LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS


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 STEPHEN
GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING and MARK A. SCHUMAN 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
STEPHEN GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING and MARK A. SCHUMAN may deem advisable.

The authority of STEPHEN GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING and MARK A. SCHUMAN 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 STEPHEN GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING and MARK A.
SCHUMAN are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

/s/ William O'Donnell

Date:  May 23, 2017