., pursuant to which the Holding Company agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of American Life Insurance Company (“Alico”) and Delaware American Life Insurance Company. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and determinations, as well as other customary closing conditions. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview.”
 
As the U.S. and global financial markets continue to recover, we have experienced a significant improvement in net investment income and a favorable change in net investment gains (losses). We also continue to experience an increase in market share and sales in some of our businesses from a flight to quality in the industry. These positive factors were somewhat dampened by the negative impact of general economic conditions, including high levels of unemployment, on the demand for certain of our products.
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $833  $(585)
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
  72   (906)
Less: Other adjustments to continuing operations (1)
  (121)  (241)
Less: Provision for income tax expense
  18   401 
         
Operating earnings
  864   161 
Less: Preferred stock dividends
  30   30 
         
Operating earnings available to common shareholders
 $834  $131 
         
 
 
(1) See definitions of operating revenues and operating expenses for the components of such adjustments.
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, MetLife’s income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax increased $1.4 billion to income of $833 million from a loss of $585 million in the comparable 2009 period. The period over period change was largely due to a $756 million favorable change in net investment gains (losses) to gains of $37 million, net of related adjustments, in the first quarter of 2010, from losses of $719 million, net of related adjustments, in the comparable 2009 period. In addition, operating earnings available to common shareholders increased $703 million to $834 million in the current year period from $131 million in the prior year period.


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The favorable change in net investment gains (losses) of $756 million, net of related adjustments, was primarily driven by a decrease in impairments and by lower additions to the mortgage loan valuation allowance, partially offset by a decrease in net gains on derivatives.
 
The improvement in the financial markets, which began in the latter part of 2009 and continued into 2010, was a key driver of the $703 million increase in operating earnings available to common shareholders. Such market improvement was most evident in higher net investment income and policy fees, as well as lower amortization of DAC, VOBA and deferred sales inducements (“DSI”). These increases were partially offset by a net increase in other expenses. The favorable impact of Operational Excellence, our enterprise-wide cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiative, was more than offset by an increase in other expenses related to our International business, which primarily stemmed from the impact of a benefit recorded in the prior year period related to the pesification in Argentina as well as current period business growth in the segment.
 
Consolidated Company Outlook
 
In 2009, the general economic conditions of the marketplace, particularly in the early part of the year, continued to be volatile and negatively impacted the results of the Company. In 2010, as discussed in our 2009 Annual Report, we continue to expect meaningful earnings recovery for the Company, driven primarily by the following:
 
  • Continued growth in premiums, fees & other revenues for the full year of 2010 of approximately 6% over 2009 primarily from the following businesses:
 
  • Higher fees earned on separate accounts, as the recovery in the equity market continues, thereby increasing the value of those separate accounts;
 
  • Increased sales in the pension closeout business, both in the United States and the United Kingdom, as the demand for these products rebounds from the lower levels seen in 2009;
 
  • Increases in our International segment, as a result of ongoing investments and improvements in the various distribution and service operations throughout the regions; and
 
  • Modest growth in Insurance Products. Our growth continues to be impacted by the current higher levels of unemployment and it is possible that certain customers may further reduce or eliminate coverages in response to the financial pressures they are experiencing.
 
  • Offsetting these growth areas, MetLife Bank’s premiums, fees & other revenues are expected to decline from the 2009 level, in line with current market expectations.
 
  • Higher returns on the investment portfolio, as we believe returns on alternative investment classes will improve and expect to reinvest cash and U.S. Treasuries into higher yielding asset classes.
 
  • Improvement in net investment gains (losses) from the large losses encountered in 2009 on our invested asset portfolio. We continue to expect a significant improvement in net investment gains (losses) on our invested asset portfolio as the financial markets stabilize across asset classes. More difficult to predict is the impact of potential changes in fair value of derivatives instruments as even relatively small movements in market variables, including interest rates, equity levels and volatility, can have a large impact on derivatives fair values. Additionally, changes in MetLife’s credit spread, may have a material impact on net investment gains (losses) as it is required to be included in the valuation of certain embedded derivatives.
 
  • Reduced volatility in guarantee-related liabilities. Certain annuity and life benefit guarantees are tied to market performance, which when markets are depressed, may require us to establish additional liabilities, even though these guarantees are significantly hedged. In line with the assumptions discussed above, we continue to expect a significant reduction in the volatility of these items in 2010 compared to 2009.
 
  • Focus on disciplined underwriting. We continue to expect no significant changes to the underlying trends that drive underwriting results and anticipate solid results in 2010. While we did begin to see the negative impact of the economy on non-medical health experience in 2009, we expect to see improvement in our results in 2010 as the economy continues to improve.


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  • Focus on expense management. We expect that our continued focus on expense control throughout the Company, as well the continuing impact of specific initiatives such as Operational Excellence (our enterprise-wide cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiative), should contribute to increased profitability.
 
  • Pending acquisition of Alico. This transaction is expected to close by the end of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and determinations, as well as other customery closing conditions. Given the expected closing time frame, we do not anticipate that the impact on MetLife’s 2010 financial results will be material.
 
Industry Trends
 
The Company’s segments continue to be influenced by a continuing unstable financial and economic environment that affects the industry.
 
Financial and Economic Environment.  Our results of operations are materially affected by conditions in the global capital markets and the economy, generally, both in the United States and elsewhere around the world. The global economy and markets are now recovering from a period of significant stress that began in the second half of 2007 and substantially increased through the first quarter of 2009. This disruption adversely affected the financial services industry, in particular. The U.S. economy entered a recession in January 2008 and most economists believe this recession ended in the third quarter of 2009 when positive growth returned. Most economists now expect positive growth to continue through 2010. However, the recovery has been slow, and the unemployment rate is expected to remain high for some time.
 
Although the disruption in the global financial markets has moderated, not all global financial markets are functioning normally, and some remain reliant upon government intervention and liquidity. Throughout 2008 and continuing in 2009, Congress, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Treasury and other agencies of the Federal government took a number of increasingly aggressive actions (in addition to continuing a series of interest rate reductions that began in the second half of 2007) intended to provide liquidity to financial institutions and markets, to avert a loss of investor confidence in particular troubled institutions, to prevent or contain the spread of the financial crisis and to spur economic growth. How and to whom these governmental institutions distribute amounts available under the governmental programs could have the effect of supporting some aspects of the financial services industry more than others or provide advantages to some of our competitors. Governments in many of the foreign markets in which MetLife operates have also responded to address market imbalances and have taken meaningful steps intended to restore market confidence. As market conditions have returned to more normal levels in 2010, the nature of the original government programs has changed and some of the programs have been terminated or allowed to expire. We cannot predict whether or when the U.S. or foreign governments will establish additional governmental programs or terminate or permit other programs to expire or the impact any additional measures, existing programs or termination or expiration of programs will have on the financial markets, whether on the levels of volatility currently being experienced, the levels of lending by financial institutions, the prices buyers are willing to pay for financial assets or otherwise.
 
The economic crisis and the resulting recession have had and could continue to have an adverse effect on the financial results of companies in the financial services industry, including MetLife. The declining financial markets and economic conditions have negatively impacted our investment income, our net investment gains (losses), and the demand for and the cost and profitability of certain of our products, including variable annuities and guarantee benefits. See ”— Consolidated Results of Operations” and “— Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
 
Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to adopt accounting policies and make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements. The most critical estimates include those used in determining:
 
  (i) the estimated fair value of investments in the absence of quoted market values;
 
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  (iii) the recognition of income on certain investment entities and the application of the consolidation rules to certain investments;
 
  (iv) the estimated fair value of and accounting for freestanding derivatives and the existence and estimated fair value of embedded derivatives requiring bifurcation;
 
  (v) the capitalization and amortization of DAC and the establishment and amortization of VOBA;
 
  (vi) the measurement of goodwill and related impairment, if any;
 
  (vii) the liability for future policyholder benefits and the accounting for reinsurance contracts;
 
  (viii) accounting for income taxes and the valuation of deferred tax assets;
 
  (ix) accounting for employee benefit plans; and
 
  (x) the liability for litigation and regulatory matters.
 
In applying the Company’s accounting policies, we make subjective and complex judgments that frequently require estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. Many of these policies, estimates and related judgments are common in the insurance and financial services industries; others are specific to the Company’s businesses and operations. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
The above critical accounting estimates are described in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates” and Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements of our 2009 Annual Report. In addition, effective January 1, 2010 the Company adopted new accounting guidance relating to the consolidation of VIEs. See Note 1 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Economic Capital
 
Economic capital is an internally developed risk capital model, the purpose of which is to measure the risk in the business and to provide a basis upon which capital is deployed. The economic capital model accounts for the unique and specific nature of the risks inherent in MetLife’s businesses. As a part of the economic capital process, a portion of net investment income is credited to the segments based on the level of allocated equity. This is in contrast to the standardized regulatory risk-based capital (“RBC”) formula, which is not as refined in its risk calculations with respect to the nuances of the Company’s businesses.
 
Consolidated Results of Operations
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 compared with the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
 
We have continued to experience growth and an increase in market share in several of our businesses, especially in the structured settlement business, income annuities business, and our pension closeout business in the United Kingdom. Market conditions continued to improve in 2010, positively impacting our results, most significantly through improved yields on our investment portfolio. Sales of our domestic annuity products were down 40% driven by a decline in fixed annuity sales compared with the prior period. The unusually high level of domestic fixed annuity sales experienced in the first quarter of 2009 were in response to the market disruption and dislocation at that time and, as expected, were not sustained in the current period reflecting the stabilization of the financial markets. Higher levels of unemployment continued to impact certain group businesses as a decrease in covered payrolls dampened growth and general economic conditions negatively impacted revenues, particularly in our non-medical health and individual life businesses. An improvement in the global financial markets contributed to a recovery of sales in most of our international regions and resulted in improved investment performance in some regions during the first quarter of 2010. In 2010, mortgage interest rates increased and the mortgage refinancing market began a return to more moderate levels compared to the unusually high level experienced in 2009 in response to the low interest rate environment.
 


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  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
Revenues
                
Premiums
 $6,854  $6,122  $732   12.0%
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  1,407   1,183   224   18.9%
Net investment income
  4,344   3,261   1,083   33.2%
Other revenues
  513   554   (41)  (7.4)%
Net investment gains (losses)
  72   (906)  978   107.9%
                 
Total revenues
  13,190   10,214   2,976   29.1%
                 
Expenses
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  7,914   7,006   908   13.0%
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  1,143   1,168   (25)  (2.1)%
Interest credited to bank deposits
  39   43   (4)  (9.3)%
Capitalization of DAC
  (744)  (786)  42   5.3%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  602   929   (327)  (35.2)%
Interest expense
  370   245   125   51.0%
Other expenses
  2,675   2,571   104   4.0%
                 
Total expenses
  11,999   11,176   823   7.4%
                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income tax
  1,191   (962)  2,153   223.8%
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  358   (377)  735   195.0%
                 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
  833   (585)  1,418   242.4%
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
  1   37   (36)  (97.3)%
                 
Net Income (loss)
  834   (548)  1,382   252.2%
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
  (1)  (4)  3   75.0%
                 
Net income (loss) attributable to MetLife, Inc. 
  835   (544)  1,379   253.5%
Less: Preferred stock dividends
  30   30   —   —%
                 
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
 $805  $(574) $1,379   240.2%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, MetLife’s income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax increased $1.4 billion to income of $833 million from a loss of $585 million in the comparable 2009 period. The period over period change was largely due to a $756 million favorable change in net investment gains (losses) to gains of $37 million, net of related adjustments, in the first quarter of 2010, from losses of $719 million, net of related adjustments, in the comparable 2009 period.
 
We manage our investment portfolio using disciplined Asset/Liability Management (“ALM”) principles, focusing on cash flow and duration to support our current and future liabilities. Our intent is to match the timing and amount of liability cash outflows with invested assets that have cash inflows of comparable timing and amount, while optimizing risk-adjusted net investment income and risk-adjusted total return. Our investment portfolio is heavily weighted toward fixed income investments, with over 80% of our portfolio invested in fixed maturity securities and mortgage loans. These securities and loans have varying maturities and other characteristics which cause them to be generally well suited for matching the cash flow and duration of insurance liabilities. Other invested asset classes including, but not limited to equity securities, other limited partnership interests and real estate and real estate joint ventures provide additional

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diversification and opportunity for long term yield enhancement in addition to supporting the cash flow and duration objectives of our investment portfolio. We also use derivatives as an integral part of our management of the investment portfolio to hedge certain risks, including changes in interest rates, foreign currencies, credit spreads and equity market levels. Additional considerations for our investment portfolio include current and expected market conditions and expectations for changes within our unique mix of products and business segments.
 
The composition of the investment portfolio of each business segment is tailored to the unique characteristics of its insurance liabilities, causing certain portfolios to be shorter in duration and others to be longer in duration. Accordingly, certain portfolios are more heavily weighted in fixed maturity securities, or certainsub-sectorsof fixed maturity securities, than other portfolios.
 
Investments are purchased to support our insurance liabilities and not to generate net investment gains and losses. However, net investment gains and losses are generated and can change significantly from period to period, due to changes in external influences including movements in interest rates, equity markets, foreign currencies and credit spreads, counterparty specific factors such as financial performance, credit rating and collateral valuation, and internal factors such as portfolio rebalancing. As an investor in the fixed income, equity security, mortgage loan and certain other invested asset classes, we are exposed to the above stated risks, which can lead to both impairments and credit-related losses.
 
The favorable variance in net investment gains (losses) of $756 million, net of related adjustments, was primarily driven by a decrease in impairments and by lower additions to the mortgage loan valuation allowance, partially offset by a decrease in net gains on derivatives. Improving market conditions across several invested asset classes and sectors as compared to the prior year resulted in decreased impairments in fixed maturity securities, equity securities, and other limited partnership interests and a decrease in additions to the mortgage valuation allowance. Period over period, there was a small unfavorable variance in derivatives, as net gains decreased. Underlying this small net variance were large decreases in gross gains on embedded derivatives offsetting large decreases in gross losses on freestanding derivatives. In the prior year period there was significant movement in interest rates, equity markets and credit spreads, driving large gross gains and gross losses on derivatives, while in the current period there was much less movement in these markets resulting in lower levels of both gross gains and gross losses related to our derivatives programs.
 
We use freestanding interest rate, currency, credit and equity derivatives to provide economic hedges of certain invested assets and insurance liabilities, as well as to hedge certain of the risks inherent in our embedded derivatives associated with our variable annuity minimum benefit guarantees. Modest decreases in mid- and long-term interest rates in the current period compared to more significant increases in such rates in the prior period drove decreased losses on interest rate derivatives, which we use to hedge interest rate risk. This favorable variance was partially offset by the unfavorable variance, from gains in the prior year period to losses in the current year period, that was driven by the impact of both improving equity market valuations and decreased volatility in the equity markets on our equity derivatives used to hedge variable annuity minimum benefit guarantees. To a much lesser degree there was a favorable variance from the impact of U.S. dollar strengthening on certain of our foreign currency derivatives, which are used to hedge foreign denominated asset and liability exposures.
 
We issue variable annuity products with minimum benefit guarantees. Certain of these products contain embedded derivatives that are measured at fair value separately from the host variable annuity contract, with changes in estimated fair value reported in net investment gains (losses). The estimated fair value of these embedded derivatives also includes the impact of MetLife’s own credit spread. Decreased embedded derivative gains in the current period resulted from a modest change in MetLife’s own credit spread as compared with a significant widening of MetLife’s own credit spread in the prior year period. This was partially offset by a favorable change from improving equity markets and decreasing equity volatility. Losses on the freestanding derivatives that hedge these embedded derivative risks substantially offset the change in liabilities attributable to market factors, excluding the adjustment for the change in MetLife’s own credit spread, which is unhedged.
 
Income from continuing operations, net of income tax, for the first quarter of 2010 includes $19 million of expenses related to the pending acquisition of Alico. This expense, which primarily consisted of investment banking and legal fees, is recorded in Banking, Corporate & Other. This expense is not included as a component of operating earnings.


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As more fully described in the discussion of performance measures above, we use operating earnings, which does not equate to income (loss) from continuing operations as determined in accordance with GAAP, to analyze our performance, evaluate segment performance, and allocate resources. Operating earnings is also a measure by which senior management’s and many other employees’ performance is evaluated for the purposes of determining their compensation under applicable compensation plans. We believe that the presentation of operating earnings, as we measure it for management purposes, enhances the understanding of our performance by highlighting the results of operations and the underlying profitability drivers of the business. Operating earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax. Operating earnings available to common shareholders increased by $703 million to $834 million in the first quarter of 2010 from $131 million in the comparable 2009 period.
 
Reconciliation of income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax to operating earnings available to common shareholders
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
 
                             
        Corporate
        Banking,
    
  Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  Auto &
     Corporate
    
  Products  Products  Funding  Home  International  & Other  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $289  $180  $256  $71  $111  $(74) $833 
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
  33   101   (5)  (1)  (29)  (27)  72 
Less: Other adjustments to continuing operations (1)
  (47)  (69)  50   —   (35)  (20)  (121)
Less: Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  5   (11)  (17)  —   24   17   18 
                             
Operating earnings
 $298  $159  $228  $72  $151   (44)  864 
                             
Less: Preferred stock dividends
                      30   30 
                             
Operating earnings available to common shareholders
                     $(74) $834 
                             
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
 
                             
        Corporate
        Banking,
    
  Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  Auto &
     Corporate
    
  Products  Products  Funding  Home  International  & Other  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
 $(573) $(142) $(439) $96  $435  $38  $(585)
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
  (1,036)  150   (809)  31   454   304   (906)
Less: Other adjustments to continuing operations (1)
  (82)  (185)  37   —   (1)  (10)  (241)
Less: Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  390   11   268   (11)  (149)  (108)  401 
                             
Operating earnings
 $155  $(118) $65  $76  $131   (148)  161 
                             
Less: Preferred stock dividends
                      30   30 
                             
Operating earnings available to common shareholders
                     $(178) $131 
                             
 
 
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Reconciliation of GAAP revenues to operating revenues and GAAP expenses to operating expenses
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
 
                             
        Corporate
        Banking
    
  Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  Auto &
     Corporate
    
  Products  Products  Funding  Home  International  & Other  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Total revenues
 $6,562  $1,493  $2,235  $764  $1,593  $543  $13,190 
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
  33   101   (5)  (1)  (29)  (27)  72 
Less: Adjustments related to net investment gains (losses)
  (1)  —   —   —   —   —   (1)
Less: Other adjustments to revenues (1)
  (35)  (65)  50   —   (13)  114   51 
                             
Total operating revenues
 $6,565  $1,457  $2,190  $765  $1,635  $456  $13,068 
                             
Total expenses
 $6,117  $1,217  $1,839  $676  $1,447  $703  $11,999 
Less: Adjustments related to net investment gains (losses)
  10   4   —   —   —   —   14 
Less: Other adjustments to expenses (1)
  1   —   —   —   22   134   157 
                             
Total operating expenses
 $6,106  $1,213  $1,839  $676  $1,425  $569  $11,828 
                             
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 2009
 
                             
        Corporate
        Banking
    
  Insurance
  Retirement
  Benefit
  Auto &
     Corporate
    
  Products  Products  Funding  Home  International  & Other  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Total revenues
 $5,176  $1,261  $772  $802  $1,580  $623  $10,214 
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
  (1,036)  150   (809)  31   454   304   (906)
Less: Adjustments related to net investment gains (losses)
  (6)  —   —   —   —   —   (6)
Less: Other adjustments to revenues (1)
  (24)  (50)  37   —   25   (1)  (13)
                             
Total operating revenues
 $6,242  $1,161  $1,544  $771  $1,101  $320  $11,139 
                             
Total expenses
 $6,059  $1,478  $1,448  $672  $940  $579  $11,176 
Less: Adjustments related to net investment gains (losses)
  59   135   —   —   —   —   194 
Less: Other adjustments to expenses (1)
  (7)  —   —   —   26   9   28 
                             
Total operating expenses
 $6,007  $1,343  $1,448  $672  $914  $570  $10,954 
                             
 
 
(1) See definitions of operating revenues and operating expenses for the components of such adjustments.
 
The improvement in the financial markets which began in the latter part of 2009 and continued into 2010, was a key driver of the increase in operating earnings available to common shareholders. Such market improvement was most evident in higher net investment income and policy fees as well as lower amortization of DAC, VOBA and DSI.
 
A $662 million increase in net investment income was primarily the result of increasing yields. The improvement in yields increased net investment income by $637 million and growth in average invested assets increased net investment income by $25 million. The increase in yields resulted from the effects of improving equity markets, which began in the latter part of 2009, and stabilizing real estate markets, which began in the first quarter of 2010. In light of these improving market conditions, we continued to reposition the accumulated liquidity in our portfolio to longer duration and higher yielding investments. The impact of the improvement in yields was concentrated in other limited partnership interests, real estate joint ventures and fixed maturity securities. Since


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many of our products are interest spread-based, higher investment income is typically offset by higher interest credited expense. However, since a large portion of our crediting rates can move consistent with the underlying market indices (for example, London Inter-Bank Offer Rate (“LIBOR”)), interest credited has decreased compared to the first quarter of 2009 despite the increase in net investment income, most notably for our funding agreement products. The increase in interest credited expense attributable to business growth was more than offset by the impact of declining crediting rates.
 
The financial market improvement was a key factor in the determination of our expected future gross profits, the increase of which triggered a decrease of $114 million in DAC, VOBA and DSI amortization, most significantly in the Retirement Products segment. The prior year period had an unusually high level of such amortization as a result of the economic conditions at that time. The increase in our expected future gross profits stemmed primarily from an increase in the market value of our separate account balances, which is attributable, in part, to the improving financial markets. The increase in separate account balances resulted in higher policy fee income of $114 million. The financial market conditions also resulted in a $46 million increase in net guaranteed annuity benefit costs in our Retirement Products segment, as increased hedging losses were only partially offset by lower guaranteed benefit costs. As mortgage interest rates increased and the level of mortgage refinancing moderated in 2010, a $6.4 billion decline in residential mortgage loan production resulted in a $45 million decrease in operating earnings, $11 million of which is reflected in net investment income. This was partially offset by a $15 million increase in operating earnings from a $22.5 billion increase in the serviced residential mortgage loan portfolio, consistent with the high level of mortgage refinancing experienced in 2009.
 
A lower effective tax rate provided an increased benefit of $95 million from the first quarter of 2009. This benefit was the result of increased utilization of tax preferenced investments, which provide tax credits and deductions. This benefit was largely offset by a $75 million charge related to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (together, the “Health Care Act”). The federal government currently provides a subsidy, on a tax-free basis that provides certain retiree prescription drug benefits (the “Medicare Part D subsidy”). The Health Care Act reduces the tax deductibility of retiree health care costs to the extent of any Medicare Part D subsidy received beginning in 2013. Because the deductibility of future retiree health care costs is reflected in our financial statements, the entire future impact of this change in law was required to be recorded as a charge in the period in which the legislation was enacted.
 
The $57 million increase in other expenses was primarily due to our International businesses, which stemmed from the impact of a benefit recorded in the prior year period related to the pesification in Argentina as well as business growth in the segment. The prior period benefit was largely due to a reassessment of our approach in managing existing and potential future claims related to certain social security pension annuity contract holders in Argentina resulting in a liability release. These increases were partially offset by the positive impact of our Operational Excellence initiative, which was reflected in lower information technology, professional services and printing and postage expenses. In addition, lower variable expenses, such as commissions, resulted in a decrease in other expenses. Also partially offsetting the increase in operating earnings available to common shareholders, was a $27 million decrease in DAC capitalization compared to the prior year period.


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Insurance Products
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $4,323  $4,201  $122   2.9%
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  549   583   (34)  (5.8)%
Net investment income
  1,504   1,281   223   17.4%
Other revenues
  189   177   12   6.8%
                 
Total operating revenues
  6,565   6,242   323   5.2%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  4,847   4,748   99   2.1%
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  234   231   3   1.3%
Capitalization of DAC
  (206)  (206)  —   —%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  239   210   29   13.8%
Interest expense
  —   1   (1)  (100.0)%
Other expenses
  992   1,023   (31)  (3.0)%
                 
Total operating expenses
  6,106   6,007   99   1.6%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  161   80   81   101.3%
                 
Operating earnings
 $298  $155  $143   92.3%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
The improvement in the global financial markets, which began in the latter part of 2009 and continued into 2010, positively impacted operating earnings for our Insurance Products segment, as evidenced by a significant increase in net investment income. However, high levels of unemployment continued to impact certain group businesses as a decrease in covered payrolls challenged growth. In addition, general economic conditions negatively impacted revenues, resulting in essentially flat revenues in our non-medical health and individual life businesses.
 
The significant components of the $143 million increase in operating earnings were the aforementioned improvement in net investment income and the impact of a reduction in dividends to certain policyholders, partially offset by net unfavorable claims experience across several of our businesses. Group life had favorable mortality experience this quarter, which was more than offset by the unfavorable mortality experience in the traditional life business coupled with the impact of a higher benefit ratio in our non-medical health business. This elevated benefit ratio was largely driven by higher, but stabilizing, dental benefit utilization and the combined impact of an increase in incidence and lower recoveries in our disability business.
 
