Latest MetLife Headlines
All the headlines from our MetLife Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Don’t Trust Anyone Over…71? Poll Reveals Americans’ Views on Aging
Jul 28 2005 // Most Americans believe that being “old” means being age 71 or older and wish they themselves were still under age 40. A poll by the MetLife Mature Market Institute conducted by Zogby International shows that 60...
Business Moves
Jul 18 2005 // State Fund Withdraws Plans for Home Office Expansion California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has announced it has decided to not move forward with the plans for the construction of a new office building...
MetLife Nearing $11.5 Billion Funding Goal to Acquire Travelers Life
Jun 23 2005 // MetLife Inc. is well on its way to funding its $11.5 billion acquisition of Citigroup Inc.’s Travelers Life & Annuity. The New York City-based insurance company, which expects to raise $7.6 billion in debt and...
Critics Emphasize Jobs at Conn. Hearing into MetLife-Travelers Merger
Jun 9 2005 // Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez criticized MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity, calling for major changes in the company’s proposal to preserve jobs and mitigate the economic impact on...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Jun 6 2005 // One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity Fraud Survey Report from the Better Business Bureau...
Hartford Mayor Moves to Block MetLife-Travelers Merger
Jun 2 2005 // Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez has asked the state insurance commissioner to block a planned merger of MetLife Inc. and Travelers Life & Annuity. Perez said MetLife has not offered a formal commitment to retain jobs and...
MetLife Auto & Home’s GrandProtect Includes ID Theft Cover in Package
May 19 2005 // MetLife Auto & Home announced the introduction of GrandProtect, a new comprehensive “package” policy that provides personal insurance protection for consumers with complex insurance needs. GrandProtect...
Conn. to Hear Travelers Life Sale to MetLife on June 7 in Hartford
May 18 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell announced a public hearing on the proposed acquisition of the Travelers Insurance Company and the Travelers Life and Annuity Company, both Connecticut insurance...
METLIFE AGREES TO JOBS PLAN:
May 9 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell and MetLife Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert H. Benmosche announced an agreement to keep 1,310 jobs in Hartford following the acquisition by MetLife of Travelers Life &...
Conn. Vows Renewed Focus on Insurance Job Development
May 6 2005 // Vowing to boost the state’s status as Insurance Capital of the World, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is creating a special office within her Department of Economic and Community Development dedicated to retaining,...
Henrikson to Succeed Benmosche as MetLife CEO
Apr 28 2005 // MetLife Inc. said that its board unanimously chose C. Robert Henrikson to succeed Chairman and Chief Executive Robert H. Benmosche, who will retire next spring. Henrikson, 57, was appointed president and chief operating...
Identity Crisis: Coping With Today’s ID Thievery
Apr 18 2005 // Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive Measures One in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity...
METLIFE SELLS BUILDINGS:
Apr 18 2005 // MetLife Inc. agreed to sell its Manhattan building above Grand Central Station, formerly called the Pan Am building, for $1.72 billion, its second major real-estate deal in weeks. The sale to Tishman Speyer Properties LP...
Conn. AG to Oppose MetLife-Travelers Life Merger
Apr 14 2005 // Connecticut Attorney general Richard Blumenthal said he would oppose the acquisition of Hartford-based Travelers Life & Annuity by MetLife Inc. because he said it is bad for his state’s economy. “This...
MetLife Buy of Travelers to Cost 600 Jobs
Apr 13 2005 // MetLife Inc., one of the nation’s largest insurers, revealed that it will cut 600 jobs within a year as part of its takeover of Travelers Life and Annuity. One hundred positions will be eliminated immediately and 500...
MetLife Sells Second Manhattan Building to Fund Acquisition of Travelers Life
Apr 3 2005 // MetLife Inc. agreed to sell its Manhattan building above Grand Central Station, formerly called the Pan Am building, for $1.72 billion, its second major real-estate deal this week. The sale to Tishman Speyer Properties LP...
Conn. Gov. Rell ‘Unhappy’ Over Possible Big Job Losses from MetLife Buy of Travelers Life
Mar 30 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell said today she is “extremely unhappy” as she learns more about the possibility of significant job losses resulting from MetLife’s planned acquisition of Travelers Life...
Conn. Gov. Meets with MetLife over Travelers Jobs
Mar 7 2005 // Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell met today with Robert Benmosche, chairman and chief executive officer of MetLife Inc., to discuss the company’s recent acquisition of Travelers Life & Annuity and its potential...
