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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001099219-21-000352
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20211214
FILED AS OF DATE:		20211216
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20211216

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KELLY EDWARD J III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001160225

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15787
		FILM NUMBER:		211498182

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CIT GROUP INC
		STREET 2:		ONE CIT DRIVE
		CITY:			LIVINGSTON
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07039

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METLIFE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001099219
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	LIFE INSURANCE [6311]
		IRS NUMBER:				134075851
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-578-5500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2021-12-14</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">Imputed reinvestment of dividends on deferred shares pursuant to the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Management Directors. Deferred shares represent shares of MetLife, Inc. common stock that have become payable, but receipt of which the director has deferred.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

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EXHIBIT 24
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 W. GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING, ANTHONY
LUKASZEWSKI and ANNA NAZARENKO 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 W. GAUSTER, TIMOTHY
J. RING, ANTHONY LUKASZEWSKI and ANNA NAZARENKO may deem
advisable.

The authority of STEPHEN W. GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING, ANTHONY
LUKASZEWSKI and ANNA NAZARENKO 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 W. GAUSTER, TIMOTHY J. RING,
ANTHONY LUKASZEWSKI and ANNA NAZARENKO are not assuming any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.

Signature: /s/ Edward J. Kelly, III

Name: EDWARD J. KELLY, III

Date: September 24, 2021
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