The increase in net investment income of $145 million was due to a $101 million increase from higher yields and a $44 million increase from growth in average invested assets. Yields were positively impacted by the effects of improving financial markets on several invested asset classes, primarily other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures; a slight increase in yields on fixed maturity securities reflected the continued repositioning of the accumulated liquidity and short duration structured securities to longer duration U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities and corporate fixed maturity securities. The equity market recovery, which began in the second half of 2009, and real estate market stabilization, which began in the first quarter of 2010, led to improved yields on other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures. The growth in the average invested asset base was from an increase in net flows from our individual life, non-medical health, and group life businesses and was primarily invested in fixed maturity securities. To manage the needs of our intermediate to longer-term liabilities, our portfolio consists primarily of corporate fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans, structured finance securities (comprised of mortgage and asset-backed securities), and U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities and, to a lesser extent, certain other invested asset classes


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including other limited partnership interests, real estate joint ventures and other invested assets to provide additional diversification and opportunity for long-term yield enhancement.
 
The dividend scale reduction in the fourth quarter of 2009 resulted in a $30 million decrease in policyholder dividends in the traditional life business in the current period. This benefit was offset by net unfavorable claim experience across several of our businesses. This result stemmed primarily from higher incidence and severity of group and individual disability claims and higher benefit utilization in our dental business. We also experienced unfavorable mortality in our individual life business. This unfavorable experience was somewhat offset by favorable mortality results in our group life business and an improvement in morbidity results in our long term care business.
 
Other expenses decreased $20 million predominantly from declines in information technology, rent, printing and postage and professional services which includes the positive impact of our Operational Excellence initiative. Partially offsetting this reduction was an increase in variable expenses, such as commissions, a portion of which is offset by DAC capitalization. The decrease in other expenses was almost entirely offset by an increase in DAC amortization. This increase was primarily attributable to the impact of higher current period gross margins in the closed block, partially offset by the favorable impact from the improvement in the global financial markets.
 
Retirement Products
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $123  $152  $(29)  (19.1)%
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  513   356   157   44.1%
Net investment income
  773   623   150   24.1%
Other revenues
  48   30   18   60.0%
                 
Total operating revenues
  1,457   1,161   296   25.5%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  354   325   29   8.9%
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  406   402   4   1.0%
Capitalization of DAC
  (234)  (329)  95   28.9%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  133   326   (193)  (59.2)%
Other expenses
  554   619   (65)  (10.5)%
                 
Total operating expenses
  1,213   1,343   (130)  (9.7)%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  85   (64)  149   232.8%
                 
Operating earnings
 $159  $(118) $277   234.7%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
During the first quarter of 2010, overall annuity sales have decreased 40% when compared to the first quarter of 2009 as the fixed annuity sales decline was partially offset by a slight increase in sales of our variable annuity products. The financial market turmoil in early 2009 resulted in extraordinarily high sales of fixed annuity products in the first quarter of 2009. The high sales level was not expected to continue after the financial markets returned to more stable levels. Surrender rates for both variable and fixed annuities remained low as our customers continue to value our products compared to other alternatives in the marketplace. Separate account balances are $29 billion higher than the previous year, driven by higher variable annuity sales and favorable investment performance resulting from strong market conditions. This resulted in higher policy fees and other revenues which are based on daily asset balances in the policyholder separate accounts.
 
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and a $114 million increase in policy fees and other revenues. During the first quarter of 2009, results reflected increased, or accelerated, amortization primarily stemming from a decline in the market value of our separate account balances. A factor that determines the amount of amortization is expected future earnings, which in the annuity business are derived, in part, from fees earned on separate account balances. The market value of our separate account balances declined significantly in the first quarter of 2009, resulting in a decrease in the expected future gross profits, triggering an acceleration of amortization. In 2010, the increase in market value of our separate account balances was due to improved market conditions, resulting in an increase in the expected future gross profits and a corresponding lower level of amortization and higher policy fee and other revenues.
 
Also contributing to the increase in operating earnings was an increase in net investment income of $98 million, consisting of a $132 million increase from higher yields and a $34 million decrease from a decline in average invested assets. The increase in yields was primarily due to the continued repositioning of the accumulated liquidity in the portfolio to longer duration, higher yielding assets, particularly investment-grade corporate fixed maturity securities. Yields were also positively impacted by the effects of improving economic conditions and the recovering financial markets on several invested asset classes, primarily other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures. The decrease in average invested assets was due to negative general account cash flows as more customers elected to transfer funds into the separate account over the past nine months as market conditions improved. To manage the needs of our intermediate to longer-term liabilities, our portfolio consists primarily of investment grade corporate fixed maturity securities, structured finance securities, mortgage loans and U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities and, to a lesser extent, certain other invested asset classes, including other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures, in order to provide additional diversification and opportunity for long-term yield enhancement. Growth in our fixed rate annuity policyholder account balances, mainly due to compounding interest, increased interest credited expense by $14 million in 2010, partially offset by lower average crediting rates which decreased interest credited expense by $9 million.
 
Operating earnings were negatively impacted by $46 million of losses related to the hedging programs for variable annuity minimum death and income benefit guarantees, which are not embedded derivatives, partially offset by a decrease in the liability established for these variable annuity guarantees. The various hedging strategies in place to offset the risk associated with these variable annuity guarantee benefits were more sensitive to market movements than the liability for the guaranteed benefit. Market volatility, improvements in the equity markets, and higher interest rates produced losses on these hedging strategies in the current period. These hedging strategies, which are a key part of our risk management, performed as anticipated and somewhat offset a decrease in annuity guarantee benefit liabilities, which was primarily due to the improvement in the equity markets.
 
Other expenses decreased by $42 million primarily due to lower variable expenses, such as commissions, as well as declines in information technology, printing and postage travel, and professional services, all of which were largely due to our Operational Excellence initiative. The favorable impact of the reduction in other expenses was more than offset by a decrease in DAC capitalization.


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Corporate Benefit Funding
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $801  $324  $477   147.2%
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  55   40   15   37.5%
Net investment income
  1,270   1,111   159   14.3%
Other revenues
  64   69   (5)  (7.2)%
                 
Total operating revenues
  2,190   1,544   646   41.8%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  1,362   879   483   54.9%
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  355   459   (104)  (22.7)%
Capitalization of DAC
  (8)  (2)  (6)  (300.0)%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  4   5   (1)  (20.0)%
Interest expense
  2   2   —   —%
Other expenses
  124   105   19   18.1%
                 
Total operating expenses
  1,839   1,448   391   27.0%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  123   31   92   296.8%
                 
Operating earnings
 $228  $65  $163   250.8%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
Corporate Benefit Funding benefited in the first quarter of 2010 as a flight to quality continued to help increase our market share, especially in the structured settlement business, where we experienced a 60% increase in premiums. In addition, an improvement in the economic environment has led to an increase in annuity purchases, and as a result, premiums in our income annuities business have doubled. Our pension closeout business in the United Kingdom continues to expand and we experienced premium growth in the first quarter of 2010 of $291 million, before income tax. Although improving, a combination of poor equity returns and lower interest rates have contributed to pension plans being under funded, which reduces our customers’ flexibility to engage in transactions such as pension closeouts. Our customers’ plans funded status may be affected by a variety of factors, including the ongoing phased implementation of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. For each of these businesses, the movement in premiums is almost entirely offset by the related change in policyholder benefits. The insurance liability that is established at the time we assume the risk under these contracts is typically equivalent to the premium recognized.
 
Recent economic conditions contributed to a lower demand for several of our investment-type products. The decrease in sales of these investment-type products is not necessarily evident in our results of operations as the transactions related to these products are recorded through the balance sheet. Our funding agreement products, primarily the LIBOR-based contracts, experienced the most significant impact from the volatile financial market conditions, as evidenced by a $3.3 billion decrease in policyholder account balances due to scheduled maturities and a lack of new issuances. As companies seek greater liquidity, investment managers are refraining from purchasing new contracts with us when they mature and are opting for more liquid investments. The improvement in the financial markets positively impacted the demand for global guaranteed interest contracts, a type of funding agreement, as issuances in the first quarter of 2010 were more than half of all 2009 issuances.
 
The primary driver of the $163 million increase in operating earnings was higher net investment income of $103 million reflecting a $144 million increase from higher yields and a $41 million decrease from a reduction in average invested assets. Yields were positively impacted by the effects of improving economic conditions and the


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recovering financial markets on several invested asset classes, primarily other limited partnership interests, fixed maturity securities and real estate joint ventures. The increased yields were partially offset by decreased yields on fixed maturity securities due to the reinvestment of accumulated liquidity in 2009 when market yields were lower. The decrease in average invested assets was driven by the maturing of certain funding agreements which were not replaced by new issuances. To manage the needs of our longer-term liabilities, our portfolio consists primarily of investment grade corporate fixed maturity securities, mortgage loans, U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities and, to a lesser extent, certain other invested asset classes including other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures in order to provide additional diversification and opportunity for long-term yield enhancement. For our shorter-term obligations, we invest primarily in structured finance securities, mortgage loans and investment grade corporate fixed maturity securities. The yields on these investments have moved consistent with the underlying market indices, primarily LIBOR and U.S. Treasury, on which they are based.
 
As many of our products are interest spread-based, changes in net investment income are typically offset by a corresponding change in interest credited expense. However, interest credited expense decreased $68 million, primarily related to the funding agreement business as a result of lower crediting rates combined with lower average account balances. Certain crediting rates can move consistent with the underlying market indices, primarily LIBOR rates, which have decreased significantly since the first quarter of 2009. Interest credited related to the structured settlement and closeouts businesses increased $9 million as a result of the increase in the average policyholder liabilities.
 
Other expenses increased $12 million primarily due to higher variable expenses, such as commissions, a portion of which was offset by DAC capitalization. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in information technology and professional services expenses, both of which were largely due to our Operational Excellence initiative.
 
Auto & Home
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $714  $722  $(8)  (1.1)%
Net investment income
  53   40   13   32.5%
Other revenues
  (2)  9   (11)  (122.2)%
                 
Total operating revenues
  765   771   (6)  (0.8)%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  494   479   15   3.1%
Capitalization of DAC
  (104)  (104)  —   —%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  107   110   (3)  (2.7)%
Other expenses
  179   187   (8)  (4.3)%
                 
Total operating expenses
  676   672   4   0.6%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  17   23   (6)  (26.1)%
                 
Operating earnings
 $72  $76  $(4)  (5.3)%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
The declining housing market, the deterioration of the new auto sales market and the lack of consumer credit availability, all of which negatively impacted Auto & Home in 2009, began to moderate in the first quarter of 2010. Sales of new policies increased in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009 for both the auto and homeowners lines of business. However, new sales were not sufficient to offset the impact of policies that were not renewed resulting in a slight decrease in earned exposures which caused a decline in premiums for auto, slightly offset by an increase in premiums for the homeowners line of business. Average premiums per policy for the first quarter of 2010 were essentially unchanged when compared to 2009.


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Unfavorable claim experience was the primary driver of the $4 million decrease in operating earnings. We recorded $12 million less of a benefit in the first quarter of 2010 from favorable development of prior year non-catastrophe losses; catastrophe-related losses increased by $5 million compared to the first quarter of 2009. The negative impact of these items was partially offset by a $7 million decrease in current period claim costs driven primarily by lower claim frequency in both our auto and homeowners lines of business, somewhat offset by higher severities in our auto line. In the first quarter of 2010, we experienced a slight decline in insured exposures, which contributed $2 million to the decrease in operating earnings. While this decrease in exposures had a positive impact on the amount of claims, it was more than offset by the negative impact on premiums.
 
The impact of the items discussed above can be seen in the unfavorable change in the combined ratio, excluding catastrophes, to 88.8% in 2010 from 88.1% in 2009 and the unfavorable change in the combined ratio, including catastrophes, to 94.1% in 2010 from 92.4% in 2009.
 
A $7 million decrease in other expenses, including the net change in DAC, partially offset the declines in operating earnings discussed above. The decrease in expenses resulted from lower compensation-related expenses, a decrease in sales-related expenses and from minor fluctuations in a number of expense categories.
 
An $8 million increase in net investment income also partially offset the declines in operating earnings discussed above. Net investment income was higher primarily as a result of an increase of $5 million due to improved yields and a $3 million increase from an increase in average invested assets.
 
In addition, the write-off of an equity interest in a mandatory state underwriting pool required by a change in legislation drove a $7 million decrease in other revenues.
 
International
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $893  $721  $172   23.9%
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
  291   210   81   38.6%
Net investment income
  450   168   282   167.9%
Other revenues
  1   2   (1)  (50.0)%
                 
Total operating revenues
  1,635   1,101   534   48.5%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  838   548   290   52.9%
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
  151   78   73   93.6%
Capitalization of DAC
  (192)  (145)  (47)  (32.4)%
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
  105   95   10   10.5%
Interest expense
  1   2   (1)  (50.0)%
Other expenses
  522   336   186   55.4%
                 
Total operating expenses
  1,425   914   511   55.9%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  59   56   3   5.4%
                 
Operating earnings
 $151  $131  $20   15.3%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax and at constant foreign currency exchange rates.
 
An improvement in the global financial markets has contributed to a recovery of sales in most of our International regions and has resulted in improved investment performance in some regions during the first quarter of 2010. Excluding Japan, sales in our Asia Pacific region are up 42% primarily due to higher fixed annuity and


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variable universal life sales. In Japan, sales are down 51%, primarily due to lower annuity sales reflecting current market trends. Our Latin America region experienced notable growth in Chile and Mexico. Higher fixed annuity sales in Chile improved premiums, fees and other revenues by $40 million, or 40%, before income tax. Growth in the pension and universal life businesses in Mexico increased premiums, fees and other revenues by $19 million, or 6%, before income tax. Our EMEI region benefited from increased sales of traditional life products in India which resulted in a $22 million, or 77%, increase in premiums, fees and other revenues, before income tax.
 
The increase in operating earnings includes the positive impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates in the first quarter of 2010. This improved operating earnings by $12 million for the first quarter of 2010 relative to the first quarter of 2009. Excluding the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, operating earnings increased $8 million, or 6%, from the prior period. This increase was primarily driven by higher core operating earnings in the Latin America and Asia Pacific regions, partially offset by the impact of pesification in Argentina and a change in the foreign controlled tax provision.
 
Asia Pacific Region.  Improving financial market conditions was the primary driver of the $45 million increase in operating earnings. Net investment income in the region increased by $52 million primarily due to an increase of $38 million from the change in results of operating joint ventures, $9 million from asset growth in our investment portfolio and an increase of $3 million as a result of higher yields. The increase in net investment income due to a higher asset base was primarily due to business growth. The Asia Pacific region was also negatively impacted by $5 million from the non-renewal of a foreign-controlled corporate tax provision.
 
In Japan, operating earnings improved by $49 million ($33 million of which is attributable to an operating joint venture which was included in the discussion above) due to favorable investment results, lower amortization of DAC and VOBA, and growth in the reinsurance business. Favorable investment results were due to higher income of $32 million on the trading securities portfolio, stemming from equity markets experiencing some recovery in the first quarter of 2010. The decrease in DAC and VOBA amortization was primarily due to an increase in the market value of the joint venture’s separate account balances, which is directly tied to the improving financial markets. A factor that determines the amount of DAC and VOBA amortization is expected future fees earned on separate account balances. Since the market value of separate account balances have increased, it is expected that future earnings on this block of business will be higher than previously anticipated. As a result, the amortization of DAC and VOBA was less in the current period. Japan also benefited from the impact of a smaller increase in the liability for our variable annuity guarantees in the first quarter of 2010. The prior year period change in the liability was primarily due to a decrease in separate account balances. These liabilities are accrued over the life of the contract in proportion to actual and future expected policy assessments based on the level of guaranteed minimum benefits generated using multiple scenarios of separate account returns. The scenarios use best estimate assumptions consistent with those used to amortize DAC. Because separate account balances had positive returns relative to the prior year period, 2010 estimates of future benefits increased by a smaller amount than in the prior year period.
 
Latin America Region.  The $40 million decrease in operating earnings was primarily driven by pesification in Argentina which favorably impacted reported earnings by $95 million in the first quarter of 2009. This prior year period benefit was largely due to a liability release resulting from a reassessment of our approach in managing existing and potential future claims related to certain social security pension annuity contract holders in Argentina. The Latin America region was also negatively impacted by $8 million in the current quarter by non-renewal of a foreign-controlled corporate tax provision. These items more than offset the positive impact from business growth in Mexico and Chile which increased operating earnings by $19 million. In addition, Mexico’s operating earnings benefited from a $34 million decrease in net income tax due to the unfavorable impact in the first quarter of 2009 of a change in assumption regarding the repatriation of earnings.
 
Net investment income in the region increased by $96 million primarily due to increases of $84 million from inflation, $8 million due to an increase in average invested assets and $6 million due to gains in the trading securities portfolio, partially offset by a decline of $1 million due to lower yields. The increase in inflation, primarily in Chile and Argentina, is largely offset by an increase of $77 million in the related insurance liabilities due to higher inflation.


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Banking, Corporate & Other
 
                 
  Three Months
       
  Ended
       
  March 31,       
  2010  2009  Change  % Change 
  (In millions) 
 
OPERATING REVENUES
                
Premiums
 $—  $2  $(2)  (100.0)%
Net investment income
  243   51   192   376.5%
Other revenues
  213   267   (54)  (20.2)%
                 
Total operating revenues
  456   320   136   42.5%
                 
OPERATING EXPENSES
                
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
  (5)  —   (5)  —%
Interest credited to bank deposits
  39   43   (4)  (9.3)%
Interest expense
  261   240   21   8.8%
Other expenses
  274   287   (13)  (4.5)%
                 
Total operating expenses
  569   570   (1)  (0.2)%
                 
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
  (69)  (102)  33   32.4%
                 
Operating earnings
  (44)  (148)  104   70.3%
Preferred stock dividends
  30   30   —   —%
                 
Operating earnings available to common shareholders
 $(74) $(178) $104   58.4%
                 
 
Unless otherwise stated, all amounts are net of income tax.
 
In 2010, mortgage interest rates increased and the mortgage refinancing market began a return to more moderate levels compared to the unusually high level experienced in 2009 due to the low interest rate environment. Consistent with these market conditions, we experienced a $6.4 billion decline in residential mortgage production during the first quarter of 2010, while our serviced residential mortgage loans increased $22.5 billion. The increase in serviced loans is due to the high production levels in 2009, as well as lower run-off of existing business which was 10.4% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to 25.7% in the first quarter of 2009. The Holding Company completed three debt issuances in 2009 in response to the economic crisis. The Holding Company issued $397 million of floating rate senior notes in March 2009, $1.3 billion of senior notes in May 2009, and $500 million of junior subordinated debt securities in July 2009. In February 2009, in connection with the initial settlement of the stock purchase contracts issued as part of the common equity units sold in June 2005, the Holding Company issued common stock for $1.0 billion. The proceeds from these equity and debt issuances were used for general corporate purposes and have resulted in increased investments and cash and cash equivalents held within Banking, Corporate & Other.
 
Operating earnings available to common shareholders improved by $104 million, primarily due to an increase in net investment income.
 
Net investment income increased $125 million, which was due to increases of $99 million from higher yields and $26 million from an increase in average invested assets. Consistent with the consolidated results of operations net investment income discussion above, yields were positively impacted by improving equity markets and stabilizing real estate markets, primarily within other limited partnership interests and real estate joint ventures. The increased average invested asset base was due to cash flows from debt issuances during 2009 and an increase in excess capital from the segments. Our investments primarily include structured finance securities, investment grade corporate fixed maturity securities, U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed fixed maturity securities and mortgage loans. In addition, our investment portfolio includes the excess capital not allocated to the segments. Accordingly, it includes a higher allocation to certain other invested asset classes to provide additional


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diversification and opportunity for long-term yield enhancement including leveraged leases, other limited partnership interests, real estate, real estate joint ventures and equity securities.
 
Banking, Corporate & Other also benefited from a lower effective tax rate. The lower effective tax rate provided an increased benefit of $95 million from the first quarter of 2009. This benefit was the result of increased utilization of tax preferenced investments, which provide tax credits and deductions. This benefit was largely offset by a $75 million charge related to the Health Care Act. The federal government currently provides a Medicare Part D subsidy. The Health Care Act reduces the tax deductibility of retiree health care costs to the extent of any Medicare Part D subsidy received beginning in 2013. Because the deductibility of future retiree health care costs is reflected in our financial statements, the entire future impact of this change in law was required to be recorded as a charge in the period in which the legislation was enacted.
 
The $6.4 billion decline in residential mortgage loan production resulted in a $45 million decrease in operating earnings, $11 million of which is reflected in net investment income. This was partially offset by a $15 million increase in operating earnings from the $22.5 billion increase in the serviced residential mortgage loan portfolio.
 
Interest expense increased $14 million as a result of the debt issuances in 2009, partially offset by rate reductions on variable rate collateral financing arrangements. During the first quarter of 2010, the Holding Company made a $26 million contribution to MetLife Foundation, while no contribution was made in the first quarter of 2009. These higher expenses were partially offset by a $14 million reduction in costs associated with our Operational Excellence initiative.
 
Investments
 
Investment Risks.  The Company’s primary investment objective is to optimize, net of income tax, risk-adjusted investment income and risk-adjusted total return while ensuring that assets and liabilities are managed on a cash flow and duration basis. The Company is exposed to four primary sources of investment risk:
 
  • credit risk, relating to the uncertainty associated with the continued ability of a given obligor to make timely payments of principal and interest;
 
  • interest rate risk, relating to the market price and cash flow variability associated with changes in market interest rates;
 
  • liquidity risk, relating to the diminished ability to sell certain investments in times of strained market conditions; and
 
  • market valuation risk, relating to the variability in the estimated fair value of investments associated with changes in market factors such as credit spreads.
 
The Company manages risk through in-house fundamental analysis of the underlying obligors, issuers, transaction structures and real estate properties. The Company also manages credit risk, market valuation risk and liquidity risk through industry and issuer diversification and asset allocation. For real estate and agricultural assets, the Company manages credit risk and market valuation risk through geographic, property type and product type diversification and asset allocation. The Company manages interest rate risk as part of its asset and liability management strategies; product design, such as the use of market value adjustment features and surrender charges; and proactive monitoring and management of certain non-guaranteed elements of its products, such as the resetting of credited interest and dividend rates for policies that permit such adjustments. The Company also uses certain derivative instruments in the management of credit and interest rate risks.
 
Current Environment.  Precipitated by housing sector weakness and severe market dislocations, the U.S. economy entered its worst post-war recession in January 2008. Most economists believe this recession ended in the third of quarter 2009 when positive growth returned. Most economists now expect positive growth to continue through 2010. However, the recovery has been slow, and the unemployment rate is expected to remain high for some time. Although the disruption in the global financial markets has moderated, not all global financial markets are functioning normally, and some remain reliant upon government intervention and liquidity. The Company’s sovereign debt exposure to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain, commonly referred to as “Europe’s perimeter region”, was approximately $38 million with no sovereign debt exposure to Portugal as of March 31, 2010.


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In the first quarter of 2010, the net unrealized loss position on fixed maturity and equity securities improved from a net unrealized loss of $2.2 billion at December 31, 2009 to a net unrealized gain of $1.5 billion at March 31, 2010 from continued improvement in market conditions, including narrowing of credit spreads reflecting an improvement in liquidity.
 
  Investment Outlook
 
Although we anticipate that the volatility in the equity, credit and real estate markets will moderate in 2010, it could continue to impact net investment income and the related yields on private equity funds, hedge funds and real estate joint ventures, included within our other limited partnership interests and real estate and real estate joint venture portfolios. Further, in light of the slow economic recovery, liquidity will be reinvested in a prudent manner and invested according to our ALM discipline in appropriate assets over time. We will maintain a sufficient level of liquidity to meet business needs. Net investment income may be adversely affected if excess liquidity is required over an extended period of time to meet changing business needs.


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Composition of Investment Portfolio and Investment Portfolio Results
 
The following table illustrates the investment income, investment gains (losses), annualized yields on average ending assets and ending carrying value for each of the asset classes within the Company’s investment portfolio, as well as investment income for the portfolio as a whole:
 
         
  At and for the
 
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed Maturity Securities
        
Yield (1)
  5.73%  5.70%
Investment income (2), (3)
 $3,134  $2,800 
Investment (losses) (3)
 $(67) $(609)
Ending carrying value (2), (3)
 $242,331  $192,337 
Mortgage Loans
        
Yield (1)
  5.40%  5.32%
Investment income (3), (4)
 $672  $680 
Investment gains (losses) (3)
 $(28) $(146)
Ending carrying value (3)
 $50,371  $53,044 
Real Estate and Real Estate Joint Ventures
        
Yield (1)
  (2.11)%  (9.19)%
Investment income (losses)
 $(36) $(172)
Investment gains (losses)
 $(22) $(25)
Ending carrying value
 $6,866  $7,381 
Policy Loans
        
Yield (1)
  7.04%  6.40%
Investment income
 $178  $157 
Ending carrying value
 $10,146  $9,851 
Equity Securities
        
Yield (1)
  3.39%  3.92%
Investment income
 $25  $37 
Investment gains (losses)
 $27  $(269)
Ending carrying value
 $3,066  $2,817 
Other Limited Partnership Interests
        
Yield (1)
  18.85%  (19.79)%
Investment income (losses)
 $265  $(253)
Investment gains (losses)
 $(1) $(97)
Ending carrying value
 $5,753  $5,365 
Cash and Short-Term Investments
        
Yield (1)
  0.36%  0.48%
Investment income
 $13  $36 
Investment gains (losses)
 $1  $(2)
Ending carrying value (3)
 $17,183  $30,320 
Other Invested Assets (5)
        
Investment income
 $154  $92 
Investment gains (losses)
 $101  $233 
Ending carrying value
 $12,327  $15,130 
Total Investments:
        
Gross investment income yield (1)
  5.53%  4.24%
Investment fees and expenses yield
  (0.14)%  (0.13)%
         
Investment Income Yield (3)
  5.39%  4.11%
         
Gross investment income
 $4,405  $3,377 
Investment fees and expenses
  (112)  (103)
         
Investment Income (3), (6)
 $4,293  $3,274 
         
Ending Carrying Value (3)
 $348,043  $316,245 
         
Gross investment gains (3)
 $400  $571 
Gross investment losses (3)
  (211)  (535)
Writedowns
  (149)  (1,041)
         
Subtotal
 $40  $(1,005)
Derivatives gains (losses)
  (29)  90 
         
Investment Gains (Losses) (3), (6)
 $11  $(915)
Investment gains (losses) income tax benefit (provision)
  (9)  325 
         
Investment Gains (Losses), Net of Income Tax
 $2  $(590)
         


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(1) Yields are based on average of quarterly average asset carrying values, excluding recognized and unrealized investment gains (losses), and for yield calculation purposes, average of quarterly ending assets exclude collateral received from counterparties associated with the Company’s securities lending program and exclude the effects of consolidating under GAAP certain VIEs that are treated as consolidated securitization entities.
 
