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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000937834-22-000017
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220103
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220105
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Kennard William E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001198236

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15787
		FILM NUMBER:		22511759

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		METLIFE, INC.
		STREET 2:		200 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10166

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	KENNARD WILLIAM E
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20021011

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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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2022-01-03</value>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
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                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                <transactionShares>
                    <value>594</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>63.23</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>31087</value>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">MetLife, Inc.'s non-management director compensation arrangements pay 50% of non-management director retainer fees in MetLife, Inc. common stock.  The director deferred receipt under the MetLife Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Management Directors.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares held in trust under the MetLife Policyholder Trust established to hold shares of MetLife, Inc. common stock allocated to eligible policyholders of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.</footnote>
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    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Anna Nazarenko, Authorized Signer</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2022-01-05</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>POAKENNARD2021
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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/ William E. Kennard

Name: WILLIAM E. KENNARD

Date: September 27, 2021
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