TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in the instructions for the filing of
Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the
"Reports"), under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the undersigned hereby designates and authorizes each of RICHARD S.
COLLINS, CHRISTINE M. DEBIASE and MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI to execute and file, or
cause to be filed, such Reports, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the
undersigned, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any other proper
bodies at any time when the filing of said Reports is in order, containing such
information as RICHARD S. COLLINS, CHRISTINE M. DEBIASE and MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI
may deem advisable.

The authority of RICHARD S. COLLINS, CHRISTINE M. DEBIASE and MATTHEW M.
RICCIARDI under this authorization shall continue until the undersigned is no
longer required to file Reports with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or
transactions in securities of MetLife, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that RICHARD S. COLLINS, CHRISTINE M. DEBIASE and
MATTHEW M. RICCIARDI are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


/s/ Steven A. Kandarian

Date: June 26, 2012