(2) Fixed maturity securities include $2,765 million and $922 million at estimated fair value of trading securities at March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Fixed maturity securities include $79 million and $17 million of investment income related to trading securities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
(3) Ending carrying values, investment income (loss), and investment gains (losses) as presented herein, exclude the effects of consolidating under GAAP certain VIEs that are treated as consolidated securitization entities. The adjustment to investment income and investment gains (losses) in the aggregate are as shown in Note 6 to this yield table. The adjustments to ending carrying value, investment income and investment gains (losses) by asset class are presented below. Both the invested assets and long-term debt of the consolidated securitization entities are accounted for under the fair value option. The adjustment to investment gains (losses) presented below and in footnote (6) includes the effects of remeasuring both the invested assets and long-term debt.
 
             
  At and For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010
    Impact of
  
    Consolidated
  
  As Reported in the
 Securitization
 Total —
  Yield Table Entities GAAP basis
  (In millions)
 
Trading Securities:
            
Ending carrying value
 $2,765  $274  $3,039 
Investment income
 $79  $4  $83 
Investment gains (losses)
 $—  $8  $8 
Mortgage Loans:
            
Ending carrying value
 $50,371  $7,065  $57,436 
Investment income
 $672  $105  $777 
Investment gains (losses)
 $(28) $2  $(26)
Cash and short-term investments:
            
Ending carrying value
 $17,183  $38  $17,221 
Total cash and invested assets:
            
Ending carrying value
 $348,043  $7,377  $355,420 
 
(4) Investment income from mortgage loans includes prepayment fees.
 
(5) Other invested assets are principally comprised of freestanding derivatives with positive estimated fair values and leveraged leases. Freestanding derivatives with negative estimated fair values are included within other liabilities. However, the accruals of settlement payments in other liabilities are included in net investment income as shown in Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


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(6) Investment income (loss) and investment gains (losses) presented in this yield table vary from the most directly comparable measures presented in the GAAP interim condensed consolidated statements of operations due to certain reclassifications affecting net investment income (“NII”), net investment gains (losses) (“NIGL”), and policyholder account balances (“PABs”) to exclude the effects of consolidating under GAAP certain VIEs that are treated as consolidated securitization entities. Such reclassifications are presented in the tables below.
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Investment income — in the above yield table
 $4,293  $3,274 
Real estate discontinued operations — deduct from NII
  (1)  (2)
Scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting — deduct from NII, add to NIGL
  (49)  (31)
Joint venture earnings related to change in fair value of certain liabilities, including effects of own credit, associated hedges of these liabilities, and gains (losses) from sales of investments — add to NII, deduct from NIGL
  (5)  20 
Incremental net investment income from consolidated securitization entities — add to NII
  106   — 
         
Net investment income — GAAP consolidated statements of operations
 $4,344  $3,261 
         
Investment gains (losses) — in the above yield table
 $11  $(915)
Scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting — add to NIGL, deduct from NII
  49   31 
Scheduled periodic settlement payments on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting — add to NIGL, deduct from interest credited to PABs
  (3)  (2)
Joint venture earnings related to change in fair value of certain liabilities, including effects of own credit, associated hedges of these liabilities, and gains (losses) from sales of investments — add to NII, deduct from NIGL
  5   (20)
Investment gains (losses) related to consolidated securitization entities — add to NIGL
  10   — 
         
Net investment gains (losses) — GAAP consolidated statements of operations
 $72  $(906)
         
 
See “— Consolidated Results of Operations — Three Months Ended March 31, 2010 compared with the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009 — Revenues and Expenses — Net Investment Income and Net Investment Gains (Losses)” for an analysis of the period over period changes in net investment income and net investment gains (losses).
 
Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
Fixed maturity securities, which consisted principally of publicly-traded and privately placed fixed maturity securities, were $239.6 billion and $227.6 billion, or 67% of total cash and invested assets at estimated fair value, at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Publicly-traded fixed maturity securities represented $203.7 billion and $191.4 billion, or 85% and 84% of total fixed maturity securities at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Privately placed fixed maturity securities represented $35.9 billion and $36.2 billion, or 15% and 16% of total fixed maturity securities at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Equity securities, which consisted principally of publicly-traded and privately-held common and preferred stocks, including certain perpetual hybrid securities and mutual fund interests, were $3.1 billion, or 0.9% of total cash and invested assets at estimated fair value, at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Publicly-traded equity securities represented $2.1 billion and $2.1 billion, or 67% and 68% of total equity securities at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Privately-held equity securities represented $1.0 billion and $1.0 billion, or 33% and 32% of total equity securities at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.


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See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Valuation of Securities” in the 2009 Annual Report for a general discussion of the process we use to value securities; a general discussion of the process we use to determine the placement of securities in the fair value hierarchy; a general discussion of valuation techniques and inputs used; and a general discussion of the controls systems for ensuring that observable market prices and market-based parameters are used for valuation, wherever possible; including our review of liquidity, the volume and level of trading activity, and identifying transactions that are not orderly.
 
Fair Value Hierarchy.  Fixed maturity securities and equity securities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis and their corresponding fair value pricing sources and fair value hierarchy are as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
 
  Securities  Securities 
  (In millions) 
 
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1)
 $14,550   6.1% $496   16.2%
                 
Independent pricing source
  179,811   75.1   460   15.0 
Internal matrix pricing or discounted cash flow techniques
  28,148   11.7   943   30.7 
                 
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
  207,959   86.8   1,403   45.7 
                 
Independent pricing source
  7,677   3.2   989   32.3 
Internal matrix pricing or discounted cash flow techniques
  6,512   2.7   122   4.0 
Independent broker quotations
  2,868   1.2   56   1.8 
                 
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
  17,057   7.1   1,167   38.1 
                 
Total estimated fair value
 $239,566   100.0% $3,066   100.0%
                 
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Fair Value Measurements Using 
  Quoted Prices
  Significant
       
  in Active
  Other
  Significant
    
  Markets for
  Observable
  Unobservable
  Total
 
  Identical Assets
  Inputs
  Inputs
  Estimated
 
  (Level 1)  (Level 2)  (Level 3)  Fair Value 
  (In millions) 
 
Fixed Maturity Securities:
                
U.S. corporate securities
 $—  $67,794  $6,339  $74,133 
Residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”)
  —   41,053   1,927   42,980 
Foreign corporate securities
  —   34,727   5,378   40,105 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  14,278   16,427   36   30,741 
Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”)
  —   16,270   225   16,495 
Asset-backed securities (“ABS”)
  —   11,069   2,823   13,892 
Foreign government securities
  272   12,670   222   13,164 
State and political subdivision securities
  —   7,938   101   8,039 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   11   6   17 
                 
Total fixed maturity securities
 $14,550  $207,959  $17,057  $239,566 
                 
Equity Securities:
                
Common stock
 $496  $961  $159  $1,616 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   442   1,008   1,450 
                 
Total equity securities
 $496  $1,403  $1,167  $3,066 
                 


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The composition of fair value pricing sources for and significant changes in Level 3 securities at March 31, 2010 are as follows:
 
  • The majority of the Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities (90.4%, as presented above) were concentrated in four sectors: U.S. and foreign corporate securities, ABS and RMBS.
 
  • Level 3 fixed maturity securities are priced principally through independent broker quotations or market standard valuation methodologies using inputs that are not market observable or cannot be derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Level 3 fixed maturity securities consists of less liquid fixed maturity securities with very limited trading activity or where less price transparency exists around the inputs to the valuation methodologies including alternative residential mortgage loan RMBS and less liquid prime RMBS, below investment grade private placements and less liquid investment grade corporate securities (included in U.S. and foreign corporate securities) and less liquid ABS including securities supported bysub-primemortgage loans (included in ABS).
 
  • During the three months ended March 31, 2010, Level 3 fixed maturity securities decreased by $133 million, or 0.8%. Decreases from transfers out and net sales in excess of purchases were partially offset by the increase in estimated fair value recognized in other comprehensive income (loss). The transfers out of Level 3 are described in the discussion following the rollforward table below. Net sales in excess of purchases of fixed maturity securities were concentrated in U.S. corporate securities. The increase in estimated fair value in fixed maturity securities was concentrated in U.S. and foreign corporate securities and ABS (including RMBS backed bysub-primemortgage loans) due to improving market conditions including the narrowing of credit spreads reflecting an improvement in liquidity coupled with the effect of slight decrease in interest rates on such securities.
 
A rollforward of the fair value measurements for fixed maturity securities and equity securities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
 
  Securities  Securities 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $17,190  $1,240 
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in:
        
Earnings
  12   1 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
  619   23 
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements
  (157)  (92)
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
  (607)  (5)
         
Balance, end of period
 $17,057  $1,167 
         
 
An analysis of transfers inand/or out of Level 3 for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is as follows:
 
  • Total gains and losses in earnings and other comprehensive income (loss) are calculated assuming transfers in or out of Level 3 occurred at the beginning of the period. Items transferred in and out for the same period are excluded from the rollforward.
 
  • Total gains and losses for fixed maturity securities included in earnings of ($3) million and other comprehensive income (loss) of $13 million respectively, were incurred for transfers subsequent to their transfer to Level 3, for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
  • Net transfers inand/or out of Level 3 for fixed maturity securities were ($607) million for the three months ended March 31, 2010, and was comprised of transfers in of $276 million and transfers out of ($883) million, respectively.


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Overall, transfers inand/or out of Level 3 are attributable to a change in the observability of inputs. Assets and liabilities are transferred into Level 3 when a significant input cannot be corroborated with market observable data. This occurs when market activity decreases significantly and transparency to underlying inputs cannot be observed, current prices are not available, and when there are significant variances in quoted prices. Assets and liabilities are transferred out of Level 3 when circumstances change such that significant inputs can be corroborated with market observable data. This may be due to a significant increase in market activity, a specific event, or one or more significant input(s) becoming observable. Transfers inand/or out of any level are assumed to occur at the beginning of the period. Significant transfers inand/or out of Level 3 fixed maturity and equity securities for the three months ended March 31, 2010 are summarized as follows:
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, fixed maturity securities transfers into Level 3 of $276 million resulted primarily from current market conditions characterized by a lack of trading activity, decreased liquidity and credit ratings downgrades (e.g., from investment grade to below investment grade). These current market conditions have resulted in decreased transparency of valuations and an increased use of broker quotations and unobservable inputs to determine estimated fair value principally for certain CMBS and U.S. and foreign corporate securities.
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, fixed maturity securities transfers out of Level 3 of $883 million resulted primarily from increased transparency of both new issuances that subsequent to issuance and establishment of trading activity, became priced by pricing services and existing issuances that, over time, the Company was able to corroborate pricing received from independent pricing services with observable inputs, or there were increases in market activity and upgraded credit ratings primarily for certain U.S. and foreign corporate securities, ABS and RMBS.
 
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates — Estimated Fair Value of Investments” included in the 2009 Annual Report for further information on the estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported above.
 
See “Fair Value — Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value — Recurring Fair Value Measurements — Valuation Techniques and Inputs by Level Within the Three-Level Fair Value Hierarchy by Major Classes of Assets and Liabilities” in Note 5 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further information about the valuation techniques and inputs by level by major classes of invested assets that affect the amounts reported above.
 
Fixed Maturity Securities Credit Quality — Ratings.  The Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”) evaluates the fixed maturity security investments of insurers for regulatory reporting and capital assessment purposes and assigns securities to one of six credit quality categories called “NAIC designations.” The NAIC ratings are generally similar to the rating agency designations of the Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations (“NRSROs”) for marketable fixed maturity securities. NAIC ratings 1 and 2 include fixed maturity securities generally considered investment grade (i.e., rated “Baa3” or better by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or rated “BBB” or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) and Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) by such rating organizations. NAIC ratings 3 through 6 include fixed maturity securities generally considered below investment grade (i.e., rated “Ba1” or lower by Moody’s or rated “BB+” or lower by S&P and Fitch) by such rating organizations.
 
The NAIC adopted a revised rating methodology for non-agency RMBS that became effective December 31, 2009. The NAIC’s objective with the revised rating methodology for non-agency RMBS was to increase the accuracy in assessing expected losses, and to use the improved assessment to determine a more appropriate capital requirement for non-agency RMBS. The revised methodology reduces regulatory reliance on rating agencies and allows for greater regulatory input into the assumptions used to estimate expected losses from non-agency RMBS.
 
All below investment grade, non-income producing and NAIC (i.e., NAIC 1) amounts and percentages presented herein, are based on rating agency designations and equivalent ratings of the NAIC, with the exception of non-agency RMBS held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries. Non-agency RMBS, including RMBS backed bysub-primemortgage loans reported within ABS, held by the Company’s domestic insurance subsidiaries are presented based on final ratings from the revised NAIC rating methodology which became effective


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December 31, 2009 (which may not correspond to rating agency designations). Whereas, all rating agency (i.e., Aaa/AAA) amounts or percentages presented herein are without adjustment for the revised NAIC methodology which became effective December 31, 2009.
 
The following three tables present information about the Company’s fixed maturity securities holdings by credit quality ratings. Comparisons between NAIC ratings and rating agency designations are published by the NAIC. The rating agency designations were based on availability of applicable ratings from those rating agencies on the NAIC acceptable rating organizations list. If no rating is available from a rating agency, then an internally developed rating is used.
 
The following table presents the Company’s total fixed maturity securities by NRSRO designation and the equivalent ratings of the NAIC, as well as the percentage, based on estimated fair value, that each designation is comprised of at:
 
                             
     March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
        Estimated
        Estimated
    
NAIC
    Amortized
  Fair
  % of
  Amortized
  Fair
  % of
 
Rating  Rating Agency Designation Cost  Value  Total  Cost  Value  Total 
     (In millions) 
 
 1  Aaa/Aa/A $158,448  $160,030   66.8% $151,391  $151,136   66.4%
 2  Baa  57,317   59,061   24.6   55,508   56,305   24.7 
 3  Ba  12,794   12,105   5.1   13,184   12,003   5.3 
 4  B  7,787   6,937   2.9   7,474   6,461   2.9 
 5  Caa and lower  1,534   1,282   0.5   1,809   1,425   0.6 
 6  In or near default  181   151   0.1   343   312   0.1 
                             
    Total fixed maturity securities $238,061  $239,566   100.0% $229,709  $227,642   100.0%
                             
 
The following tables present the Company’s total fixed maturity securities, based on estimated fair value, by sector classification and by NRSRO designation and the equivalent ratings of the NAIC, that each designation is comprised of at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
 
                             
  Fixed Maturity Securities — by Sector & Credit Quality Rating at March 31, 2010 
NAIC Rating: 1  2  3  4  5  6  Total
 
              Caa and
  In or Near
  Estimated
 
Rating Agency Designation: Aaa/Aa/A  Baa  Ba  B  Lower  Default  Fair Value 
  (In millions) 
 
U.S. corporate securities
 $32,315  $31,089  $6,623  $3,481  $543  $82  $74,133 
RMBS
  37,534   1,746   1,997   1,358   336   9   42,980 
Foreign corporate securities
  17,649   18,627   2,070   1,478   263   18   40,105 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  30,741   —   —   —   —   —   30,741 
CMBS
  16,205   177   77   22   14   —   16,495 
ABS
  12,340   1,017   266   155   72   42   13,892 
Foreign government securities
  6,145   5,560   1,031   428   —   —   13,164 
State and political subdivision securities
  7,101   834   41   9   54   —   8,039 
Other fixed maturity securities
  —   11   —   6   —   —   17 
                             
Total fixed maturity securities
 $160,030  $59,061  $12,105  $6,937  $1,282  $151  $239,566 
                             
Percentage of total
  66.8%  24.6%  5.1%  2.9%  0.5%  0.1%  100.0%
 


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  Fixed Maturity Securities — by Sector & Credit Quality Rating at December 31, 2009 
NAIC Rating: 1  2  3  4  5  6  Total
 
              Caa and
  In or Near
  Estimated
 
Rating Agency Designation: Aaa/Aa/A  Baa  Ba  B  Lower  Default  Fair Value 
  (In millions) 
 
U.S. corporate securities
 $31,848  $30,266  $6,319  $2,965  $616  $173  $72,187 
RMBS
  38,464   1,563   2,260   1,391   339   3   44,020 
Foreign corporate securities
  16,678   17,393   2,067   1,530   281   81   38,030 
U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities
  25,447   —   —   —   —   —   25,447 
CMBS
  15,000   434   152   22   14   —   15,622 
ABS
  11,573   1,033   275   124   117   40   13,162 
Foreign government securities
  5,786   4,841   890   415   —   15   11,947 
State and political subdivision securities
  6,337   765   40   8   58   —   7,208 
Other fixed maturity securities
  3   10   —   6   —   —   19 
                             
Total fixed maturity securities
 $151,136  $56,305  $12,003  $6,461  $1,425  $312  $227,642 
                             
Percentage of total
  66.4%  24.7%  5.3%  2.9%  0.6%  0.1%  100.0%
 
Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale.  See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale”in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for tables summarizing the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, including noncredit loss component of OTTI loss, and estimated fair value of fixed maturity and equity securities on a sector basis, and selected information about certain fixed maturity securities held by the Company that were below investment grade or non-rated, non-income producing, credit enhanced by financial guarantor insurers — by sector, and the ratings of the financial guarantor insurers providing the credit enhancement at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Equity Securities).  The Company was not exposed to any significant concentrations of credit risk in its equity securities portfolio of any single issuer greater than 10% of the Company’s stockholders’ equity at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — Summary.   See “Investments— Fixed Maturity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — Summary” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a summary of the concentrations of credit risk related to fixed maturity securities holdings.
 
Corporate Fixed Maturity Securities.  The Company maintains a diversified portfolio of corporate fixed maturity securities across industries and issuers. This portfolio does not have exposure to any single issuer in excess of 1% of the total investments. See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — U.S. and Foreign Corporate Securities” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the tables that present the major industry types that comprise the corporate fixed maturity securities holdings, the largest exposure to a single issuer and the combined holdings in the ten issuers to which it had the largest exposure at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.

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Structured Securities.  The following table presents the types and portion rated Aaa/AAA, and portion rated NAIC 1 for RMBS and ABS backed bysub-primemortgage loans, of structured securities the Company held at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Estimated
     Estimated
    
  Fair
  % of
  Fair
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
RMBS
 $42,980   58.6% $44,020   60.5%
CMBS
  16,495   22.5   15,622   21.4 
ABS
  13,892   18.9   13,162   18.1 
                 
Total structured securities
 $73,367   100.0% $72,804   100.0%
                 
Ratings profile:
                
RMBS rated Aaa/AAA
 $37,308   86.8% $35,626   80.9%
RMBS rated NAIC 1
 $37,534   87.3% $38,464   87.4%
CMBS rated Aaa/AAA
 $15,364   93.1% $13,355   85.5%
ABS rated Aaa/AAA
 $10,526   75.8% $9,354   71.1%
ABS rated NAIC 1
 $12,340   88.8% $11,573   87.9%
 
RMBS.   See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — RMBS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the tables that present the Company’s RMBS holdings by security type and risk profile at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
The majority of the Company’s RMBS were rated Aaa/AAA by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch; and the majority were rated NAIC 1 by the NAIC at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, as presented above. Effective December 31, 2009, the NAIC adopted a revised rating methodology for non-agency RMBS based on the NAIC’s estimate of expected losses from non-agency RMBS. The majority of the Company’s agency RMBS were guaranteed or otherwise supported by the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”), the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”) or the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”). Non-agency RMBS includes prime and alternative residential mortgage loans (“Alt-A”) RMBS. Prime residential mortgage lending includes the origination of residential mortgage loans to the most creditworthy borrowers with high quality credit profiles. Alt-A is a classification of mortgage loans where the risk profile of the borrower falls between prime andsub-prime.Sub-primemortgage lending is the origination of residential mortgage loans to borrowers with weak credit profiles.
 
The Company’s Alt-A securities portfolio has superior structure to the overall Alt-A market. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s Alt-A securities portfolio has no exposure to option adjustable rate mortgages (“ARMs”) and a minimal exposure to hybrid ARMs. The Company’s Alt-A securities portfolio is comprised primarily of fixed rate mortgages which have performed better than both option ARMs and hybrid ARMs in the overall Alt-A market. Additionally, 89% and 90% at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, of the Company’s Alt-A securities portfolio has super senior credit enhancement, which typically provides double the credit enhancement of a standard Aaa/AAA rated fixed maturity security. Based upon the analysis of the Company’s exposure to Alt-A mortgage loans through its exposure to RMBS that are considered temporarily impaired, the Company continues to expect to receive payments in accordance with the contractual terms of the securities. Any securities where the present value of projected future cash flows expected to be collected is less than amortized cost are impaired in accordance with our impairment policy. See “Investments — Fixed Maturity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —RMBS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a table that presents the estimated fair value of Alt-A securities held by the Company by vintage year, net unrealized loss, portion of holdings rated Aa/AA or better by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, portion rated NAIC 1 by the NAIC, and portion of holdings that are backed by fixed rate collateral or hybrid ARMs at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. Vintage year refers to the year of origination and not to the year of purchase. Based upon the analysis of the Company’s exposure to RMBS, including Alt-A RMBS, that are considered temporarily impaired, the Company expects to receive payments in accordance with the contractual


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terms of the securities. Any securities where the present value of projected future cash flows expected to be collected is less than amortized cost are impaired in accordance with our impairment policy.
 
CMBS.  There have been disruptions in the CMBS market due to market perceptions that default rates will increase in part as result of weakness in commercial real estate market fundamentals and in part to relaxed underwriting standards by some originators of commercial mortgage loans within the more recent vintage years (i.e., 2006 and later). These factors have caused a pull-back in market liquidity, increased credit spreads and repricing of risk, which has led to higher levels of unrealized losses as compared to historical levels. However, in the three months ended March 31, 2010, market conditions improved, credit spreads narrowed and unrealized losses decreased from 6% to 1% of cost or amortized cost from December 31, 2009 to March 31, 2010. Based upon the analysis of the Company’s exposure to CMBS that are considered temporarily impaired the Company expects to receive payments in accordance with the contractual terms of the securities. Any securities where the present value of projected future cash flows expected to be collected is less than amortized cost are impaired in accordance with our impairment policy.
 
The Company’s holdings in CMBS were $16.5 billion and $15.6 billion, at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — CMBS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for tables that present the cost or amortized cost and estimated fair value, rating distribution by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch, and holdings by vintage year of such securities held by the Company at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. The Company had no exposure to CMBS index securities at March 31, 2010 or December 31, 2009. The Company’s holdings of commercial real estate collateralized debt obligations securities were $116 million and $111 million at estimated fair value at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The weighted average credit enhancement of the Company’s CMBS holdings was 28% at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. This credit enhancement percentage represents the current weighted average estimated percentage of outstanding capital structure subordinated to the Company’s investment holding that is available to absorb losses before the security incurs the first dollar of loss of principal. The credit protection does not include any equity interest or property value in excess of outstanding debt.
 
See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — CMBS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for tables that present the Company’s holdings of CMBS by rating agency designation and by vintage year at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
ABS.  The Company’s ABS are diversified both by collateral type and by issuer. See “Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — ABS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a table that presents the Company’s ABS by collateral type, portion rated Aaa/AAA and portion credit enhanced held by the Company at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
The slowing U.S. housing market, greater use of affordable mortgage products and relaxed underwriting standards for some originators ofsub-primeloans have recently led to higher delinquency and loss rates, especially within the 2006 and 2007 vintage years. Vintage year refers to the year of origination and not to the year of purchase. These factors have caused a pull-back in market liquidity and repricing of risk, which has led to higher levels of unrealized losses on securities backed bysub-primemortgage loans as compared to historical levels. However, in 2009, market conditions improved, credit spreads narrowed and unrealized losses decreased from 36% to 32% of cost or amortized cost from December 31, 2009 and March 31, 2010. Based upon the analysis of the Company’ssub-primemortgage loans through its exposure to ABS, the Company expects to receive payments in accordance with the contractual terms of the securities that are considered temporarily impaired. Any securities where the present value of projected future cash flows expected to be collected is less than amortized cost are impaired in accordance with our impairment policy.
 
