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Subordinated Debt Securities | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Subordinated Borrowings Disclosure [Text Block] | 14. Subordinated Debt Securities Subordinated Debt Issuance In March 2025, MetLife, Inc. issued $1.0 billion of subordinated debentures (the “Subordinated Debt”) due March 2055 which bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.350%, payable semi-annually. In connection with the issuance, MetLife, Inc. incurred $12 million of related costs which will be amortized over the term of the Subordinated Debt. The Subordinated Debt ranks higher in priority than MetLife, Inc.’s junior subordinated debt securities and subordinate to its senior notes. MetLife, Inc. previously entered into separate replacement capital covenants (the “RCCs”) in connection with (i) its 10.750% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2069 (the “10.750% JSDs”), (ii) its 9.250% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2068 and (iii) the 7.875% Fixed-to-Floating-Rate Exchangeable Surplus Trust Securities of MetLife Capital Trust IV exchangeable into MetLife, Inc.’s 7.875% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2067. The RCCs are not intended for the benefit of holders of those securities and may not be enforced by them. Rather, each RCC is for the benefit of the holders of a designated series of MetLife, Inc.’s other indebtedness (the “Covered Debt”). Pursuant to the terms of the RCCs, the Subordinated Debt, as of its issuance date, became Covered Debt under each RCC, and the initial Covered Debt, which consisted of the Company’s 5.70% Senior Notes due 2035, was no longer Covered Debt under the RCCs. The holders of the Subordinated Debt, as the holders of the Covered Debt under the RCCs, have irrevocably consented to the termination of the RCCs. The 10.750% JSDs remain the Covered Debt with respect to, and in accordance with, the terms of the RCC relating to MetLife, Inc.’s 6.40% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Debentures due 2066.

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