See “Investments— Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Concentrations of Credit Risk (Fixed Maturity Securities) — ABS” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for tables that present the Company’s holdings of ABS supported by sub-primemortgage loans by rating agency designation and by vintage year at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


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The Company had ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans with estimated fair values of $1,071 million and $1,044 million, respectively, and unrealized losses of $507 million and $593 million, respectively, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Approximately 68% of this portfolio was rated Aa or better, of which 96% was in vintage year 2005 and prior at March 31, 2010. Approximately 61% of this portfolio was rated Aa or better, of which 91% was in vintage year 2005 and prior at December 31, 2009. These older vintages benefit from better underwriting, improved enhancement levels and higher residential property price appreciation. All of the $1,071 million and $1,044 million of ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans were classified as Level 3 fixed maturity securities at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The NAIC rating distribution of the Company’s ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans at March 31, 2010 was as follows: 69% NAIC 1, 5% NAIC 2 and 26% NAIC 3 through 6. The NAIC rating distribution of the Company’s ABS supported bysub-primemortgage loans at December 31, 2009 was as follows: 69% NAIC 1, 4% NAIC 2 and 27% NAIC 3 through 6.
 
ABS also include collateralized debt obligations backed bysub-primemortgage loans at an aggregate cost of $22 million with an estimated fair value of $9 million at March 31, 2010 and an aggregate cost of $22 million with an estimated fair value of $8 million at December 31, 2009.
 
EvaluatingAvailable-for-SaleSecurities forOther-Than-TemporaryImpairment
 
See “Investments — EvaluatingAvailable-for-SaleSecurities forOther-Than-TemporaryImpairment” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the regular evaluation ofavailable-for-salesecurities holdings in accordance with our impairment policy, whereby we evaluate whether such investments areother-than-temporarilyimpaired, new OTTI guidance adopted in 2009 and factors considered by security classification in the regular OTTI evaluation.
 
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates” included the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)
 
See “Investments — Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses)” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the components of net unrealized investment gains (losses), included in accumulated other comprehensive loss and the changes in net unrealized investment gains (losses) at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Fixed maturity securities with noncredit OTTI losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $791 million at March 31, 2010, includes $859 million recognized prior to January 1, 2010, $59 million ($17 million, net of DAC) of noncredit losses recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2010, $16 million transferred to retained earnings in connection with the adoption of new guidance related to consolidation of VIEs (see Note 1 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements), and $111 million of subsequent increases in estimated fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2010 on such securities for which a noncredit loss was previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
 
Fixed maturity securities with noncredit OTTI losses in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $859 million at December 31, 2009, includes $126 million related to the transition adjustment, $939 million ($857 million, net of DAC) of noncredit losses recognized in the year ended December 31, 2009 (as more fully described in Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report) and $206 million of subsequent increases in estimated fair value during the year ended December 31, 2009 on such securities for which a noncredit loss was previously recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss.
 
Aging of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
See “Investments — Aging of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale”in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the tables that present the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized loss, including the portion of OTTI loss on fixed maturity securities recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss at March 31, 2010, gross unrealized loss as a percentage of cost or amortized cost and number of securities for fixed maturity and equity securities where the


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estimated fair value had declined and remained below cost or amortized cost by less than 20%, or 20% or more at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Concentration of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale
 
See “Investments — Concentration of Gross Unrealized Loss and OTTI Loss for Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale”in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the tables that present the concentration by sector and industry of the Company’s gross unrealized losses related to its fixed maturity and equity securities, including the portion of OTTI loss on fixed maturity securities recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss of $8.5 billion and $10.8 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Evaluating Temporarily ImpairedAvailable-for-SaleSecurities
 
The following table presents the Company’s fixed maturity and equity securities each with a gross unrealized loss of greater than $10 million, the number of securities, total gross unrealized loss and percentage of total gross unrealized loss at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
  Fixed Maturity
  Equity
 
  Securities  Securities  Securities  Securities 
  (In millions, except number of securities) 
 
Number of securities
  165   7   223   9 
Total gross unrealized loss
 $3,310  $101  $4,465  $132 
Percentage of total gross unrealized loss
  40%  41%  43%  48%
 
The fixed maturity and equity securities, each with a gross unrealized loss greater than $10 million, decreased $1.2 billion during the three months ended March 31, 2010. The cause of the decline in, or improvement in, gross unrealized losses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 was primarily attributable to improving market conditions, including narrowing of credit spreads reflecting an improvement in liquidity. These securities were included in the Company’s OTTI review process. Based upon the Company’s current evaluation of these securities in accordance with its impairment policy and the Company’s current intentions and assessments (as applicable to the type of security) about holding, selling, and any requirements to sell these securities, the Company has concluded that these securities are notother-than-temporarilyimpaired.
 
In the Company’s impairment review process, the duration and severity of an unrealized loss position for equity securities is given greater weight and consideration than for fixed maturity securities. An extended and severe unrealized loss position on a fixed maturity security may not have any impact on the ability of the issuer to service all scheduled interest and principal payments and the Company’s evaluation of recoverability of all contractual cash flows or the ability to recover an amount at least equal to its amortized cost based on the present value of the expected future cash flows to be collected. In contrast, for an equity security, greater weight and consideration is given by the Company to a decline in market value and the likelihood such market value decline will recover.


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The following table presents certain information about the Company’s equity securitiesavailable-for-salewith a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more at March 31, 2010:
 
                                 
     Non-Redeemable Preferred Stock 
     All Types of
       
  All Equity
  Non-Redeemable
  Investment Grade 
  Securities  Preferred Stock  All Industries  Financial Services Industry 
  Gross
  Gross
  % of All
  Gross
  % of All
  Gross
     % A
 
  Unrealized
  Unrealized
  Equity
  Unrealized
  Non-Redeemable
  Unrealized
  % of All
  Rated or
 
  Loss  Loss  Securities  Loss  Preferred Stock  Loss  Industries  Better 
  (In millions) 
 
Less than six months
 $35  $33   94% $16   48% $16   100%  100%
Six months or greater but less than twelve months
  —   —   —%  —   —%  —   —%  —%
Twelve months or greater
  128   128   100%  128   100%  124   97%  90%
                                 
All equity securities with a gross unrealized loss of 20% or more
 $163  $161   99% $144   89% $140   97%  91%
                                 
 
In connection with the equity securities impairment review process at March 31, 2010, the Company evaluated its holdings in non-redeemable preferred stock, particularly those of financial services companies. The Company considered several factors including whether there has been any deterioration in credit of the issuer and the likelihood of recovery in value of non-redeemable preferred stock with a severe or an extended unrealized loss. The Company also considered whether any non-redeemable preferred stock with an unrealized loss held by the Company, regardless of credit rating, have deferred any dividend payments. No such dividend payments were deferred.
 
With respect to common stock holdings, the Company considered the duration and severity of the unrealized losses for securities in an unrealized loss position of 20% or more and the duration of unrealized losses for securities in an unrealized loss position of less than 20% in an extended unrealized loss position (i.e., for 12 months or greater).
 
Futureother-than-temporaryimpairments will depend primarily on economic fundamentals, issuer performance (including changes in the present value of future cash flows expected to be collected), changes in credit rating, changes in collateral valuation, changes in interest rates and changes in credit spreads. If economic fundamentals and any of the above factors deteriorate, additionalother-than-temporaryimpairments may be incurred in upcoming quarters.
 
Net Investment Gains (Losses) Including OTTI Losses Recognized in Earnings
 
Effective April 1, 2009, the Company adopted new guidance on the recognition and presentation of OTTI that amends the methodology to determine for fixed maturity securities whether an OTTI exists, and for certain fixed maturity securities, changes how OTTI losses that are charged to earnings are measured. There was no change in the methodology for identification and measurement of OTTI losses charged to earnings for impaired equity securities.


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Proceeds from sales or disposals of fixed maturity and equity securities and the components of fixed maturity and equity securities net investment gains (losses) are as follows:
 
                         
  Fixed Maturity Securities  Equity Securities  Total 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2010  2009  2010  2009  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Proceeds
 $8,378  $11,778  $145  $58  $8,523  $11,836 
                         
Gross investment gains
 $164  $356  $31  $7  $195  $363 
                         
Gross investment losses
  (139)  (412)  (3)  (18)  (142)  (430)
                         
Total OTTI losses recognized in earnings:
                        
Credit-related
  (86)  (483)  —   —   (86)  (483)
Other (1)
  (6)  (70)  (1)  (258)  (7)  (328)
                         
Total OTTI losses recognized in earnings
  (92)  (553)  (1)  (258)  (93)  (811)
                         
Net investment gains (losses)
 $(67) $(609) $27  $(269) $(40) $(878)
                         
 
 
(1) Other OTTI losses recognized in earnings include impairments on equity securities, impairments on perpetual hybrid securities classified within fixed maturity securities where the primary reason for the impairment was the severity and/or the duration of an unrealized loss position and fixed maturity securities where there is an intent to sell or it is more likely than not that the Company will be required to sell the security before recovery of the decline in estimated fair value.
 
Overview of Fixed Maturity and Equity Security OTTI Losses Recognized in Earnings.  Impairments of fixed maturity and equity securities were $93 million and $811 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Impairments of fixed maturity securities were $92 million and $553 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Impairments of equity securities were $1 million and $258 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
The Company’s credit-related impairments of fixed maturity securities were $86 million and $483 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, respectively.
 
The Company’s three largest impairments totaled $26 million and $274 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, respectively.
 
The Company records OTTI losses charged to earnings as investment losses and adjusts the cost basis of the fixed maturity and equity securities accordingly. The Company does not change the revised cost basis for subsequent recoveries in value.
 
The Company sold or disposed of fixed maturity and equity securities at a loss that had an estimated fair value of $3,212 million and $3,429 million during the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 31, 2009, respectively. Gross losses excluding impairments for fixed maturity and equity securities were $142 million and $430 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and March 2009, respectively.
 
Explanations of changes in fixed maturity and equity securities impairments are as follows:
 
Three months ended March 31, 2010 compared to the three months Ended March 31, 2009 — Overall OTTI losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturity and equity securities were $93 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to $811 million in the comparable prior year period. Improving market conditions across all sectors and industries, particularly the financial services industry, as compared to the prior year period when there was significant stress in the global financial markets resulted in decreased impairments in fixed maturity and equity securities in the current year period. Impairments in the three months ended March 31, 2010 were concentrated in the RMBS, ABS and CMBS sectors and consumer industry reflecting current economic conditions including higher unemployment levels and continued weakness within the real estate markets. Of the fixed maturity


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and equity securities impairments of $93 million and $811 million in three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, $59 million and $126 million, respectively, were in the Company’s RMBS, ABS and CMBS holdings; and $22 million and $90 million, respectively, were in the Company’s consumer industry holdings. The most significant decrease in the current year period, as compared to the prior year period, was in the Company’s financial services industry holdings which comprised $351 million in fixed maturity and equity impairments in three months ended March 31, 2009, as compared to $8 million in impairments for the three months ended March 31, 2010. Of the $351 million in financial services industry impairments for the three months ended March 31, 2009, $230 million were in equity securities, of which $200 million were in financial services industry perpetual hybrid securities which were impaired as a result of deterioration in the credit rating of the issuer to below investment grade and due to a severe and extended unrealized loss position on these securities.
 
Fixed maturity security OTTI losses recognized in earnings relate to the following sectors and industries:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
U.S. and foreign corporate securities — by industry:
        
Consumer
 $22  $90 
Finance
  8   121 
Communications
  3   142 
Industrial
  —   17 
Utility
  —   33 
Other
  —   24 
         
Total U.S. and foreign corporate securities
  33   427 
RMBS
  30   58 
ABS
  19   66 
CMBS
  10   2 
         
Total
 $92  $553 
         
 
Equity security OTTI losses recognized in earnings relate to the following sectors and industries:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Sector:
        
Common stock
 $1  $39 
Non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   219 
         
Total
 $1  $258 
         
Industry:
        
Financial services industry:
        
Perpetual hybrid securities
 $—  $200 
Common and remaining non-redeemable preferred stock
  —   30 
         
Total financial services industry
  —   230 
Other
  1   28 
         
Total
 $1  $258 
         


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Future Impairments.  Futureother-than-temporaryimpairments will depend primarily on economic fundamentals, issuer performance, changes in credit ratings, changes in collateral valuation, changes in interest rates and changes in credit spreads. If economic fundamentals and other of the above factors deteriorate, additionalother-than-temporaryimpairments may be incurred in upcoming periods. See also “— Investments — Fixed Maturity and Equity SecuritiesAvailable-for-Sale —Net Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses).”
 
Credit Loss Rollforward — Rollforward of the Cumulative Credit Loss Component of OTTI Loss Recognized in Earnings on Fixed Maturity Securities Still Held for Which a Portion of the OTTI Loss was Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss
 
See “Investments — Credit Loss Rollforward — Rollforward of the Cumulative Credit Loss Component of OTTI Loss Recognized in Earnings on Fixed Maturity Securities Still Held for Which a Portion of the OTTI Loss was Recognized in Other Comprehensive Loss” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the table that presents a rollforward of the cumulative credit loss component of OTTI loss recognized in earnings on fixed maturity securities still held by the Company at March 31, 2010 for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in other comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Securities Lending
 
The Company participates in securities lending programs whereby blocks of securities, which are included in fixed maturity securities and short-term investments, are loaned to third parties, primarily brokerage firms and commercial banks. These transactions are treated as financing arrangements and the associated liability recorded at the amount of the cash received. The Company generally obtains collateral in an amount equal to 102% of the estimated fair value of the loaned securities, which is obtained at the inception of a loan and maintained at a level greater than or equal to 100% for the duration of the loan. In limited instances, during the extraordinary market events beginning in the fourth quarter of 2008 and through part of 2009, we accepted collateral less than 102% at the inception of certain loans, but never less than 100%, of the estimated fair value of such loaned securities. At December 31, 2009, we had no loans outstanding where we had accepted at the inception of the loan collateral less than 102%, of the estimated fair value of such loaned securities. These loans involved U.S. Government Treasury Bills which are considered to have limited variation in their estimated fair value during the term of the loan. Securities loaned under such transactions may be sold or repledged by the transferee. The Company is liable to return to its counterparties the cash collateral under its control.
 
Elements of the securities lending program are presented in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements under “Investments — Securities Lending.”
 
The estimated fair value of the securities on loan related to the cash collateral on open at March 31, 2010 was $3,816 million of which $3,612 million were U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities which, if put to the Company, can be immediately sold to satisfy the cash requirements. The remainder of the securities on loan were primarily U.S. Treasury, agency, and government guaranteed securities, and very liquid RMBS. The U.S. Treasury securities on loan are primarily holdings ofon-the-runU.S. Treasury securities, the most liquid U.S. Treasury securities available. If these high quality securities that are on loan are put back to the Company, the proceeds from immediately selling these securities can be used to satisfy the related cash requirements. The reinvestment portfolio acquired with the cash collateral consisted principally of fixed maturity securities (including U.S. corporate, U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed, RMBS, ABS and CMBS securities). If the on loan securities or the reinvestment portfolio become less liquid, the Company has the liquidity resources of most of its general account available to meet any potential cash demands when securities are put back to the Company.
 
Security collateral on deposit from counterparties in connection with the securities lending transactions may not be sold or repledged, unless the counterparty is in default, and is not reflected in the interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Separately, the Company has $47 million and $46 million, at estimated fair value, of cash and security collateral on deposit from a counterparty to secure its interest in a pooled investment that is held by a third party trustee, as custodian, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. This pooled investment is included within fixed maturity securities and had an estimated fair value of $53 million and $51 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.


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Invested Assets on Deposit, Held in Trust and Pledged as Collateral
 
See “Investments — Invested Assets on Deposit, Held in Trust and Pledged as Collateral” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a table of the invested assets on deposit, invested assets held in trust and invested assets pledged as collateral at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
See also “— Investments — Securities Lending” for the amount of the Company’s cash and invested assets received from and due back to counterparties pursuant to the securities lending program.
 
Trading Securities
 
The Company has trading securities to support investment strategies that involve the active and frequent purchase and sale of securities, the execution of short sale agreements and asset and liability matching strategies for certain insurance products. In addition, the Company classifies securities held by consolidated securitization entities as trading securities, with changes in estimated fair value recorded as net investment gains (losses). Trading securities which consisted principally of publicly-traded fixed maturity and equity securities, were $3.0 billion and $2.4 billion, or 0.9% and 0.7% of total cash and invested assets at estimated fair value, at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements “Investments — Trading Securities” for tables which present information about the trading securities, related short sale agreement liabilities, investments pledged to secure short sale agreement liabilities, net investment income, changes in estimated fair value included in net investment income for trading securities and changes in estimated fair value included in net investment gains (losses) for securities held by consolidated securitization entities at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009.
 
The trading securities, securities held by consolidated securitization entities and trading (short sale agreement) liabilities, measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis and their corresponding fair value hierarchy, are presented as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Trading Securities  Trading Liabilities 
  (In millions) 
 
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1)
 $2,132   70% $87   90%
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2) (1)
  867   29   10   10 
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
  40   1   —   — 
                 
Total estimated fair value
 $3,039   100% $97   100%
                 
 
 
(1) All trading securities held by consolidated securitization entities are classified as Level 2.
 
A rollforward of the fair value measurements for trading securities measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2010, is as follows:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $83 
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in:
    
Earnings
  (1)
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements
  (24)
Transfer in and/or out of Level 3
  (18)
     
Balance, end of period
 $40 
     


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See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates” included in the 2009 Annual Report for further information on the estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported above.
 
Mortgage Loans
 
The Company’s mortgage loans are principally collateralized by commercial, agricultural and residential properties, as well as automobiles. The carrying value of mortgage loans was $57.4 billion and $50.9 billion, or 16.2% and 15.1% of total cash and invested assets at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. See “Investments — Mortgage Loans” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a table that presents the Company’s mortgage loansheld-for-investmentof $55.4 billion and $48.2 billion by type at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, as well as the components of the mortgage loansheld-for-saleof $2.0 billion and $2.7 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The information presented on Mortgage Loans herein excludes the effects of consolidating under GAAP certain VIEs that are treated as consolidated securitization entities. Such amounts are presented in the aforementioned table that presents the mortgage loansheld-for-investment.
 
Mortgage Loans by Geographic Region and Property Type.  The Company diversifies its commercial mortgage loans by both geographic region and property type to reduce the risk of concentration. See “Investments — Mortgage Loans — Mortgage Loans by Geographic Region and Property Type” in Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for tables that present the distribution across geographic regions and property types for commercial mortgage loansheld-for-investmentat March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Mortgage Loan Credit Quality — Restructured, Potentially Delinquent, Delinquent or Under Foreclosure.  The Company monitors its mortgage loan investments on an ongoing basis, including reviewing loans that are restructured, potentially delinquent, and delinquent or under foreclosure. These loan classifications are consistent with those used in industry practice.
 
The Company defines restructured mortgage loans as loans in which the Company, for economic or legal reasons related to the debtor’s financial difficulties, grants a concession to the debtor that it would not otherwise consider. The Company defines potentially delinquent loans as loans that, in management’s opinion, have a high probability of becoming delinquent in the near term. The Company defines delinquent mortgage loans, consistent with industry practice, as loans in which two or more interest or principal payments are past due. The Company defines mortgage loans under foreclosure as loans in which foreclosure proceedings have formally commenced.


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The following table presents the amortized cost and valuation allowance (amortized cost is carrying value before valuation allowances) for commercial mortgage loans, agricultural mortgage loans, and residential and consumer loansheld-for-investmentdistributed by loan classification at:
 
                                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
           % of
           % of
 
  Amortized
  % of
  Valuation
  Amortized
  Amortized
  % of
  Valuation
  Amortized
 
  Cost  Total  Allowance  Cost  Cost  Total  Allowance  Cost 
  (In millions) 
 
Commercial:
                                
Performing
 $35,103   99.3% $562   1.6% $35,066   99.7% $548   1.6%
Restructured
  54   0.2   1   1.9%  —   —   —   —%
Potentially delinquent
  32   0.1   28   87.5%  102   0.3   41   40.2%
Delinquent or under foreclosure
  162   0.4   33   20.4%  8   —   —   —%
                                 
Total
 $35,351   100.0% $624   1.8% $35,176   100.0% $589   1.7%
                                 
Agricultural (1):
                                
Performing
 $11,941   97.8% $33   0.3% $11,950   97.5% $33   0.3%
Restructured
  46   0.4   14   30.4%  36   0.3   10   27.8%
Potentially delinquent
  91   0.8   28   30.8%  128   1.0   34   26.6%
Delinquent or under foreclosure
  125   1.0   35   28.0%  141   1.2   38   27.0%
                                 
Total
 $12,203   100.0% $110   0.9% $12,255   100.0% $115   0.9%
                                 
Residential and Consumer (2):
                                
Performing
 $1,491   95.3% $16   1.1% $1,389   94.4% $16   1.2%
Restructured
  2   0.1   —   —%  1   0.1   —   —%
Potentially delinquent
  8   0.5   —   —%  10   0.7   —   —%
Delinquent or under foreclosure
  64   4.1   1   1.6%  71   4.8   1   1.4%
                                 
Total
 $1,565   100.0% $17   —% $1,471   100.0% $17   1.2%
                                 
 
 
(1) The Company diversifies its agricultural mortgage loansheld-for-investmentby both geographic region and product type. Of the $12,203 million of agricultural mortgage loans outstanding at March 31, 2010, 54% were subject to rate resets prior to maturity. A substantial portion of these loans has been successfully renegotiated and remain outstanding to maturity.
 
(2) Residential and consumer loans consist of primarily residential mortgage loans, home equity lines of credit, and automobile loansheld-for-investment.
 
Mortgage Loan Credit Quality — Monitoring Process — Commercial and Agricultural Loans.  The Company reviews all commercial mortgage loans on an ongoing basis. These reviews may include an analysis of the property financial statements and rent roll, lease rollover analysis, property inspections, market analysis, estimated valuations of the underlying collateral,loan-to-valueratios, debt service coverage ratios, and tenant creditworthiness. The monitoring process focuses on higher risk loans, which include those that are classified as restructured, potentially delinquent, delinquent or in foreclosure, as well as loans with higherloan-to-valueratios and lower debt service coverage ratios. The monitoring process for agricultural loans is generally similar, with a focus on higher risk loans, including reviews of the portfolio on a geographic and sector basis.
 
Loan-to-valueratios and debt service coverage ratios are common measures in the assessment of the quality of commercial mortgage loans.Loan-to-valueratios compare the amount of the loan to the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral. Aloan-to-valueratio greater than 100% indicates that the loan amount is greater than the collateral value. Aloan-to-valueratio of less than 100% indicates an excess of collateral value over the loan amount. The debt service coverage ratio compares a property’s net operating income to amounts needed to service the principal and interest due under the loan. For commercial loans, at March 31, 2010, the averageloan-to-valueratio was 69%, as compared to 68% at December 31, 2009, and the average debt service coverage ratio was 2.4x, as compared to 2.2x at December 31, 2009. The values utilized in calculating these ratios are developed in connection with our review of the commercial loan portfolio, and are updated routinely, including a periodic quality rating process and an evaluation of the estimated fair value of the underlying collateral.


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Mortgage Loan Credit Quality — Monitoring Process — Residential and Consumer Loans.  The Company has a conservative residential and consumer loan portfolio and does not hold any option ARMs,sub-prime,low teaser rate, or loans with aloan-to-valueratio of 100% or more. Higher risk loans include those that are classified as restructured, potentially delinquent, delinquent or in foreclosure, as well as loans with higherloan-to-valueratios and interest-only loans. The Company’s investment in residential junior lien loans and residential loans with aloan-to-valueratio of 80% or more was $67 million at March 31, 2010, and the majority of the higherloan-to-valueloans have mortgage insurance coverage which reduces theloan-to-valueratio to less than 80%. Additionally, the Company’s investment in traditional residential interest-only loans was $361 million at March 31, 2010.
 
Mortgage Loans Valuation Allowances.  Recent economic events causing deteriorating market conditions, low levels of liquidity and credit spread widening have all adversely impacted the mortgage loan markets. As a result, commercial real estate and residential and consumer loan market fundamentals, and fundamentals in certain sectors of the agricultural loan market, have weakened. The Company expects continued pressure on these fundamentals, including but not limited to declining rent growth, increased vacancies, rising delinquencies and declining property values. These deteriorating factors have been considered in the Company’s ongoing, systematic and comprehensive review of the commercial, agricultural and residential and consumer mortgage loan portfolios, resulting in higher impairments and valuation allowances for the three months ended March 31, 2010 as compared to the prior periods.
 
The Company’s valuation allowances are established both on a loan specific basis for those loans considered impaired where a property specific or market specific risk has been identified that could likely result in a future loss, as well as for pools of loans with similar risk characteristics where a property specific or market specific risk has not been identified, but for which the Company expects to incur a loss. Accordingly, a valuation allowance is provided to absorb these estimated probable credit losses. The Company records valuation allowances and gains and losses from the sale of loans in net investment gains (losses).
 
The Company records valuation allowances for loans considered to be impaired when it is probable that, based upon current information and events, the Company will be unable to collect all amounts due under the contractual terms of the loan agreement. Based on the facts and circumstances of the individual loans being impaired, loan specific valuation allowances are established for the excess carrying value of the loan over either: (i) the present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan’s original effective interest rate; (ii) the estimated fair value of the loan’s underlying collateral if the loan is in the process of foreclosure or otherwise collateral dependent; or (iii) the loan’s observable market price.
 
The Company also establishes valuation allowances for loan losses for pools of loans with similar characteristics, such as loans based on similar property types or loans with similarloan-to-valueor similar debt service coverage ratio factors when, based on past experience, it is probable that a credit event has occurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated.
 
The determination of the amount of, and additions to, valuation allowances is based upon the Company’s periodic evaluation and assessment of known and inherent risks associated with its loan portfolios. Such evaluations and assessments are based upon several factors, including the Company’s experience for loan losses, defaults and loss severity, and loss expectations for loans with similar risk characteristics. These evaluations and assessments are revised as conditions change and new information becomes available. We update our evaluations regularly, which can cause the valuation allowances to increase or decrease over time as such evaluations are revised, and such changes in the valuation allowance are also recorded in net investment gains (losses).


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The following tables present the changes in valuation allowances for commercial, agricultural and residential and consumer loansheld-for-investment:
 
                 
        Residential
    
        and
    
  Commercial  Agricultural  Consumer  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2010:
                
Balance, beginning of period
 $589  $115  $17  $721 
Additions
  37   6   —   43 
Deductions
  (2)  (11)  —   (13)
                 
Balance, at end of period
 $624  $110  $17  $751 
                 
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2009:
                
Balance, beginning of period
 $232  $61  $11  $304 
Additions
  99   28   4   131 
Deductions
  (3)  (4)  —   (7)
                 
Balance, at end of period
 $328  $85  $15  $428 
                 
 
The following table presents the Company’s valuation allowances for loans by type of credit loss at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Specific credit losses
 $139  $123 
Non-specifically identified credit losses
  612   598 
         
Total valuation allowances
 $751  $721 
         
 
The Company held $154 million and $210 million in mortgage loans which are carried at estimated fair value based on the value of the underlying collateral or independent broker quotations, if lower, of which $141 million and $202 million relate to impaired mortgage loansheld-for-investmentand $13 million and $8 million to certain mortgage loansheld-for-sale,at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. These impaired mortgage loans were recorded at estimated fair value and represent a nonrecurring fair value measurement. The estimated fair value is categorized as Level 3. Included within net investment gains (losses) for such impaired mortgage loans were net impairments of $24 million and $93 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 
Real Estate Holdings
 
The Company’s real estate holdings consist of commercial properties located primarily in the United States. The Company diversifies its real estate holdings by both geographic region and property type to reduce risk of concentration. The carrying value of the Company’s real estate, real estate joint ventures and real estateheld-for-salewas $6.9 billion, or 1.9%, of total cash and invested assets at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.


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Real estate holdings by type consisted of the following:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Carrying
  % of
  Carrying
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Real estate
 $5,478   79.8% $5,435   78.8%
Accumulated depreciation
  (1,439)  (20.9)  (1,408)  (20.4)
                 
Net real estate
  4,039   58.9   4,027   58.4 
Real estate joint ventures and funds
  2,651   38.6   2,698   39.1 
Foreclosed real estate
  136   1.9   127   1.9 
                 
Real estateheld-for-investment
  6,826   99.4%  6,852   99.4%
Real estateheld-for-sale
  40   0.6   44   0.6 
                 
Total real estate holdings
 $6,866   100.0% $6,896   100.0%
                 
 
There were no impairments recognized on real estateheld-for-salefor the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009. Impairments of real estate and real estate joint venturesheld-for-investmentwere $21 million and $24 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company’s carrying value of real estateheld-for-saleas presented above has been reduced by impairments of $1 million at both March 2010 and December 2009.
 
These real estate joint ventures were recorded at estimated fair value and represent a non-recurring fair value measurement. The estimated fair value was categorized as Level 3. Impairments to estimated fair value for such cost basis real estate joint ventures of $21 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were recognized within net investment gains (losses) and are included in the $21 million of impairments on real estate and real estate joint ventures for the three months ended March 31, 2010. There were no cost basis real estate joint ventures impairments to estimated fair value included in the $24 million of impairments on real estate and real estate joint ventures for the three months ended March 31, 2009. The estimated fair value of the impaired real estate joint ventures after these impairments was $5 million at March 31, 2010.
 
Other Limited Partnership Interests
 
The carrying value of other limited partnership interests (which primarily represent ownership interests in pooled investment funds that principally make private equity investments in companies in the United States and overseas) was $5.8 billion and $5.5 billion, or 1.7% and 1.6% of total cash and invested assets at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Included within other limited partnership interests were $1.0 billion, at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, of investments in hedge funds.
 
Impairments on cost basis limited partnership interests are recognized at estimated fair value determined from information provided in the financial statements of the underlying other limited partnership interests in the period in which the impairment is recognized. Consistent with equity securities, greater weight and consideration is given in the other limited partnership interests impairment review process, to the severity and duration of unrealized losses on such other limited partnership interests holdings. Impairments to estimated fair value for such other limited partnership interests of less than $1 million and $96 million for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, were recognized within net investment gains (losses). The estimated fair value of the impaired other limited partnership interests after these impairments was less than $1 million and $74 million at March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These impairments to estimated fair value represent non-recurring fair value measurements that have been classified as Level 3 due to the limited activity and price transparency inherent in the market for such investments.


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Other Invested Assets
 
The following table presents the carrying value of the Company’s other invested assets by type at:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
  Carrying
  % of
  Carrying
  % of
 
  Value  Total  Value  Total 
  (In millions) 
 
Freestanding derivatives with positive fair values
 $5,672   46.0% $6,133   48.2%
Leveraged leases, net of non-recourse debt
  2,222   18.0   2,227   17.5 
Joint venture investments
  1,061   8.6   977   7.7 
MSRs
  859   7.0   878   6.9 
Tax credit partnerships
  732   5.9   719   5.7 
Funds withheld at interest
  504   4.1   505   4.0 
Funding agreements
  419   3.4   409   3.2 
Other
  858   7.0   861   6.8 
                 
Total
 $12,327   100.0% $12,709   100.0%
                 
 
See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information regarding the freestanding derivatives with positive estimated fair values. See “Investments — Mortgage Servicing Rights” in Note 3 to the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information on mortgage servicing rights. Joint venture investments are accounted for on the equity method and represent the Company’s investment in insurance underwriting joint ventures in Japan, Chile and China. Tax credit partnerships are established for the purpose of investing in low-income housing and other social causes, where the primary return on investment is in the form of tax credits, and are accounted for under the equity method or under the effective yield method. Funds withheld at interest represent amounts contractually withheld by ceding companies in accordance with reinsurance agreements. Funding agreements represent arrangements where the Company has long-term interest bearing amounts on deposit with third parties and are generally stated at amortized cost.
 
Short-term Investments
 
The carrying value of short-term investments, which include investments with remaining maturities of one year or less, but greater than three months, at the time of acquisition was $8.0 billion and $8.4 billion, or 2.3% and 2.5% of total cash and invested assets at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company is exposed to concentrations of credit risk related to securities of the U.S. government and certain U.S. government agencies included within short-term investments, which were $7.2 billion and $7.5 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Cash Equivalents
 
The carrying value of cash equivalents, which include investments with an original or remaining maturity of three months or less, at the time of acquisition was $7.3 billion and $8.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company is exposed to concentrations of credit risk related to securities of the U.S. government and certain U.S. government agencies included within cash equivalents, which were $5.2 billion and $6.0 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Derivative Financial Instruments
 
Derivatives.  The Company is exposed to various risks relating to its ongoing business operations, including interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, credit risk, and equity market risk. The Company uses a variety of strategies to manage these risks, including the use of derivative instruments. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a comprehensive description of the nature of the Company’s derivative instruments, including the strategies for which derivatives are used in managing various risks.


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See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information about the notional amount, estimated fair value, and primary underlying risk exposure of Company’s derivative financial instruments, excluding embedded derivatives held at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Hedging.  See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information about:
 
  • The notional amount and estimated fair value of derivatives and non-derivative instruments designated as hedging instruments by type of hedge designation at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
  • The notional amount and estimated fair value of derivatives that are not designated or do not qualify as hedging instruments by derivative type at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
  • The statement of operations effects of derivatives in cash flow, fair value, or non-qualifying hedge relationships for the three months ended March 31, 2010 and comparable 2009 period.
 
See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk — Management of Market Risk Exposures — Hedging Activities” for more information about the Company’s use of derivatives by major hedge program.
 
Fair Value Hierarchy.  Derivatives measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis and their corresponding fair value hierarchy, are presented as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Derivative Assets  Derivative Liabilities 
  (In millions) 
 
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1)
 $30   1% $48   1%
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
  5,293   93   3,891   96 
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
  349   6   114   3 
                 
Total estimated fair value
 $5,672   100% $4,053   100%
                 
 
The valuation of Level 3 derivatives involves the use of significant unobservable inputs and generally requires a higher degree of management judgment or estimation than the valuations of Level 1 and Level 2 derivatives. Although Level 3 inputs are based on assumptions deemed appropriate given the circumstances and are assumed to be consistent with what other market participants would use when pricing such instruments, the use of different inputs or methodologies could have a material effect on the estimated fair value of Level 3 derivatives and could materially affect net income.
 
Derivatives categorized as Level 3 at March 31, 2010 include: interest rate forwards including interest rate lock commitments with certain unobservable inputs, including pull-through rates; equity variance swaps with unobservable volatility inputs or that are priced via independent broker quotations; foreign currency swaps which are cancelable and priced through independent broker quotations; interest rate swaps with maturities which extend beyond the observable portion of the yield curve; credit default swaps based upon baskets of credits having unobservable credit correlations, as well as credit default swaps with maturities which extend beyond the observable portion of the credit curves and credit default swaps priced through independent broker quotes; foreign currency forwards priced via independent broker quotations or with liquidity adjustments; implied volatility swaps with unobservable volatility inputs; equity options with unobservable volatility inputs; currency options based upon baskets of currencies having unobservable currency correlations; and credit forwards having unobservable repurchase rates.
 
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A rollforward of the fair value measurements for derivatives measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs for the three months ended March 31, 2010 is as follows:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $356 
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in:
    
Earnings
  (119)
Other comprehensive income (loss)
  3 
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements
  (5)
Transfer in and/or out of Level 3
  — 
     
Balance, end of period
 $235 
     
 
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates — Derivative Financial Instruments” in the 2009 Annual Report for further information on the estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported above.
 
Credit Risk.  See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information about how the Company manages credit risk related to its freestanding derivatives, including the use of master netting agreements and collateral arrangements.
 
Credit Derivatives.  See Note 4 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for information about the estimated fair value and maximum amount at risk related to the Company’s written credit default swaps.
 
Embedded Derivatives.  The embedded derivatives measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis and their corresponding fair value hierarchy, are presented as follows:
 
                 
  March 31, 2010 
  Net Embedded Derivatives Within 
  Asset Host Contracts  Liability Host Contracts 
  (In millions) 
 
Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1)
 $—   —% $—   —%
Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)
  —   —   (9)  (1)
Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)
  56   100   1,050   101 
                 
Total estimated fair value
 $56   100% $1,041   100%
                 
 
A rollforward of the fair value measurements for net embedded derivatives measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable (Level 3) inputs is as follows:
 
     
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 2010 
  (In millions) 
 
Balance, beginning of period
 $(1,455)
Total realized/unrealized gains (losses) included in:
    
Earnings
  519 
Other comprehensive income (loss)
  10 
Purchases, sales, issuances and settlements
  (68)
Transfer in and/or out of Level 3
  — 
     
Balance, end of period
 $(994)
     


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The valuation of the Company’s guaranteed minimum benefits includes an adjustment for the Company’s own credit. For the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company recognized net investment gains (losses) of ($86) million and 828 million, respectively, in connection with this adjustment.
 
See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates — Embedded Derivatives” included in the 2009 Annual Report for further information on the estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported above.
 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
Commitments to Fund Partnership Investments
 
The Company makes commitments to fund partnership investments in the normal course of business for the purpose of enhancing the Company’s total return on its investment portfolio. The amounts of these unfunded commitments were $3.9 billion and $4.1 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company anticipates that these amounts will be invested in partnerships over the next five years. There are no other obligations or liabilities arising from such arrangements that are reasonably likely to become material.
 
Mortgage Loan Commitments
 
The Company has issued interest rate lock commitments on certain residential mortgage loan applications totaling $2.8 billion and $2.7 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. The Company intends to sell the majority of these originated residential mortgage loans. Interest rate lock commitments to fund mortgage loans that will beheld-for-saleare considered derivatives pursuant to the guidance on derivatives and hedging, and their estimated fair value and notional amounts are included within interest rate forwards.
 
The Company also commits to lend funds under certain other mortgage loan commitments that will beheld-for-investment.The amounts of these mortgage loan commitments were $2.6 billion and $2.2 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
The purpose of the Company’s loan program is to enhance the Company’s total return on its investment portfolio. There are no other obligations or liabilities arising from such arrangements that are reasonably likely to become material.
 
Commitments to Fund Bank Credit Facilities, Bridge Loans and Private Corporate Bond Investments
 
The Company commits to lend funds under bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments. The amounts of these unfunded commitments were $1.3 billion at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009. There are no other obligations or liabilities arising from such arrangements that are reasonably likely to become material.
 
Lease Commitments
 
The Company, as lessee, has entered into various lease and sublease agreements for office space, data processing and other equipment. The Company’s commitments under such lease agreements are included within the contractual obligations table. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations— Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Company — Liquidity and Capital Uses — Contractual Obligations” in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Credit Facilities, Committed Facilities and Letters of Credit
 
The Company maintains committed and unsecured credit facilities and letters of credit with various financial institutions. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Company — Liquidity and Capital Sources — Credit and Committed Facilities,” for further descriptions of such arrangements.


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Guarantees
 
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company did not record any additional liabilities for indemnities, guarantees and commitments. The Company’s recorded liabilities were $5 million at both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, for indemnities, guarantees and commitments.
 
Collateral for Securities Lending
 
The Company has non-cash collateral for securities lending on deposit from customers, which cannot be sold or repledged, and which has not been recorded on its consolidated balance sheets. The amount of this collateral was $5 million and $6 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Overview
 
Beginning in September 2008, the global financial markets experienced unprecedented disruption, adversely affecting the business environment in general, as well as financial services companies in particular. Conditions in the financial markets have materially improved, but financial institutions may have to pay higher spreads over benchmark U.S. Treasury securities than before the market disruption began. There is still some uncertainty as to whether the stressed conditions that prevailed during the market disruption could recur, which could affect the Company’s ability to meet liquidity needs and obtain capital. The following discussion supplements the discussion in the 2009 Annual Report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
 
Liquidity Management.  Based upon the strength of its franchise, diversification of its businesses and strong financial fundamentals, we continue to believe that the Company has ample liquidity to meet business requirements under current market conditions and unlikely but reasonably possible stress scenarios. The Company’s short-term liquidity position (cash, and cash equivalents and short-term investments, excluding cash collateral received under the Company’s securities lending program that has been reinvested in cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and publicly-traded securities and cash collateral received from counterparties in connection with derivative instruments) was $11.3 billion and $11.7 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. We continuously monitor and adjust our liquidity and capital plans for the Holding Company and its subsidiaries in light of changing needs and opportunities.
 
Pending Acquisition.  On March 7, 2010, the Holding Company entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) with ALICO Holdings LLC (the “Seller”) and American International Group, Inc., pursuant to which the Holding Company agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of American Life Insurance Company (“Alico”) and Delaware American Life Insurance Company. The transaction is expected to close by the end of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and determinations, as well as other customary closing conditions.
 
Pursuant to the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Holding Company will (i) pay $6.8 billion to the Seller in cash, and (ii) issue to the Seller (a) 78,239,712 shares of its common stock, (b) 6,857,000 shares of Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Holding Company, which will be convertible into approximately 68,570,000 shares of the Holding Company’s common stock upon a favorable vote of the Holding Company’s stockholders and (c) $3.0 billion aggregate stated amount of equity units of the Holding Company (together, the “Securities”), consisting of (x) forward purchase contracts obligating the holder to purchase a variable number of shares of the Holding Company’s common stock on three specified future dates (to be determined at closing, approximately two, three and four years after closing, with an aggregate purchase price of $1 billion payable on each of those dates) for a fixed amount per purchase contract, and (y) an interest in shares of the Holding Company’s preferred stock. At a future date, the interest in the preferred stock forming part of the equity units will be mandatorily exchanged for an interest in debt securities of the Company, which will be subject to remarketing and sold to investors. Holders of the equity units who elect to include their debt securities in a remarketing can use the proceeds thereof to meet their obligations under the forward purchase contracts. The aggregate amount of the Holding Company’s common stock to be issued to the Seller in connection with the


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transaction is expected to be 214.6 million to 231.5 million shares, consisting of 78.2 million shares to be issued at closing, 68.6 million shares to be issued upon conversion of the Series B Contingent Convertible Junior Participating Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (with the stockholder vote on such conversion to be held within one year after the closing) and between 67.8 million and 84.7 million shares of common stock, in total, issuable upon settlement of the purchase contracts forming part of the equity units (in three tranches approximately two, three and four years after the closing). The ownership of the Securities is subject to an investor rights agreement, which grants to the Seller certain rights and sets forth certain agreements with respect to the Seller’s ownership, voting and transfer of the Securities. The Seller has indicated that it intends to monetize the Securities over time, subject to market conditions, following the lapse ofagreed-uponminimum holding periods.
 
Concurrently with the entry into the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Holding Company signed a commitment letter (amended and restated on March 16, 2010) with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 billion. At the Holding Company’s option, any loan under the senior credit facility will bear interest at a rate equal to (i) LIBOR plus the Applicable Margin (the Applicable Margin is 2.00% for the first 89 days after the closing date and, beginning on the 90th day after the closing date, is calculated using credit default swap rates on the Company’s senior unsecured obligations plus a margin that increases with the amount of time that has passed since the closing), or (ii) the Base Rate (to be defined as the highest of (a) the Bank of America prime rate, (b) the Federal Funds rate plus 0.50% and (c) one month LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus the Applicable Margin. In addition, on the 90th, 180th and 270th day after the closing, the Company must pay a fee (increasing over time) equal to a percentage of the amounts outstanding under the credit facility on those dates. During the continuance of any default under the senior credit facility, the Applicable Margin on obligations owing thereunder shall increase by 2% per annum (subject, in all cases other than an insolvency default or default in the payment of principal when due, to the request of the Required Lenders (as defined therein). The senior credit facility will be used to finance any portion of the cash component of the purchase price of the Alico transaction that is not financed with sales of the Company’s securities. Any borrowings under the senior credit facility must be repaid by the 364th day following the closing of the Alico transaction. Conditions precedent to closing of the senior credit facility are typical for transactions of this type, including (in addition to certain conditions precedent contained in the Stock Purchase Agreement): (i) no Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the commitment letter) since December 31, 2009 relating to the Holding Company and its subsidiaries, or November 30, 2009 relating to the Transferred Businesses (as defined in the commitment letter); (ii) long-term indebtedness of the Holding Company must be at or above a specified level as of closing; (iii) without consent of the lead arrangers, no change materially adverse to the lenders may be made in terms of the sources of funding for the transaction; and (iv) no term in the Stock Purchase Agreement may be waived adversely to the lenders without the consent of the lead arrangers.
 
The Company
 
Capital
 
The Company’s capital position is managed to maintain its financial strength and credit ratings and is supported by its ability to generate strong cash flows at the operating companies, borrow funds at competitive rates and raise additional capital to meet its operating and growth needs.
 
While the Company raised new capital from its debt issuances during the difficult market conditions prevailing since the second half of 2008, the increase in credit spreads experienced since then has resulted in an increase in the cost of such new capital. As a result of reductions in interest rates, the Company’s interest expense and dividends on floating rate securities have been lower; however, the increase in the Company’s credit spreads since the second half of 2008 has caused the Company’s credit facility fees to increase.
 
Rating Agencies.  Rating agencies assign insurer financial strength ratings to the Company’s domestic life insurance subsidiaries and credit ratings to the Holding Company and certain of its subsidiaries. The level and composition of regulatory capital at the subsidiary level and equity capital of the Company are among the many factors considered in determining the Company’s insurer financial strength and credit ratings. Each agency has its own capital adequacy evaluation methodology, and assessments are generally based on a combination of factors. In addition to heightening the level of scrutiny that they apply to insurance companies, rating agencies have increased and may continue to increase the frequency and scope of their credit reviews, may request additional information


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from the companies that they rate and may adjust upward the capital and other requirements employed in the rating agency models for maintenance of certain ratings levels.
 
The Company’s financial strength ratings for its domestic life insurance companies are “AA-/Aa3/AA-/A+” for S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, and A.M. Best, respectively. The Company’s long-term senior debt credit ratings are “A-/A3/A-/a-” for S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, and A.M. Best, respectively. The Company’s ratings outlooks and modifiers are “CreditWatch negative/Negative/Stable/Under Review with negative implications” for S&P, Moody’s, Fitch, and A.M. Best, respectively. We believe that the rating agencies will continue to review our ratings in light of the pending Alico transaction and may take further action at, or in anticipation of, the consummation of the acquisition.
 
A downgrade in the credit or insurer financial strength ratings of the Company or its subsidiaries would likely impact the cost and availability of financing for the Company and its subsidiaries and result in additional collateral requirements or other required payments under certain agreements, which are eligible to be satisfied in cash or by posting securities held by the subsidiaries subject to the agreements.
 
Statutory Capital and Dividends.  Our insurance subsidiaries have statutory surplus well above levels to meet current regulatory requirements.
 
The amount of dividends that our insurance subsidiaries can pay to the Holding Company or other parent entities is constrained by the amount of surplus we hold to maintain our ratings and provides an additional margin for risk protection and investment in our businesses. We proactively take actions to maintain capital consistent with these ratings objectives, which may include adjusting dividend amounts and deploying financial resources from internal or external sources of capital. Certain of these activities may require regulatory approval.
 
Summary of Primary Sources and Uses of Liquidity and Capital.  The Company’s primary sources and uses of liquidity and capital are described below, and summarized as follows:
 
         
  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Sources:
        
Net cash provided by operating activities
 $2,871  $— 
Net cash provided by changes in policyholder account balances
  3,127   — 
Net cash provided by changes in bank deposits
  —   604 
Net cash provided by changes in payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
  1,786   — 
Net cash provided by short-term debt issuances
  —   3,219 
Long-term debt issued
  163   469 
Collateral financing arrangements issued
  —   50 
Common stock issued to settle stock forward contracts
  —   1,035 
         
Total sources
  7,947   5,377 
         
Uses:
        
Net cash used in operating activities
  —   985 
Net cash used in investing activities
  7,598   1,618 
Net cash used for changes in policyholder account balances
  —   673 
Net cash used for changes in bank deposits
  218   — 
Net cash used for changes in payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
  —   6,718 
Net cash used for short-term debt repayments
  594   — 
Long-term debt repaid
  322   112 
Dividends on preferred stock
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  Three Months
 
  Ended
 
  March 31, 
  2010  2009 
  (In millions) 
 
Net cash used in other, net
  67   12 
Cash used in the effect of change in foreign currency exchange rates
  28   44 
         
Total uses
  8,857   10,192 
         
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 $910  $4,815 
         
 
Liquidity and Capital Sources
 
Cash Flows from Operations.  The Company’s principal cash inflows from its insurance activities come from insurance premiums, annuity considerations and deposit funds. A primary liquidity concern with respect to these cash inflows is the risk of early contractholder and policyholder withdrawal.
 
Cash Flows from Investments.  The Company’s principal cash inflows from its investment activities come from repayments of principal, proceeds from maturities, sales of invested assets and net investment income. The primary liquidity concerns with respect to these cash inflows are the risk of default by debtors and market volatility. The Company closely monitors and manages these risks through its credit risk management process.
 
Liquid Assets.  An integral part of the Company’s liquidity management is the amount of liquid assets it holds. Liquid assets include cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and publicly-traded securities, excluding: (i) cash collateral received under the Company’s securities lending program that has been reinvested in cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and publicly-traded securities; (ii) cash collateral received from counterparties in connection with derivative instruments; (iii) cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and securities on deposit with regulatory agencies; and (iv) securities held in trust in support of collateral financing arrangements and pledged in support of debt and funding agreements. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company had $166.8 billion and $158.4 billion in liquid assets, respectively. For further discussion of invested assets on deposit with regulatory agencies, held in trust in support of collateral financing arrangements and pledged in support of debt and funding agreements, see “— Investments — Invested Assets on Deposit, Held in Trust and Pledged as Collateral.”
 
Global Funding Sources.  Liquidity is also provided by a variety of short-term instruments, including repurchase agreements and commercial paper. Capital is provided by a variety of instruments, including medium- and long-term debt, junior subordinated debt securities, capital securities and equity securities. The diversity of the Company’s funding sources, including funding that may be available through certain economic stabilization programs established by various government institutions, enhances funding flexibility, limits dependence on any one source of funds and generally lowers the cost of funds. The Company’s global funding sources are set forth below:
 
  • The Holding Company and MetLife Funding, Inc. (“MetLife Funding”) each have commercial paper programs supported by our $2.85 billion general corporate credit facility. MetLife Funding, a subsidiary of MLIC, serves as a centralized finance unit for the Company. Pursuant to a support agreement, MLIC has agreed to cause MetLife Funding to have a tangible net worth of at least one dollar. At both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, MetLife Funding had a tangible net worth of $12 million. MetLife Funding raises cash from various funding sources and uses the proceeds to extend loans, through MetLife Credit Corp., another subsidiary of MLIC, to the Holding Company, MLIC and other affiliates in order to enhance the financial flexibility and liquidity of these companies. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, MetLife Funding had total outstanding liabilities for its commercial paper program, including accrued interest payable, of $317 million and $319 million, respectively.
 
  • The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Commercial Paper Funding Facility (“CPFF”) was initiated in 2008 to improve liquidity in short-term funding markets by increasing the availability of term commercial paper funding to issuers and by providing greater assurance to both issuers and investors that firms will be

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 able to rollover their maturing commercial paper. MetLife Short Term Funding LLC, the issuer of commercial paper under a program supported by funding agreements issued by MLIC and MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (“MICC”), and MetLife Funding were both accepted for the CPFF in 2008. Neither MetLife Short Term Funding nor MetLife Funding had drawn funds under this program in 2009 or 2010. The CPFF expired on February 1, 2010.
 
  • MetLife Bank is a depository institution that is approved to use the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Discount Window borrowing privileges and participate in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Term Auction Facility. To utilize these facilities, MetLife Bank has pledged qualifying loans and investment securities to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as collateral. At both March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, MetLife Bank had no liability for advances from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York under these facilities.
 
  • As a member of the FHLB of NY, MetLife Bank has entered into repurchase agreements with the FHLB of NY on both short- and long-term bases, with a total liability for repurchase agreements with the FHLB of NY of $1.9 billion and $2.4 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively.
 
  • The Holding Company and MetLife Bank elected to participate in the debt guarantee component of the FDIC’s Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program (the “FDIC Program”). On March 26, 2009, the Holding Company issued $397 million of floating-rate senior notes due June 2012 under the FDIC Program, representing all of the Holding Company’s capacity under the FDIC Program. MetLife Bank let its capacity to issue up to $178 million of guaranteed debt under the FDIC Program expire unused when the program ended on October 31, 2009.
 
  • In addition, the Company had obligations under funding agreements with the FHLB of NY of $13.6 billion and $13.7 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, for MLIC and with the FHLB of Boston of $125 million and $326 million at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, for MICC. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Outstanding Debt.  The following table summarizes the outstanding debt of the Company at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009
  (In millions)
 
Short-term debt
 $318  $912 
Long-term debt (1)
 $13,071  $13,220 
Collateral financing arrangements
 $5,297  $5,297 
Junior subordinated debt securities
 $3,191  $3,191 
 
 
(1) Excludes $7,106 million and $0 at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, of long-term debt relating to consolidated securitization entities. See Note 3 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Credit and Committed Facilities.  The Company maintains unsecured credit facilities and committed facilities, which aggregated $3.2 billion and $12.8 billion, respectively, at March 31, 2010. When drawn upon, these facilities bear interest at varying rates in accordance with the respective agreements.
 
Information on the unsecured credit facilities used for general corporate purposes is as follows at March 31, 2010:
 
                   
       Letter of
       
       Credit
     Unused
 
Borrower(s) Expiration Capacity  Issuances  Drawdowns  Commitments 
    (In millions) 
 
MetLife, Inc. and MetLife Funding, Inc. 
 June 2012 (1) $2,850  $132  $—  $2,718 
MetLife Bank, N.A
 August 2010  300   —   —   300 
                   
Total
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(1) Proceeds are available to be used for general corporate purposes, to support the borrowers’ commercial paper programs and for the issuance of letters of credit. All borrowings under the credit agreement must be repaid by June 2012, except that letters of credit outstanding upon termination may remain outstanding until June 2013.
 
Information on the committed facilities used for collateral for certain of the Company’s affiliated reinsurance liabilities is as follows at March 31, 2010:
 
                       
       Letter of
          
       Credit
     Unused
  Maturity
 
Account Party/Borrower(s) Expiration Capacity  Issuances  Drawdowns  Commitments  (Years) 
    (In millions) 
 
MetLife, Inc. 
 August 2010 $300  $300  $—  $—   — 
MetLife, Inc. 
 December 2010  1,500   494   —   1,006   — 
Exeter Reassurance Company Ltd., MetLife, Inc., & Missouri Reinsurance (Barbados), Inc. 
 June 2016 (1)  500   490   —   10   6 
Exeter Reassurance Company Ltd. 
 December 2027 (2)  650   490   —   160   17 
MetLife Reinsurance Company of South Carolina & MetLife, Inc. 
 June 2037  3,500   —   2,797   703   27 
MetLife Reinsurance Company of Vermont & MetLife, Inc. 
 December 2037 (2)  2,896   1,513   —   1,383   27 
MetLife Reinsurance Company of Vermont & MetLife, Inc. 
 September 2038 (2)  3,500   1,773   —   1,727   28 
                       
Total
   $12,846  $5,060  $2,797  $4,989     
                       
 
 
(1) Letters of credit and replacements or renewals thereof issued under this facility of $280 million, $10 million and $200 million are set to expire no later than December 2015, March 2016 and June 2016, respectively.
 
(2) The Holding Company is a guarantor under this agreement.
 
Concurrently with the entry into the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Holding Company signed a commitment letter (amended and restated on March 16, 2010) with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 billion. The senior credit facility will be used to finance any portion of the cash component of the purchase price of the Alico transaction that is not financed with sales of the Company’s securities. See “—  Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview.”
 
We have no reason to believe that our lending counterparties will be unable to fulfill their respective contractual obligations under these facilities. As commitments associated with letters of credit and financing arrangements may expire unused, these amounts do not necessarily reflect the Company’s actual future cash funding requirements.
 
Covenants.  Certain of the Company’s debt instruments, credit facilities and committed facilities contain various administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants. The Company believes it was in compliance with all covenants at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Common Stock.  During the three months ended March 31, 2010, 332,121 shares of common stock were issued from treasury stock for $18 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2010, 227,078 shares were newly issued for proceeds of $7 million.
 
Liquidity and Capital Uses
 
Debt Repayments.  During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, MetLife Bank made repayments of $114 million and $100 million, respectively, to the FHLB of NY related to long-term borrowings. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, MetLife Bank made repayments to the FHLB of NY related to short-term borrowings of $1.0 billion and $6.1 billion, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2009, MetLife Bank made repayments related to short-term borrowings to the Federal Reserve


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Bank of New York of $2.6 billion. No repayments were made to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
 
Insurance Liabilities.  The Company’s principal cash outflows primarily relate to the liabilities associated with its various life insurance, property and casualty, annuity and group pension products, operating expenses and income tax, as well as principal and interest on its outstanding debt obligations. Liabilities arising from its insurance activities primarily relate to benefit payments under the aforementioned products, as well as payments for policy surrenders, withdrawals and loans. For annuity or deposit type products, surrender or lapse product behavior differs somewhat by segment. In the Retirement Products segment, which includes individual annuities, lapses and surrenders tend to occur in the normal course of business. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, general account surrenders and withdrawals from annuity products were $847 million and $1,413 million, respectively. In the Corporate Benefit Funding segment, which includes pension closeouts, bank owned life insurance, other fixed annuity contracts, as well as funding agreements and other capital market products (including funding agreements with the FHLB of NY and the FHLB of Boston), most of the products offered have fixed maturities or fairly predictable surrenders or withdrawals. With regard to Corporate Benefit Funding liabilities that provide customers with limited liquidity rights, at March 31, 2010 there were $1,606 million of funding agreements and other capital market products that could be put back to the Company after a period of notice. Of these liabilities, $1,565 million were subject to notice periods between 15 and 90 days. The remainder of the balance was subject to a notice period of 6 months. An additional $460 million of Corporate Benefit Funding liabilities were subject to credit ratings downgrade triggers that permit early termination subject to a notice period of 90 days.
 
Dividends.  Common stock dividend decisions are determined by the Holding Company’s Board of Directors after taking into consideration factors such as the Company’s current earnings, expected medium- and long-term earnings, financial condition, regulatory capital position, and applicable governmental regulations and policies. The payment of dividends and other distributions to the Holding Company by its insurance subsidiaries is regulated by insurance laws and regulations.
 
Information on the declaration, record and payment dates, as well as per share and aggregate dividend amounts, for the Holding Company’s Floating Rate Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series A and 6.500% Non-Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series B is as follows for the three months ended March 31, 2010:
 
                     
      Dividend
      Series A
 Series A
 Series B
 Series B
Declaration Date Record Date Payment Date Per Share Aggregate Per Share Aggregate
      (In millions, except per share data)
 
March 5, 2010
 February 28, 2010 March 15, 2010 $0.2500000  $6  $0.4062500  $24 
 
Residential Mortgage LoansHeld-for-Sale.  At March 31, 2010, the Company held $2,003 million in residential mortgage loansheld-for-sale,compared with $2,728 million at December 31, 2009, a decrease of $725 million. From time to time, MetLife Bank has an increased cash need to fund mortgage loans that it generally holds for a relatively short period before selling them to one of the government-sponsored enterprises such as FNMA or FHLMC. To meet these increased funding requirements, as well as to increase overall liquidity, MetLife Bank takes advantage of collateralized borrowing opportunities with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the FHLB of NY. For further detail on MetLife Bank’s use of these funding sources, see “— The Company — Liquidity and Capital Sources — Global Funding Sources.”
 
Investment and Other.  Additional cash outflows include those related to obligations of securities lending activities, investments in real estate, limited partnerships and joint ventures, as well as litigation-related liabilities. Also, the Company pledges collateral to, and has collateral pledged to it by, counterparties under the Company’s current derivative transactions. With respect to derivative transactions with credit ratings downgrade triggers, a two-notch downgrade would have increased the Company’s derivative collateral requirements by $157 million at March 31, 2010. In addition, the Company has pledged collateral and has had collateral pledged to it, and may be required from time to time to pledge additional collateral or be entitled to have additional collateral pledged to it, in connection with collateral financing arrangements related to the reinsurance of closed block liabilities and universal life secondary guarantee liabilities.


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Securities Lending.  The Company participates in a securities lending program whereby blocks of securities, which are included in fixed maturity securities and short-term investments, are loaned to third parties, primarily brokerage firms and commercial banks, and the Company receives cash collateral from the borrower, which must be returned to the borrower when the loaned securities are returned to the Company. Under the Company’s securities lending program, the Company was liable for cash collateral under its control of $23.3 billion and $21.5 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively. Of these amounts, $3.9 billion and $3.3 billion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively, were on open terms, meaning that the related loaned security could be returned to the Company on the next business day upon return of cash collateral. Of the $3.8 billion of estimated fair value of the securities related to the cash collateral on open terms at March 31, 2010, $3.6 billion were U.S. Treasury, agency and government guaranteed securities which, if put to the Company, can be immediately sold to satisfy the cash requirements. See “— Investments — Securities Lending” for further information.
 
Contractual Obligations.  See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Company — Liquidity and Capital Uses — Contractual Obligations” in the 2009 Annual Report for additional information on the Company’s contractual obligations.
 
On March 7, 2010, the Holding Company entered into the Stock Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Holding Company agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Alico and Delaware American Life Insurance Company. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview.”
 
Support Agreements.  The Holding Company and several of its subsidiaries (each, an “Obligor”) are parties to various capital support commitments, guarantees and contingent reinsurance agreements with certain subsidiaries of the Holding Company and a corporation in which the Holding Company owns 50% of the equity. Under these arrangements, each Obligor, with respect to the applicable entity, has agreed to cause such entity to meet specified capital and surplus levels, has guaranteed certain contractual obligations or has agreed to provide, upon the occurrence of certain contingencies, reinsurance for such entity’s insurance liabilities. We anticipate that in the event that these arrangements place demands upon the Company, there will be sufficient liquidity and capital to enable the Company to meet anticipated demands. See “— Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Holding Company — Liquidity and Capital Uses — Support Agreements”.
 
Litigation.  Putative or certified class action litigation and other litigation, and claims and assessments against the Company, in addition to those discussed elsewhere herein and those otherwise provided for in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, have arisen in the course of the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, in connection with its activities as an insurer, employer, investor, investment advisor and taxpayer. Further, state insurance regulatory authorities and other federal and state authorities regularly make inquiries and conduct investigations concerning the Company’s compliance with applicable insurance and other laws and regulations.
 
It is not possible to predict or determine the ultimate outcome of all pending investigations and legal proceedings or provide reasonable ranges of potential losses except as noted elsewhere herein in connection with specific matters. In some of the matters referred to herein, very largeand/orindeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, are sought. Although in light of these considerations, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain cases could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial position, based on information currently known by the Company’s management, in its opinion, the outcome of such pending investigations and legal proceedings are not likely to have such an effect. However, given the largeand/orindeterminate amounts sought in certain of these matters and the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain matters could, from time to time, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated net income or cash flows in particular quarterly or annual periods.
 
The Holding Company
 
Capital
 
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capital guidelines issued by the federal banking regulatory agencies for banks and financial holding companies. The federal banking regulatory agencies are required by law to take specific prompt corrective actions with respect to institutions that do not meet minimum capital standards. At their most recently filed reports with the federal banking regulatory agencies, the Holding Company and MetLife Bank met the minimum capital standards as per federal banking regulatory agencies with all of MetLife Bank’s risk-based and leverage capital ratios meeting the federal banking regulatory agencies “well capitalized” standards and all of the Holding Company’s risk-based and leverage capital ratios meeting the “adequately capitalized” standards.
 
Liquidity and Capital Sources
 
Dividends from Subsidiaries.  The Holding Company relies in part on dividends from its subsidiaries to meet its cash requirements. The Holding Company’s insurance subsidiaries are subject to regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends imposed by the regulators of their respective domiciles. The dividend limitation for U.S. insurance subsidiaries is generally based on the surplus to policyholders at the end of the immediately preceding calendar year and statutory net gain from operations for the immediately preceding calendar year. Statutory accounting practices, as prescribed by insurance regulators of various states in which the Company conducts business, differ in certain respects from accounting principles used in financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP. The significant differences relate to the treatment of DAC, certain deferred income tax, required investment liabilities, statutory reserve calculation assumptions, goodwill and surplus notes. Management of the Holding Company cannot provide assurances that the Holding Company’s insurance subsidiaries will have statutory earnings to support payment of dividends to the Holding Company in an amount sufficient to fund its cash requirements and pay cash dividends and that the applicable insurance departments will not disapprove any dividends that such insurance subsidiaries must submit for approval.
 
The table below sets forth the dividends permitted to be paid by the respective insurance subsidiary without insurance regulatory approval:
 
     
  2010
  Permitted w/o
Company Approval (1)
  (In millions)
 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 $1,262 
MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut
 $659 
Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company
 $93 
Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company
 $— 
 
 
(1) Reflects dividend amounts that may be paid during 2010 without prior regulatory approval. However, because dividend tests may be based on dividends previously paid over rolling12-monthperiods, if paid before a specified date during 2010, some or all of such dividends may require regulatory approval. None of these available amounts have been paid as of March 31, 2010.
 
Liquid Assets.  An integral part of the Holding Company’s liquidity management is the amount of liquid assets it holds. Liquid assets include cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and publicly-traded securities. Liquid assets exclude cash collateral received under the Company’s securities lending program that has been reinvested in cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and publicly-traded securities. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Holding Company had $3.9 billion and $3.8 billion in liquid assets, respectively. In addition, the Holding Company has pledged collateral and has had collateral pledged to it, and may be required from time to time to pledge additional collateral or be entitled to have additional collateral pledged to it. At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Holding Company had pledged $357 million and $289 million, respectively, of liquid assets under collateral support agreements.
 
Global Funding Sources.  Liquidity is also provided by a variety of short-term instruments, including commercial paper. Capital is provided by a variety of instruments, including medium- and long-term debt, junior subordinated debt securities, collateral financing arrangements, capital securities and stockholders’ equity. The diversity of the Holding Company’s funding sources enhances funding flexibility, limits dependence on any one


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source of funds and generally lowers the cost of funds. Other sources of the Holding Company’s liquidity include programs for short-and long-term borrowing, as needed.
 
The Holding Company has an effective shelf registration statement. Subject to applicable regulatory restrictions or approvals, the Holding Company may issue an unlimited amount of debt and equity securities pursuant to this registration statement. The terms of any offering will be established at the time of the offering.
 
We continuously monitor and adjust our liquidity and capital plans for the Holding Company and its subsidiaries in light of changing requirements and market conditions.
 
Outstanding Debt.  The following table summarizes the outstanding debt of the Holding Company at:
 
         
  March 31, 2010 December 31, 2009
  (In millions)
 
Long-term debt — unaffiliated
 $10,386  $10,458 
Long-term debt — affiliated
 $500  $500 
Collateral financing arrangements
 $2,797  $2,797 
Junior subordinated debt securities
 $1,748  $1,748 
 
Credit and Committed Facilities.  The Holding Company, along with MetLife Funding, maintains a $2.85 billion unsecured credit facility, as amended in 2008, the proceeds of which are available to be used for general corporate purposes. At March 31, 2010, the Holding Company had outstanding $132 million in letters of credit and no drawdowns against this facility. Remaining unused commitments were $2.7 billion at March 31, 2010.
 
The Holding Company maintains committed facilities with a capacity of $1.8 billion. At March 31, 2010, the Holding Company had outstanding $794 million in letters of credit and no drawdowns against these facilities. Remaining unused commitments were $1.0 billion at March 31, 2010. In addition, the Holding Company is a party to committed facilities of certain of its subsidiaries, which aggregated $11.0 billion at March 31, 2010. The committed facilities are used as collateral for certain of the Company’s affiliated reinsurance liabilities.
 
See “— The Company — Liquidity and Capital Sources — Credit and Committed Facilities” for further detail on these facilities.
 
Concurrently with the entry into the Stock Purchase Agreement, the Holding Company signed a commitment letter (amended and restated on March 16, 2010) with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 billion. The senior credit facility will be used to finance any portion of the cash component of the purchase price of the Alico transaction that is not financed with sales of the Company’s securities. See “—  Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview.”
 
Covenants.  Certain of the Holding Company’s debt instruments, credit facilities and committed facilities contain various administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants. The Holding Company believes it was in compliance with all covenants at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009.
 
Liquidity and Capital Uses
 
The primary uses of liquidity of the Holding Company include debt service, cash dividends on common and preferred stock, capital contributions to subsidiaries, payment of general operating expenses and acquisitions. Based on our analysis and comparison of our current and future cash inflows from the dividends we receive from subsidiaries that are permitted to be paid without prior insurance regulatory approval, our asset portfolio and other cash flows and anticipated access to the capital markets, we believe there will be sufficient liquidity and capital to enable the Holding Company to make payments on debt, make cash dividend payments on its common and preferred stock, contribute capital to its subsidiaries, pay all operating expenses and meet its cash needs.
 
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The Holding Company lends funds, as necessary, to its subsidiaries, some of which are regulated, to meet their capital requirements. Such loans are included in loans to subsidiaries and consisted of the following at:
 
             
Subsidiaries Interest Rate Maturity Date March 31, 2010  December 31, 2009 
      (In millions) 
 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 6-month LIBOR + 1.80% December 31, 2011 $775  $775 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 6-month LIBOR + 1.80% December 31, 2011  300   300 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 7.13% December 15, 2032  400   400 
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
 7.13% January 15, 2033  100   100 
             
Total
     $1,575  $1,575 
             
 
Debt Repayments.  None of the Holding Company’s debt is due before December 2011, so there is no near-term debt refinancing risk.
 
Support Agreements.  The Holding Company has guaranteed the obligations of its subsidiary, Missouri Reinsurance (Barbados) Inc. (“MoRe”), under a retrocession agreement with RGA Reinsurance (Barbados) Inc., pursuant to which MoRe retrocedes certain group term life insurance issued by MLIC. For further information on support agreements entered into by the Holding Company, see “— The Company — Liquidity and Capital Uses — Support Agreements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Holding Company — Liquidity and Capital Uses — Support Agreements” in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
 
See “Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements” in Note 1 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
 
See “Future Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements” in Note 1 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Subsequent Events
 
On April 19, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with a third party to sell MetLife Taiwan Insurance Company Limited (“MetLife Taiwan”) for approximately $113 million in cash consideration. The total equity of MetLife Taiwan was $218 million, including accumulated other comprehensive income of $54 million, at March 31, 2010. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2010, subject to certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
 
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
 
Risk Management
 
The Company must effectively manage, measure and monitor the market risk associated with its assets and liabilities. It has developed an integrated process for managing risk, which it conducts through its Enterprise Risk Management Department, Asset/Liability Management Unit, Treasury Department and Investment Department along with the management of the business segments. The Company has established and implemented comprehensive policies and procedures at both the corporate and business segment level to minimize the effects of potential market volatility.
 
The Company regularly analyzes its exposure to interest rate, equity market price and foreign currency exchange rate risks. As a result of that analysis, the Company has determined that the estimated fair values of certain assets and liabilities are materially exposed to changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and changes in the equity markets.
 
Enterprise Risk Management.  MetLife has established several financial and non-financial senior management committees as part of its risk management process. These committees manage capital and risk positions, approve asset/liability management strategies and establish appropriate corporate business standards.


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MetLife also has a separate Enterprise Risk Management Department, which is responsible for risk throughout MetLife and reports to MetLife’s Chief Risk Officer. The Enterprise Risk Management Department’s primary responsibilities consist of:
 
  • implementing a Board of Directors approved corporate risk framework, which outlines the Company’s approach for managing risk on an enterprise-wide basis;
 
  • developing policies and procedures for managing, measuring, monitoring and controlling those risks identified in the corporate risk framework;
 
  • establishing appropriate corporate risk tolerance levels;
 
  • deploying capital on an economic capital basis; and
 
  • reporting on a periodic basis to the Finance and Risk Policy Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, and with respect to credit risk to the Investment Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors and various financial and non-financial senior management committees.
 
Asset/Liability Management.  The Company actively manages its assets using an approach that balances quality, diversification, asset/liability matching, liquidity, concentration and investment return. The goals of the investment process are to optimize, net of income tax, risk-adjusted investment income and risk-adjusted total return while ensuring that the assets and liabilities are reasonably managed on a cash flow and duration basis. The asset/liability management process is the shared responsibility of the Financial Risk Management and Asset/Liability Management Unit, Enterprise Risk Management, the Portfolio Management Unit, and the senior members of the operating business segments and is governed by the ALM Committee. The ALM Committee’s duties include reviewing and approving target portfolios, establishing investment guidelines and limits and providing oversight of the ALM process on a periodic basis. The directives of the ALM Committee are carried out and monitored through ALM Working Groups which are set up to manage by product type.
 
MetLife establishes target asset portfolios for each major insurance product, which represent the investment strategies used to profitably fund its liabilities within acceptable levels of risk. These strategies are monitored through regular review of portfolio metrics, such as effective duration, yield curve sensitivity, convexity, liquidity, asset sector concentration and credit quality by the ALM Working Groups.
 
Market Risk Exposures
 
The Company has exposure to market risk through its insurance operations and investment activities. For purposes of this disclosure, “market risk” is defined as the risk of loss resulting from changes in interest rates, equity prices and foreign currency exchange rates.
 
Interest Rates.  The Company’s exposure to interest rate changes results most significantly from its holdings of fixed maturity securities, as well as its interest rate sensitive liabilities. The fixed maturity securities include U.S. and foreign government bonds, securities issued by government agencies, corporate bonds and mortgage-backed securities, all of which are mainly exposed to changes in medium- and long-term interest rates. The interest rate sensitive liabilities for purposes of this disclosure include debt, policyholder account balances related to certain investment type contracts, and net embedded derivatives on variable annuities with guaranteed minimum benefits which have the same type of interest rate exposure (medium- and long-term interest rates) as fixed maturity securities. The Company employs product design, pricing and asset/liability management strategies to reduce the adverse effects of interest rate movements. Product design and pricing strategies include the use of surrender charges or restrictions on withdrawals in some products and the ability to reset credited rates for certain products. Asset/liability management strategies include the use of derivatives and duration mismatch limits. See “Risk Factors — Changes in Market Interest Rates May Significantly Affect Our Profitability.”
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.  The Company’s exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar results from its holdings innon-U.S. dollardenominated fixed maturity and equity securities, mortgage and consumer loans, and certain liabilities, as well as through its investments in foreign subsidiaries. The principal currencies that create foreign currency exchange rate risk in the Company’s investment portfolios are the Euro, and the Canadian dollar. The principal currencies that create foreign currency exchange risk


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in the Company’s liabilities are the British pound, the Euro and the Swiss franc. Selectively, the Company uses U.S. dollar assets to support certain long duration foreign currency liabilities. Through its investments in foreign subsidiaries and joint ventures, the Company was primarily exposed to the Mexican peso, the Japanese yen, the South Korean won, the Canadian dollar, the British pound, the Chilean peso, the Australian dollar, the Argentine peso and the Hong Kong dollar. In addition to hedging with foreign currency swaps, forwards and options, local surplus in some countries, is held entirely or in part in U.S. dollar assets which further minimizes exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation risk. The Company has matched much of its foreign currency liabilities in its foreign subsidiaries with their respective foreign currency assets, thereby reducing its risk to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation.
 
Equity Prices.  The Company has exposure to equity prices through certain liabilities that involve long-term guarantees on equity performance such as net embedded derivatives on variable annuities with guaranteed minimum benefits, certain policyholder account balances along with investments in equity securities. We manage this risk on an integrated basis with other risks through our asset/liability management strategies including the dynamic hedging of certain variable annuity guarantee benefits. The Company also manages equity price risk incurred in its investment portfolio through the use of derivatives. Equity exposures associated with other limited partnership interests are excluded from this section as they are not considered financial instruments under GAAP.
 
Management of Market Risk Exposures
 
The Company uses a variety of strategies to manage interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate and equity price risk, including the use of derivative instruments.
 
Interest Rate Risk Management.  To manage interest rate risk, the Company analyzes interest rate risk using various models, including multi-scenario cash flow projection models that forecast cash flows of the liabilities and their supporting investments, including derivative instruments. These projections involve evaluating the potential gain or loss on most of the Company’s in-force business under various increasing and decreasing interest rate environments. The New York State Insurance Department regulations require that MetLife perform some of these analyses annually as part of MetLife’s review of the sufficiency of its regulatory reserves. For several of its legal entities, the Company maintains segmented operating and surplus asset portfolios for the purpose of asset/liability management and the allocation of investment income to product lines. For each segment, invested assets greater than or equal to the GAAP liabilities less the DAC asset and any non-invested assets allocated to the segment are maintained, with any excess swept to the surplus segment. The operating segments may reflect differences in legal entity, statutory line of business and any product market characteristic which may drive a distinct investment strategy with respect to duration, liquidity or credit quality of the invested assets. Certain smaller entities make use of unsegmented general accounts for which the investment strategy reflects the aggregate characteristics of liabilities in those entities. The Company measures relative sensitivities of the value of its assets and liabilities to changes in key assumptions utilizing Company models. These models reflect specific product characteristics and include assumptions based on current and anticipated experience regarding lapse, mortality and interest crediting rates. In addition, these models include asset cash flow projections reflecting interest payments, sinking fund payments, principal payments, bond calls, mortgage prepayments and defaults.
 
Common industry metrics, such as duration and convexity, are also used to measure the relative sensitivity of assets and liability values to changes in interest rates. In computing the duration of liabilities, consideration is given to all policyholder guarantees and to how the Company intends to set indeterminate policy elements such as interest credits or dividends. Each asset portfolio has a duration target based on the liability duration and the investment objectives of that portfolio. Where a liability cash flow may exceed the maturity of available assets, as is the case with certain retirement and non-medical health products, the Company may support such liabilities with equity investments, derivatives or curve mismatch strategies.
 
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  • The Company’s Treasury Department is responsible for managing the exposure to investments in foreign subsidiaries. Limits to exposures are established and monitored by the Treasury Department and managed by the Investment Department.
 
  • The Investment Department is responsible for managing the exposure to foreign currency investments. Exposure limits to unhedged foreign currency investments are incorporated into the standing authorizations granted to management by the Board of Directors and are reported to the Board of Directors on a periodic basis.
 
  • The lines of business are responsible for establishing limits and managing any foreign exchange rate exposure caused by the sale or issuance of insurance products.
 
MetLife uses foreign currency swaps and forwards to hedge its foreign currency denominated fixed income investments, its equity exposure in subsidiaries and its foreign currency exposures caused by the sale of insurance products.
 
Equity Price Risk Management.  Equity price risk incurred through the issuance of variable annuities is managed by the Company’s Asset/Liability Management Unit in partnership with the Investment Department. Equity price risk is also incurred through its investment in equity securities and is managed by its Investment Department. MetLife uses derivatives to hedge its equity exposure both in certain liability guarantees such as variable annuities with guaranteed minimum benefit and equity securities. These derivatives include exchange-traded equity futures, equity index options contracts and equity variance swaps. The Company also employs reinsurance to manage these exposures.
 
Hedging Activities.  MetLife uses derivative contracts primarily to hedge a wide range of risks including interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, and equity risk. Derivative hedges are designed to reduce risk on an economic basis while considering their impact on accounting results and GAAP and Statutory capital. The construction of the Company’s derivative hedge programs vary depending on the type of risk being hedged. Some hedge programs are asset or liability specific while others are portfolio hedges that reduce risk related to a group of liabilities or assets. The Company’s use of derivatives by major hedge programs is as follows:
 
  • Risks Related to Living Guarantee Benefits — The Company uses a wide range of derivative contracts to hedge the risk associated with variable annuity living guarantee benefits. These hedges include equity and interest rate futures, interest rate swaps, currency futures/forwards, equity indexed options and interest rate option contracts and equity variance swaps.
 
  • Minimum Interest Rate Guarantees — For certain Company liability contracts, the Company provides the contractholder a guaranteed minimum interest rate. These contracts include certain fixed annuities and other insurance liabilities. The Company purchases interest rate floors to reduce risk associated with these liability guarantees.
 
  • Reinvestment Risk in Long Duration Liability Contracts — Derivatives are used to hedge interest rate risk related to certain long duration liability contracts, such as long-term care. Hedges include zero coupon interest rate swaps and swaptions.
 
  • Foreign Currency Risk — The Company uses currency swaps and forwards to hedge foreign currency risk. These hedges primarily swap foreign currency denominated bonds, investments in foreign subsidiaries or equity exposures to U.S. dollars.
 
  • General ALM Hedging Strategies — In the ordinary course of managing the Company’s asset/liability risks, the Company uses interest rate futures, interest rate swaps, interest rate caps, interest rate floors and inflation swaps. These hedges are designed to reduce interest rate risk or inflation risk related to the existing assets or liabilities or related to expected future cash flows.
 
Risk Measurement: Sensitivity Analysis
 
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estimates the potential changes in estimated fair value based on a hypothetical 10% change (increase or decrease) in interest rates, equity market prices and foreign currency exchange rates. The Company believes that a 10% change (increase or decrease) in these market rates and prices is reasonably possible in the near-term. In performing the analysis summarized below, the Company used market rates at March 31, 2010. The sensitivity analysis separately calculates each of the Company’s market risk exposures (interest rate, equity price and foreign currency exchange rate) relating to its trading and non trading assets and liabilities. The Company modeled the impact of changes in market rates and prices on the estimated fair values of its market sensitive assets and liabilities as follows:
 
  • the net present values of its interest rate sensitive exposures resulting from a 10% change (increase or decrease) in interest rates;
 
  • the U.S. dollar equivalent estimated fair values of the Company’s foreign currency exposures due to a 10% change (increase or decrease) in foreign currency exchange rates; and
 
  • the estimated fair value of its equity positions due to a 10% change (increase or decrease) in equity market prices.
 
The sensitivity analysis is an estimate and should not be viewed as predictive of the Company’s future financial performance. The Company cannot ensure that its actual losses in any particular period will not exceed the amounts indicated in the table below. Limitations related to this sensitivity analysis include:
 
  • the market risk information is limited by the assumptions and parameters established in creating the related sensitivity analysis, including the impact of prepayment rates on mortgages;
 
  • the derivatives that qualify as hedges, the impact on reported earnings may be materially different from the change in market values;
 
  • the analysis excludes other significant real estate holdings and liabilities pursuant to insurance contracts; and
 
  • the model assumes that the composition of assets and liabilities remains unchanged throughout the period.
 
Accordingly, the Company uses such models as tools and not as substitutes for the experience and judgment of its management. Based on its analysis of the impact of a 10% change (increase or decrease) in market rates and prices, MetLife has determined that such a change could have a material adverse effect on the estimated fair value of certain assets and liabilities from interest rate, foreign currency exchange rate and equity exposures.
 
The table below illustrates the potential loss in estimated fair value for each market risk exposure of the Company’s market sensitive assets and liabilities at March 31, 2010:
 
     
  March 31, 2010
  (In millions)
 
Non-trading:
    
Interest rate risk
 $5,006 
Foreign currency exchange rate risk
 $943 
Equity price risk
 $284 
Trading:
    
Interest rate risk
 $8 
Foreign currency exchange rate risk
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Sensitivity Analysis:  Interest Rates.  The table below provides additional detail regarding the potential loss in fair value of the Company’s trading and non-trading interest sensitive financial instruments at March 31, 2010 by type of asset or liability:
 
             
  March 31, 2010 
        Assuming a
 
     Estimated
  10% Increase
 
  Notional
  Fair
  in the Yield
 
  Amount  Value (3)  Curve 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets:
            
Fixed maturity securities
     $239,566  $(5,241)
Equity securities
      3,066   — 
Trading securities
      3,039   (11)
Mortgage loans:
            
Held-for-investment
      54,569   (338)
Held-for-sale
      2,003   (15)
             
Mortgage loans, net
      56,572   (353)
Policy loans
      11,407   (203)
Real estate joint ventures (1)
      113   — 
Other limited partnership interests (1)
      1,695   — 
Short-term investments
      8,019   (4)
Other invested assets:
            
Mortgage servicing rights
      859   83 
Other
      1,267   — 
Cash and cash equivalents
      9,202   — 
Accrued investment income
      3,392   — 
Premiums, reinsurance and other receivables
      3,310   (326)
Other assets
      430   (7)
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (2)
      56   (10)
Mortgage loan commitments
 $2,604   (30)  (6)
Commitments to fund bank credit facilities, bridge loans and private corporate bond investments
 $1,272   (49)  — 
             
Total Assets
         $(6,078)
             
Liabilities:
            
Policyholder account balances
     $98,916  $678 
Payables for collateral under securities loaned and other transactions
      25,982   — 
Bank deposits
      10,115   6 
Short-term debt
      318   — 
Long-term debt
      20,766   325 
Collateral financing arrangements
      2,614   (10)
Junior subordinated debt securities
      3,302   176 
Other liabilities:
            
Trading liabilities
      97   3 
Other
      3,213   — 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (2)
      1,041   864 
             
Total Liabilities
         $2,042 
             
Derivative Instruments:
            
Interest rate swaps
 $40,201  $554  $(848)
Interest rate floors
 $24,191   413   (53)
Interest rate caps
 $24,406   168   65 
Interest rate futures
 $7,376   (7)  (12)
Interest rate options
 $4,100   51   (34)
Interest rate forwards
 $7,962   17   35 
Synthetic GICs
 $4,326   —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
 $17,499   164   (31)
Foreign currency forwards
 $6,421   (34)  — 
Currency options
 $434   16   — 
Credit default swaps
 $8,017   (23)  — 
Credit forwards
 $190   (1)  — 
Equity futures
 $7,307   (10)  — 
Equity options
 $29,662   339   (77)
Variance swaps
 $15,183   7   (5)
Total rate of return swaps
 $772   (35)  (18)
             
Total Derivative Instruments
         $(978)
             
Net Change
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(1) Represents only those investments accounted for using the cost method.
 
(2) Embedded derivatives are recognized in the consolidated balance sheet in the same caption as the host contract.
 
(3) Separate account assets and liabilities which are interest rate sensitive are not included herein as any interest rate risk is borne by the holder of the separate account.
 
This quantitative measure of risk has increased by $957 million, or 23%, to $5,014 million at March 31, 2010 from $4,057 million at December 31, 2009. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the 2009 Annual Report. The increase in interest rate risk was primarily driven by a decrease in the net base of assets and liabilities of $390 million. Additionally, an increase in the duration of the investment portfolio, a decrease in the net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts, an increase in premiums and receivables, and a slight change in the treasury yield curve increased risk by $210 million, $130 million, $115 million, and $108 million, respectively. The remainder of the fluctuation is attributable to numerous immaterial items.
 
Sensitivity Analysis:  Foreign Currency Exchange Rates.  The table below provides additional detail regarding the potential loss in estimated fair value of the Company’s portfolio due to a 10% change in foreign currency exchange rates at March 31, 2010 by type of asset or liability:
 
             
  March 31, 2010 
        Assuming a
 
     Estimated
  10% Increase
 
  Notional
  Fair
  in the Foreign
 
  Amount  Value (1)  Exchange Rate 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets:
            
Fixed maturity securities
     $239,566  $(2,175)
Equity securities
      3,066   (4)
Trading securities
      3,039   (114)
Mortgage loans:
            
Held-for-investment
      54,569   (343)
Held-for-sale
      2,003   — 
             
Mortgage loans, net
      56,572   (343)
Policy loans
      11,407   (45)
Short-term investments
      8,019   (50)
Other invested assets:
            
Mortgage servicing rights
      859   — 
Other
      1,267   (47)
Cash and cash equivalents
      9,202   (103)
Accrued investment income
      3,392   (7)
             
Total Assets
         $(2,888)
             
Liabilities:
            
Policyholder account balances
     $98,916  $1,228 
Bank deposits
      10,115   — 
Long-term debt
      20,766   42 
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (2)
      1,041   190 
             
Total Liabilities
         $1,460 
             
Derivative Instruments:
            
Interest rate swaps
 $40,201  $554  $8 
Interest rate floors
 $24,191   413   — 
Interest rate caps
 $24,406   168   — 
Interest rate futures
 $7,376   (7)  3 
Interest rate options
 $4,100   51   — 
Interest rate forwards
 $7,962   17   — 
Synthetic GICs
 $4,326   —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
 $17,499   164   192 
Foreign currency forwards
 $6,421   (34)  219 
Currency options
 $434   16   (1)
Credit default swaps
 $8,017   (23)  — 
Credit forwards
 $190   (1)  — 
Equity futures
 $7,307   (10)  3 
Equity options
 $29,662   339   (52)
Variance swaps
 $15,183   7   (1)
Total rate of return swaps
 $772   (35)  — 
             
Total Derivative Instruments
         $371 
             
Net Change
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(1) Estimated fair value presented in the table above represents the estimated fair value of all financial instruments within this financial statement caption not necessarily those solely subject to foreign exchange risk.
 
(2) Embedded derivatives are recognized in the consolidated balance sheet in the same caption as the host contract.
 
Foreign currency exchange rate risk increased by $166 million, or 18%, to $1,057 million at March 31, 2010 from $891 million at December 31, 2009. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the 2009 Annual Report. This change was primarily due to an increase in fixed maturities of $135 million due to higher net exposures primarily within the Canadian dollar, the British pound and the Euro. Additionally, a decrease in the foreign exposure related to long term debt of $61 million also contributed to the increase. The remainder of the fluctuation is attributable to numerous immaterial items.
 
Sensitivity Analysis:  Equity Prices.  The table below provides additional detail regarding the potential loss in estimated fair value of the Company’s portfolio due to a 10% change in equity at March 31, 2010 by type of asset or liability:
 
             
  March 31, 2010 
        Assuming a
 
     Estimated
  10% Increase
 
  Notional
  Fair
  in Equity
 
  Amount  Value (1)  Prices 
  (In millions) 
 
Assets:
            
Equity securities
     $3,066  $338 
Other invested assets:
            
Net embedded derivatives within asset host contracts (2)
      56   (14)
             
Total Assets
         $324 
             
Liabilities:
            
Policyholder account balances
     $98,916  $— 
Bank deposits
      10,115   — 
Other liabilities:
            
Net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts (2)
      1,041   326 
             
Total Liabilities
         $326 
             
Derivative Instruments:
            
Interest rate swaps
 $40,201  $554  $— 
Interest rate floors
 $24,191   413   — 
Interest rate caps
 $24,406   168   — 
Interest rate futures
 $7,376   (7)  — 
Interest rate options
 $4,100   51   — 
Interest rate forwards
 $7,962   17   — 
Synthetic GICs
 $4,326   —   — 
Foreign currency swaps
 $17,499   164   — 
Foreign currency forwards
 $6,421   (34)  — 
Currency options
 $434   16   — 
Credit default swaps
 $8,017   (23)  14 
Credit forwards
 $190   (1)  — 
Equity futures
 $7,307   (10)  (172)
Equity options
 $29,662   339   (749)
Variance swaps
 $15,183   7   — 
Total rate of return swaps
 $772   (35)  (27)
             
Total Derivative Instruments
         $(934)
             
Net Change
         $(284)
             
 
 
(1) Estimated fair value presented in the table above represents the estimated fair value of all financial instruments within this financial statement caption not necessarily those solely subject to equity price risk.
 
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Equity price risk increased by $66 million to $284 million at March 31, 2010 from $218 million at December 31, 2009. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in the 2009 Annual Report. This change is primarily due to an increase of risk of $88 million caused by decreases in the net exposures to net embedded derivatives within liability host contracts. This increase was partially offset by a decrease of $25 million attributed to the use of derivatives employed by the company to hedge its equity exposures. The remainder is attributable to numerous immaterial items.
 
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures
 
Management, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange ActRule 13a-15(e)as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
 
There were no changes to the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as defined in Exchange ActRule 13a-15(f)during the three months ended March 31, 2010 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Part II — Other Information
 
Item 1.  Legal Proceedings
 
The following should be read in conjunction with (i) Part I, Item 3, of the 2009 Annual Report; and (ii) Note 8 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I of this report.
 
Asbestos-Related Claims
 
MLIC is and has been a defendant in a large number of asbestos-related suits filed primarily in state courts. These suits principally allege that the plaintiff or plaintiffs suffered personal injury resulting from exposure to asbestos and seek both actual and punitive damages.
 
As reported in the 2009 Annual Report, MLIC received approximately 3,910 asbestos-related claims in 2009. During the three months ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, MLIC received approximately 1,180 and 981 new asbestos-related claims, respectively. See Note 16 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2009 Annual Report for historical information concerning asbestos claims and MLIC’s increase in its recorded liability at December 31, 2002. The number of asbestos cases that may be brought, the aggregate amount of any liability that MLIC may incur, and the total amount paid in settlements in any given year are uncertain and may vary significantly from year to year.
 
MLIC reevaluates on a quarterly and annual basis its exposure from asbestos litigation, including studying its claims experience, reviewing external literature regarding asbestos claims experience in the United States, assessing relevant trends impacting asbestos liability and considering numerous variables that can affect its asbestos liability exposure on an overall or per claim basis. These variables include bankruptcies of other companies involved in asbestos litigation, legislative and judicial developments, the number of pending claims involving serious disease, the number of new claims filed against it and other defendants and the jurisdictions in which claims are pending. Based upon its regular reevaluation of its exposure from asbestos litigation, MLIC has updated its liability analysis for asbestos-related claims through March 31, 2010.
 
Regulatory Matters
 
The Company receives and responds to subpoenas or other inquiries from state regulators, including state insurance commissioners; state attorneys general or other state governmental authorities; federal regulators, including the SEC; federal governmental authorities, including congressional committees; and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) seeking a broad range of information. The issues involved in information requests and regulatory matters vary widely. Certain regulators have requested information and documents regarding contingent commission payments to brokers, the Company’s awareness of any “sham” bids


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for business, bids and quotes that the Company submitted to potential customers, incentive agreements entered into with brokers, or compensation paid to intermediaries. On April 15, 2010, the Company and the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California signed an agreement that resolved the U.S. Attorney’s investigation concerning payments that the Company had made to the insurance broker Universal Life Resources prior to 2005. Among other things, the agreement required the Company to make a $13.5 million payment. The Florida insurance regulator has initiated discussions with the Company regarding its investigation of contingent payments made to brokers. The Company has been cooperating fully in these inquiries.
 
In June 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) regarding the operations of the Homer City Generating Station, an electrical generation facility. The NOV alleges, among other things, that the electrical generation facility is being operated in violation of certain federal and state Clean Air Act requirements. Homer City OL6 LLC, an entity owned by MLIC, is a passive investor with a noncontrolling interest in the electrical generation facility, which is solely operated by the lessee, EME Homer City Generation L.P. (“EME Homer”). Homer City OL6 LLC and EME Homer are among the respondents identified in the NOV. EME Homer has been notified of its obligation to indemnify Homer City OL6 LLC and MLIC for any claims resulting from the NOV and has expressly acknowledged its obligation to indemnify Homer City OL6 LLC.
 
Demutualization Actions
 
The Company is a defendant in two lawsuits challenging the fairness of the Plan and the adequacy and accuracy of MLIC’s disclosure to policyholders regarding the Plan. The plaintiffs in the consolidated state court class action,Fiala, et al. v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., et al. (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County, filed March 17, 2000), sought compensatory relief and punitive damages against MLIC, the Holding Company, and individual directors. The court certified a litigation class of present and former policyholders on plaintiffs’ claim that defendants violated section 7312 of the New York Insurance Law. The plaintiffs in the consolidated federal court class action, In re MetLife Demutualization Litig. (E.D.N.Y., filed April 18, 2000), sought rescission and compensatory damages against MLIC and the Holding Company. Plaintiffs asserted violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 in connection with the Plan, claiming that the Policyholder Information Booklets failed to disclose certain material facts and contained certain material misstatements. The court certified a litigation class of present and former policyholders. The parties to these two lawsuits entered into a settlement agreement in November 2009. The federal and state courts respectively approved the settlement in orders issued on February 12, 2010 and March 3, 2010. On March 2, 2010 and March 23, 2010, the federal and state courts entered final judgments confirming their approval of the settlement and dismissing the actions. On March 15, 2010, an objector filed a notice of appeal of the federal court’s order approving the settlement.
 
Other Litigation
 
Roberts, et al. v. Tishman Speyer Properties, et al. (Sup. Ct., N.Y. County, filed January 22, 2007).  This lawsuit was filed by a putative class of market rate tenants at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village against parties including Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company and Metropolitan Insurance and Annuity Company. These tenants claim that the Company, as former owner, and the current owner improperly deregulated apartments while receiving J-51 tax abatements. The lawsuit seeks declaratory relief and damages for rent overcharges. In August 2007, the trial court granted the Company’s motion to dismiss. In March 2009, New York’s intermediate appellate court reversed the trial court’s decision and reinstated the lawsuit. The defendants appealed this ruling to the New York State Court of Appeals, which in October 2009 issued an opinion affirming the ruling of the intermediate appellate court. The action has been remanded to the trial court for further proceedings. Plaintiffs have filed an amended complaint and the Company has filed a motion to dismiss. The current owner is pursuing potential settlement of the claims against it.
 
Summary
 
Putative or certified class action litigation and other litigation and claims and assessments against the Company, in addition to those discussed previously and those otherwise provided for in the Company’s consolidated financial statements, have arisen in the course of the Company’s business, including, but not limited to, in connection with its activities as an insurer, mortgage lending bank, employer, investor,


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investment advisor and taxpayer. Further, state insurance regulatory authorities and other federal and state authorities regularly make inquiries and conduct investigations concerning the Company’s compliance with applicable insurance and other laws and regulations.
 
It is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of all pending investigations and legal proceedings or provide reasonable ranges of potential losses, except as noted previously in connection with specific matters. In some of the matters referred to previously, very largeand/orindeterminate amounts, including punitive and treble damages, are sought. Although in light of these considerations it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain cases could have a material adverse effect upon the Company’s financial position, based on information currently known by the Company’s management, in its opinion, the outcomes of such pending investigations and legal proceedings are not likely to have such an effect. However, given the largeand/orindeterminate amounts sought in certain of these matters and the inherent unpredictability of litigation, it is possible that an adverse outcome in certain matters could, from time to time, have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated net income or cash flows in particular quarterly or annual periods.
 
Item 1A.  Risk Factors
 
The following should be read in conjunction with and supplements and amends the factors that may affect the Company’s business or operations described under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Actions of the U.S. Government, Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Other Governmental and Regulatory Bodies for the Purpose of Stabilizing and Revitalizing the Financial Markets and Protecting Investors and Consumers May Not Achieve the Intended Effect or Could Adversely Affect MetLife’s Competitive Position
 
In response to the financial crises affecting the banking system and financial markets and going concern threats to investment banks and other financial institutions, on October 3, 2008, President Bush signed the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (“EESA”) into law. Pursuant to EESA, the U.S. Treasury has the authority to, among other things, purchase up to $700 billion of mortgage-backed and other securities (including newly issued preferred shares and subordinated debt) from financial institutions for the purpose of stabilizing the financial markets. The U.S. federal government, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and other governmental and regulatory bodies have taken other actions to address the financial crisis. For example, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York made funds available to commercial and financial companies under a number of programs, including the Commercial Paper Funding Facility, which expired in early 2010. The U.S. Treasury has established programs based in part on EESA and in part on the separate authority of the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC, to foster purchases from and by banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions of certain kinds of assets for which valuations have been low and markets weak. Some of the programs established by governmental and regulatory bodies have recently been discontinued or will be in the near term. The discontinuance of these programs may roughly coincide with a change in monetary policy by the Federal Reserve Board. We cannot predict what impact, if any, this could have on our business, results of operations and financial condition.
 
Although such actions appear to have provided some stability to the financial markets, our business, financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our common stock could be materially and adversely affected to the extent that credit availability and prices for financial assets revert to their low levels of late 2008 and early 2009 or do not continue to improve. Furthermore, Congress has considered, and may consider in the future, legislative proposals that could impact the estimated fair value of mortgage loans, such as legislation that would permit bankruptcy courts to rewrite the terms of a mortgage contract, including reducing the principal balance of mortgage loans owed by bankrupt borrowers, or legislation that requires loan modifications. If such legislation is enacted, it could cause loss of principal on certain of our non-agency prime residential mortgage-backed security (“RMBS”) holdings and could cause a ratings downgrade in such holdings which, in turn, would cause an increase in unrealized losses on such securities and increase the risk-based capital that we must hold to support such securities. See “Risk Factors — We Are Exposed to Significant Financial and Capital Markets Risk Which May Adversely Affect Our Results of Operations, Financial Condition and Liquidity, and Our Net Investment Income Can Vary from Period to Period” in the 2009 Annual Report. In addition, the U.S. federal government (including the FDIC) and private lenders have begun programs to reduce the monthly payment obligations of mortgagorsand/or


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reduce the principal payable on residential mortgage loans. As a result of such programs or of any legislation requiring loan modifications, we may need to maintain or increase our engagement in similar activities in order to comply with program or statutory requirements and to remain competitive. We cannot predict whether the funds made available by the U.S. federal government and its agencies will be enough to continue stabilizing or to further revive the financial markets or, if additional amounts are necessary, whether Congress will be willing to make the necessary appropriations, what the public’s sentiment would be towards any such appropriations, or what additional requirements or conditions might be imposed on the use of any such additional funds.
 
The Obama Administration has proposed, and Congress may consider, the imposition of a fee or fees on financial firms with more than $50 billion in consolidated assets, and on certain other financial firms of systemic significance, for the purpose of recovering the cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“TARP”) established under EESA, which the Congressional Budget Office currently estimates will be over $110 billion. As a bank holding company with more than $50 billion of consolidated assets, MetLife would be subject to any such fee. The Obama Administration, the House and the Senate have also made various proposals to create a fund to pay for the costs of winding up bank holding companies and certain other systemically important financial firms that may fail in the future. Any such fund would be funded through assessments on certain financial firms. Full details of the proposed fees and assessments, the companies that may be subject to them, and the exact manner in which they would be assessed are not yet available, so we cannot estimate their cumulative financial impact on us, if any. However, it is possible that the proposed fees and assessments could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.
 
The choices made by the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC in their distribution of amounts available under EESA and any future asset purchase programs, as well as any decisions made regarding the imposition of additional regulation on large financial institutions may have, over time, the effect of supporting some aspects of the financial services industry more than others. Some of our competitors have received, or may in the future receive, benefits under one or more of the federal government’s programs. This could adversely affect our competitive position. See “Risk Factors — Competitive Factors May Adversely Affect Our Market Share and Profitability” in the 2009 Annual Report. In addition, the adoption of proposals that would restrict the investment activities of financial institutions affiliated with insured depository institutions, such as proposals to prohibit investments in private equity funds, could affect our ability to make investments that provide returns over the long periods of time many of our products require.
 
See also “— Proposals to Regulate Compensation, if Implemented, Could Hinder or Prevent Us From Attracting and Retaining Management and Other Employees with the Talent and Experience to Manage and Conduct Our Business Effectively” and “Risk Factors — Our Insurance and Banking Businesses Are Heavily Regulated, and Changes in Regulation May Reduce Our Profitability and Limit Our Growth” in the 2009 Annual Report.
 
Changes in Market Interest Rates May Significantly Affect Our Profitability
 
Some of our products, principally traditional whole life insurance, fixed annuities and guaranteed interest contracts, expose us to the risk that changes in interest rates will reduce our “spread,” or the difference between the amounts that we are required to pay under the contracts in our general account and the rate of return we are able to earn on general account investments intended to support obligations under the contracts. Our spread is a key component of our net income.
 
As interest rates decrease or remain at low levels, we may be forced to reinvest proceeds from investments that have matured or have been prepaid or sold at lower yields, reducing our investment margin. Moreover, borrowers may prepay or redeem the fixed income securities, commercial or agricultural mortgage loans and mortgage-backed securities in our investment portfolio with greater frequency in order to borrow at lower market rates, which exacerbates this risk. Lowering interest crediting rates can help offset decreases in investment margins on some products. However, our ability to lower these rates could be limited by competition or contractually guaranteed minimum rates and may not match the timing or magnitude of changes in asset yields. As a result, our spread could decrease or potentially become negative. Our expectation for future spreads is an important component in the amortization of DAC and VOBA, and significantly lower spreads may cause us to accelerate amortization, thereby reducing net income in the affected reporting period. In addition, during periods of declining interest rates, life insurance and annuity products may be relatively more attractive investments to consumers, resulting in increased


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premium payments on products with flexible premium features, repayment of policy loans and increased persistency, or a higher percentage of insurance policies remaining in force from year to year, during a period when our new investments carry lower returns. A decline in market interest rates could also reduce our return on investments that do not support particular policy obligations. Accordingly, declining interest rates may materially adversely affect our results of operations, financial position and cash flows and significantly reduce our profitability.
 
The sufficiency of our life insurance statutory reserves in Taiwan is highly sensitive to interest rates and other related assumptions. This is due to the sustained low interest rate environment in Taiwan coupled with long-term interest rate guarantees of approximately 6% embedded in the life and health contracts sold prior to 2003 and the lack of availability of long-duration investments in the Taiwanese capital markets to match such long-duration liabilities. The key assumptions include current Taiwan government bond yield rates increasing from current levels of 1.8% to 3.0% over the next ten years, a modest increase in lapse rates, mortality and morbidity levels remaining consistent with recent experience, and U.S. dollar-denominated investments making up 35% of total assets backing life insurance statutory reserves. Current statutory reserve adequacy analysis shows that provisions are adequate; however, adverse changes in key assumptions for interest rates, lapse experience and mortality and morbidity levels could lead to a need to strengthen reserves. See Note 15 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Increases in market interest rates could also negatively affect our profitability. In periods of rapidly increasing interest rates, we may not be able to replace, in a timely manner, the investments in MetLife’s general account with higher yielding investments needed to fund the higher crediting rates necessary to keep interest sensitive products competitive. We, therefore, may have to accept a lower spread and, thus, lower profitability or face a decline in sales and greater loss of existing contracts and related assets. In addition, policy loans, surrenders and withdrawals may tend to increase as policyholders seek investments with higher perceived returns as interest rates rise. This process may result in cash outflows requiring that we sell investments at a time when the prices of those investments are adversely affected by the increase in market interest rates, which may result in realized investment losses. Unanticipated withdrawals and terminations may cause us to accelerate the amortization of DAC and VOBA, which would increase our current expenses and reduce net income. An increase in market interest rates could also have a material adverse effect on the value of our investment portfolio, for example, by decreasing the estimated fair values of the fixed income securities that comprise a substantial portion of our investment portfolio. Lastly, an increase in interest rates could result in decreased fee income associated with a decline in the value of variable annuity account balances invested in fixed income funds.
 
We Face Unforeseen Liabilities or Asset Impairments or Rating Actions Arising from Possible Acquisitions and Dispositions of Businesses or Difficulties Integrating Such Businesses
 
We have engaged in dispositions and acquisitions of businesses in the past, and expect to continue to do so in the future. On March 7, 2010, we entered into an agreement to acquire Alico. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview” and Note 2 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. There could be unforeseen liabilities or asset impairments, including goodwill impairments, that arise in connection with the businesses that we may sell or the businesses that we may acquire in the future. In addition, there may be liabilities or asset impairments that we fail, or are unable, to discover in the course of performing due diligence investigations on each business that we have acquired or may acquire. Furthermore, the use of our own funds as consideration in any acquisition would consume capital resources that would no longer be available for other corporate purposes. We also may not be able to raise sufficient funds to consummate an acquisition if, for example, we are unable to sell our securities or close related bridge credit facilities. Moreover, as a result of uncertainty and risks associated with potential acquisitions and dispositions of businesses, rating agencies may take certain actions with respect to the ratings assigned to MetLife, Inc.and/or its subsidiaries. See “Business — Company Ratings — Rating Actions” in the 2009 Annual Report and “— An Inability to Access Our Credit Facilities Could Result in a Reduction in Our Liquidity and Lead to Downgrades in Our Credit and Financial Strength Ratings.”
 
Our ability to achieve certain benefits we anticipate from any acquisitions of businesses will depend in large part upon our ability to successfully integrate such businesses in an efficient and effective manner. We may not be able to integrate such businesses smoothly or successfully, and the process may take longer than expected. The integration of operations may require the dedication of significant management resources, which may distract


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management’s attention fromday-to-daybusiness. If we are unable to successfully integrate the operations of such acquired businesses, we may be unable to realize the benefits we expect to achieve as a result of such acquisitions and our business and results of operations may be less than expected.
 
Fluctuations in Foreign Currency Exchange Rates and Foreign Securities Markets Could Negatively Affect Our Profitability
 
We are exposed to risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar resulting from our holdings ofnon-U.S. dollardenominated investments, investments in foreign subsidiaries and net income from foreign operations and issuance ofnon-U.S. dollardenominated instruments, including guaranteed interest contracts and funding agreements. These risks relate to potential decreases in estimated fair value and income resulting from a strengthening or weakening in foreign exchange rates versus the U.S. dollar. In general, the weakening of foreign currencies versus the U.S. dollar will adversely affect the estimated fair value of ournon-U.S. dollardenominated investments, our investments in foreign subsidiaries, and our net income from foreign operations. Although we use foreign currency swaps and forward contracts to mitigate foreign currency exchange rate risk, we cannot provide assurance that these methods will be effective or that our counterparties will perform their obligations. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”
 
From time to time, various emerging market countries have experienced severe economic and financial disruptions, including significant devaluations of their currencies. Our exposure to foreign exchange rate risk is exacerbated by our investments in certain emerging markets.
 
Our pending acquisition of Alico will increase our exposure to risks associated with fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates against the U.S. dollar and increase our exposure to emerging markets.
 
We have matched substantially all of our foreign currency liabilities in our foreign subsidiaries with investments denominated in their respective foreign currency, which limits the effect of currency exchange rate fluctuation on local operating results; however, fluctuations in such rates affect the translation of these results into our U.S. dollar basis consolidated financial statements. Although we take certain actions to address this risk, foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation could materially adversely affect our reported results due to unhedged positions or the failure of hedges to effectively offset the impact of the foreign currency exchange rate fluctuation. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.”
 
Our International Operations Face Political, Legal, Operational and Other Risks that Could Negatively Affect Those Operations or Our Profitability
 
Our international operations face political, legal, operational and other risks that we do not face in our domestic operations. We face the risk of discriminatory regulation, nationalization or expropriation of assets, price controls and exchange controls or other restrictions that prevent us from transferring funds from these operations out of the countries in which they operate or converting local currencies we hold into U.S. dollars or other currencies. Some of our foreign insurance operations are, and are likely to continue to be, in emerging markets where these risks are heightened. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.” In addition, we rely on local sales forces in these countries and may encounter labor problems resulting from workers’ associations and trade unions in some countries. In Japan, China and India we operate with local business partners with the resulting risk of managing partner relationships to the business objectives. If our business model is not successful in a particular country, we may lose all or most of our investment in building and training the sales force in that country. Our pending acquisition of Alico will increase our exposure to these risks. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview” and Note 2 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
We are currently planning to expand our international operations in certain markets where we operate and in selected new markets. This may require considerable management time, as well asstart-upexpenses for market development before any significant revenues and earnings are generated. Operations in new foreign markets may achieve low margins or may be unprofitable, and expansion in existing markets may be affected by local economic and market conditions. Therefore, as we expand internationally, we may not achieve expected operating margins and our results of operations may be negatively impacted.


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In recent years, the operating environment in Argentina has been very challenging. In Argentina, we were formerly principally engaged in the pension business. In December 2008, the Argentine government nationalized private pensions and seized the pension funds’ investments, eliminating the private pensions business in Argentina. As a result, we have experienced and will continue to experience reductions in the operation’s revenues and cash flows. The Argentine government now controls all assets which previously were managed by our Argentine pension operations. Further governmental or legal actions related to our operations in Argentina could negatively impact our operations in Argentina and result in future losses.
 
See also “— Changes in Market Interest Rates May Significantly Affect Our Profitability” regarding the impact of low interest rates on our Taiwanese operations.
 
An Inability to Access Our Credit Facilities Could Result in a Reduction in Our Liquidity and Lead to Downgrades in Our Credit and Financial Strength Ratings
 
We have a $2.85 billion five-year revolving credit facility that matures in June 2012, as well as other facilities which we enter into in the ordinary course of business. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — The Holding Company — Liquidity and Capital Sources — Credit and Committed Facilities” and Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements in the 2009 Annual Report. In addition, concurrently with our entry into the agreement to acquire Alico, we signed a commitment letter (amended and restated on March 16, 2010) with various financial institutions for a senior credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $5.0 billion. The senior credit facility will be used to finance any portion of the cash component of the purchase price of the Alico transaction that is not financed with sales of our securities. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Overview” and Note 2 of the Notes to the Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
We rely on our credit facilities as a potential source of liquidity. The availability of these facilities could be critical to our credit and financial strength ratings and our ability to meet our obligations as they come due in a market when alternative sources of credit are tight. The credit facilities contain certain administrative, reporting, legal and financial covenants. We must comply with covenants under our credit facilities (including the $2.85 billion five-year revolving credit facility), including a requirement to maintain a specified minimum consolidated net worth.
 
Our right to make borrowings under these facilities is subject to the fulfillment of certain important conditions, including our compliance with all covenants, and our ability to borrow under these facilities is also subject to the continued willingness and ability of the lenders that are parties to the facilities to provide funds. Our failure to comply with the covenants in the credit facilities or fulfill the conditions to borrowings, or the failure of lenders to fund their lending commitments (whether due to insolvency, illiquidity or other reasons) in the amounts provided for under the terms of the facilities, would restrict our ability to access these credit facilities when needed and, consequently, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
 
Our Investments are Reflected Within the Consolidated Financial Statements Utilizing Different Accounting Bases and Accordingly We May Have Recognized Differences, Which May Be Significant, Between Cost and Estimated Fair Value in our Consolidated Financial Statements
 
Our principal investments are in fixed maturity and equity securities, trading securities, short-term investments, mortgage loans, policy loans, real estate, real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests and other invested assets. The carrying value of such investments is as follows:
 
  • Fixed maturity and equity securities are classified asavailable-for-sale,except for trading securities, and are reported at their estimated fair value. Unrealized investment gains and losses on these securities are recorded as a separate component of other comprehensive income (loss), net of policyholder related amounts and deferred income taxes.
 
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  • Short-term investments include investments with remaining maturities of one year or less, but greater than three months, at the time of acquisition. Short-term investments that meet the definition of a security are stated at estimated fair value, and short-term investments that do not meet the definition of a security are stated at amortized cost, which approximates estimated fair value.
 
  • The carrying value of mortgage loans is stated at original cost net of repayments, amortization of premiums, accretion of discounts and valuation allowances, except for residential mortgage loansheld-for-saleaccounted for under the fair value option which are carried at estimated fair value, as determined on a recurring basis, and certain commercial and residential mortgage loans carried at the lower of cost or estimated fair value, as determined on a nonrecurring basis.
 
  • Policy loans are stated at unpaid principal balances.
 
  • Real estateheld-for-investment,including related improvements, is stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation.
 
  • Real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests in which we have more than a minor equity interest or more than a minor influence over the joint ventures or partnership’s operations, but where we do not have a controlling interest and are not the primary beneficiary, are carried using the equity method of accounting. We use the cost method of accounting for investments in real estate joint ventures and other limited partnership interests in which we have a minor equity investment and virtually no influence over the joint ventures or the partnership’s operations.
 
  • Other invested assets consist principally of freestanding derivatives with positive estimated fair values and leveraged leases. Freestanding derivatives are carried at estimated fair value with changes in estimated fair value reflected in income for both non-qualifying derivatives and derivatives in fair value hedging relationships. Changes in estimated fair value of derivatives in cash flow or in net investments in foreign operations hedging relationships are reflected as a separate component of other comprehensive income (loss). Leveraged leases are recorded net of non-recourse debt.
 
Investments not carried at estimated fair value in our consolidated financial statements — principally, mortgage loansheld-for-investment,policy loans, real estate, real estate joint ventures, other limited partnerships and leveraged leases — may have estimated fair values which are substantially higher or lower than the carrying value reflected in our consolidated financial statements. Each of these asset classes is regularly evaluated for impairment under the accounting guidance appropriate to the respective asset class.
 
Proposals to Regulate Compensation, if Implemented, Could Hinder or Prevent Us From Attracting and Retaining Management and Other Employees with the Talent and Experience to Manage and Conduct Our Business Effectively
 
Congress is considering the possibility of regulating the compensation that financial institutions may provide to their executive officers and other employees. In addition, the Federal Reserve Board and the FDIC have proposed guidelines on incentive compensation that, if adopted, may apply to or impact MetLife as a bank holding company. These restrictions could hinder or prevent us from attracting and retaining management and other employees with the talent and experience to manage and conduct our business effectively. They could also limit our tax deductions for certain compensation paid to executive employees in excess of specified amounts. We may also be subject to requirements and restrictions on our business if we participate in some of the programs established in whole or in part under EESA.
 
Although American International Group, Inc. (“AIG”), the parent company of Alico, has received assurances from the TARP Special Master for Executive Compensation that neither we nor Alico will be subject to compensation-related requirements and restrictions under programs established in whole or in part under EESA, there can be no assurance that the acquisition of Alico will not lead to greater public or governmental scrutiny, regulation, or restrictions on our compensation practices as a result of our acquisition of Alico and expansion into new markets outside the United States, whether in connection with AIG’s having received U.S. government funding or as a result of other factors.


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State Laws, Federal Laws, Our Certificate of Incorporation and Our By-Laws May Delay, Deter or Prevent Takeovers and Business Combinations that Stockholders Might Consider in Their Best Interests
 
State laws and our certificate of incorporation and by-laws may delay, deter or prevent a takeover attempt that stockholders might consider in their best interests. For instance, they may prevent stockholders from receiving the benefit from any premium over the market price of MetLife, Inc.’s common stock offered by a bidder in a takeover context. Even in the absence of a takeover attempt, the existence of these provisions may adversely affect the prevailing market price of MetLife, Inc.’s common stock if they are viewed as discouraging takeover attempts in the future.
 
Any person seeking to acquire a controlling interest in us would face various regulatory obstacles which may delay, deter or prevent a takeover attempt that stockholders of MetLife, Inc. might consider in their best interests. First, the insurance laws and regulations of the various states in which MetLife, Inc.’s insurance subsidiaries are organized may delay or impede a business combination involving us. State insurance laws prohibit an entity from acquiring control of an insurance company without the prior approval of the domestic insurance regulator. Under most states’ statutes, an entity is presumed to have control of an insurance company if it owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting stock of that insurance company or its parent company. We are also subject to banking regulations, and may in the future become subject to additional regulations. The Obama Administration and Congress have made various proposals that could restrict or impede consolidation, mergers and acquisitions by systemically significant firmsand/or bank holding companies. In addition, the Investment Company Act would require approval by the contract owners of our variable contracts in order to effectuate a change of control of any affiliated investment adviser to a mutual fund underlying our variable contracts. Finally, FINRA approval would be necessary for a change of control of any FINRA registered broker-dealer that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.
 
In addition, Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law may affect the ability of an “interested stockholder” to engage in certain business combinations, including mergers, consolidations or acquisitions of additional shares, for a period of three years following the time that the stockholder becomes an “interested stockholder.” An “interested stockholder” is defined to include persons owning, directly or indirectly, 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of a corporation.
 
MetLife, Inc.’s certificate of incorporation and by-laws also contain provisions that may delay, deter or prevent a takeover attempt that stockholders might consider in their best interests. These provisions may adversely affect prevailing market prices for MetLife, Inc.’s common stock and include: classification of MetLife, Inc.’s Board of Directors into three classes; a prohibition on the calling of special meetings by stockholders; advance notice procedures for the nomination of candidates to the Board of Directors and stockholder proposals to be considered at stockholder meetings; and supermajority voting requirements for the amendment of certain provisions of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws.
 
Legislative and Regulatory Activity in Health Care and Other Employee Benefits Could Increase the Costs or Administrative Burdens of Providing Benefits to Our Employees or Hinder or Prevent Us From Attracting and Retaining Employees, or Affect our Profitability As a Provider of Life Insurance, Annuities, and Non-Medical Health Insurance Benefit Products.
 
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, signed into law on March 23, 2010, and The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, signed into law on March 30, 2010 (together, the “Health Care Act”), may lead to fundamental changes in the way that employers, including us, provide health care benefits, other benefits, and other forms of compensation to their employees and former employees. Among other changes, and subject to various effective dates, the Health Care Act generally restricts certain limits on benefits, mandates coverage for certain kinds of care, extends the required coverage of dependent children through age 26, eliminates pre-existing condition exclusions or limitations, requires cost reporting and, in some cases, requires premium rebates to participants under certain circumstances, limits coverage waiting periods, establishes several penalties on employers who fail to offer sufficient coverage to their full-time employees, and requires employers under certain circumstances to provide employees with vouchers to purchase their own health care coverage. The Health Care Act also provides for increased taxation of “high cost” coverage, restricts the tax deductibility of certain compensation paid by health care and some other insurers, reduces the tax deductibility of retiree health care costs


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to the extent of any retiree prescription drug benefit subsidy provided to the employer by the federal government, increases Medicare payroll taxes on certain high earners, and establishes health insurance “exchanges” for individual purchase of health insurance.
 
The impact of the Health Care Act on us as an employer and on the benefit plans we sponsor for employees or retirees and their dependents, whether those benefits remain competitive or effective in meeting their business objectives, and our costs to provide such benefits and our tax liabilities in connection with benefits or compensation, cannot be predicted. Furthermore, we cannot predict the impact of choices that will be made by various regulators, including the United States Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and state regulators, to promulgate regulations or guidance, or to make determinations under or related to the Health Care Act. Either the Health Care Act or any of these regulatory actions could adversely affect our ability to attract, retain, and motivate talented associates. They could also result in increased or unpredictable costs to provide employee benefits, and could harm our competitive position if we are subject to fees, penalties, tax provisions or other limitations in the Health Care Act and our competitors are not.
 
The Health Care Act also imposes requirements on us as a provider of life insurance, annuities, and non-medical health insurance benefit products, subject to various effective dates. It also imposes requirements on the purchasers of certain of these products. We cannot predict the impact of the Act or of regulations, guidance or determinations made by various regulators, on the various products that we offer. Either the Health Care Act or any of these regulatory actions could adversely affect our ability to offer certain of these products in the same manner as we do today. They could also result in increased or unpredictable costs to provide certain products, and could harm our competitive position if the Health Care Act has a disparate impact on our products compared to products offered by our competitors.
 
Item 2.  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
 
Purchases of common stock made by or on behalf of the Company or its affiliates during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 are set forth below:
 
                 
        (c) Total Number
  (d) Maximum Number
 
        of Shares
  (or Approximate
 
        Purchased as Part
  Dollar Value) of
 
  (a) Total Number
     of Publicly
  Shares that May Yet
 
  of Shares
  (b) Average Price
  Announced Plans
  Be Purchased Under the
 
Period Purchased(1)  Paid per Share  or Programs  Plans or Programs(2) 
 
January 1 — January 31, 2010
  607  $43.34   —  $1,260,735,127 
February 1 — February 28, 2010
  —  $—   —  $1,260,735,127 
March 1 — March 31, 2010
  —  $—   —  $1,260,735,127 
 
 
(1) During the period January 1 through January 31, 2010, separate account affiliates of the Company purchased 607 shares of common stock on the open market in nondiscretionary transactions to rebalance index funds. Except as disclosed above, there were no shares of common stock which were repurchased by the Company.
 
(2) At March 31, 2010, the Company had $1,261 million remaining under its common stock repurchase program authorizations. Under these authorizations, the Company may purchase its common stock from the MetLife Policyholder Trust, in the open market (including pursuant to the terms of a pre-set trading plan meeting the requirements ofRule 10b5-1under the Exchange Act) and in privately negotiated transactions. The Company does not intend to make any purchases under the common stock repurchase programs in 2010.


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Item 6.  Exhibits
 
(Note Regarding Reliance on Statements in Our Contracts:In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q,please remember that they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about MetLife, Inc., its subsidiaries or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; (iii) may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to investors; and (iv) were made only at the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs at the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about MetLife, Inc. and its subsidiaries may be found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Qand MetLife, Inc.’s other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.)
 
     
Exhibit
  
No. Description
 
 2.1 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2010, by and among MetLife, Inc., ALICO Holdings LLC and American International Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 7, 2010).
 3.1 Amended and Restated By-Laws of MetLife, Inc. (effective January 26, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 26, 2010).
 10.1 Resolutions of the MetLife, Inc. Board of Directors (adopted February 18, 2010) regarding the selection of performance measures for 2010 awards under the MetLife Annual Variable Incentive Plan.
 10.2 Form of Management Performance Share Agreement (effective February 21, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 18, 2010).
 10.3 Amended and Restated Commitment Letter for $5.0 Billion Senior Credit Facility, dated March 16, 2010, among MetLife, Inc. and the various lenders named therein.
 31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 101.INS XBRL Instance Document.
 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.


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Signatures
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
METLIFE, INC.
 
  By 
/s/  Peter M. Carlson
Name:     Peter M. Carlson
  Title: Executive Vice President, Finance
Operations and Chief Accounting Officer
(Authorized Signatory and Principal
Accounting Officer)
 
Date: May 5, 2010


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Exhibit Index
 
(Note Regarding Reliance on Statements in Our Contracts:In reviewing the agreements included as exhibits to this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Q,please remember that they are included to provide you with information regarding their terms and are not intended to provide any other factual or disclosure information about MetLife, Inc., its subsidiaries or the other parties to the agreements. The agreements contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement; (iii) may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to investors; and (iv) were made only at the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments. Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs at the date they were made or at any other time. Additional information about MetLife, Inc. and its subsidiaries may be found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report onForm 10-Qand MetLife, Inc.’s other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.)
 
     
Exhibit
  
No. Description
 
 2.1 Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 7, 2010, by and among MetLife, Inc. , ALICO Holdings LLC and American International Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated March 7, 2010).
 3.1 Amended and Restated By-Laws of MetLife, Inc. (effective January 26, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 26, 2010).
 10.1 Resolutions of the MetLife, Inc. Board of Directors (adopted February 18, 2010) regarding the selection of performance measures for 2010 awards under the MetLife Annual Variable Incentive Plan.
 10.2 Form of Management Performance Share Agreement (effective February 21, 2010) (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to MetLife, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 18, 2010).
 10.3 Amended and Restated Commitment Letter for $5.0 Billion Senior Credit Facility, dated March 16, 2010, among MetLife, Inc. and the various lenders named therein.
 31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 101.INS XBRL Instance Document.
 101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
 101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
 101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
 101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
 101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.


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