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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
                                    FORM 8-K
 
                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
                        PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
         DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): MAY 13, 2005
 
                                 METLIFE, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 

                                                          
           DELAWARE                         1-15787                       13-4075851
(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission file number)              (IRS Employer
        incorporation)                                                Identification No.)

 
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               200 PARK AVENUE
              NEW YORK, NEW YORK                                 10166-0188
   (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)

 
                                 (212) 578-2211
               REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE
 
                                      N/A
         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
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ITEM 8.01.  OTHER EVENTS
 
     On January 31, 2005, MetLife, Inc. ("MetLife") announced that it plans to
acquire Travelers Insurance Company, excluding certain assets, most
significantly, Primerica, from Citigroup Inc., and substantially all Citigroup's
international insurance businesses ("Citigroup Life Insurance and Annuities").
For additional information concerning the proposed acquisition transaction, see
MetLife's Form 8-K filed on January 31, 2005 and its Form 8-K filed on February
4, 2005.
 
     The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information filed
herewith as Exhibit 99.1, and incorporated herein by reference, gives effect to
the proposed acquisition transaction as if it had occurred as of January 1, 2004
for purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of
income and on December 31, 2004 for purposes of the unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated balance sheet.
 
     The combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life Insurance and Annuities Assets
to be Acquired and Liabilities to be Assumed as of December 31, 2004, and the
related combined statements of income, shareholder's equity and cash flows for
the year then ended, included in Exhibit 99.2, and incorporated herein by
reference, have been furnished to MetLife by Citigroup Inc.
 
ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
     (c) Exhibits
 
     23.1 Consent of KPMG LLP.
 
     99.1 MetLife, Inc.'s unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated balance
          sheet as of December 31, 2004 and unaudited pro forma condensed
          consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2004.
 
     99.2 Combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life Insurance and Annuities
          Assets to be Acquired and Liabilities to be Assumed as of December 31,
          2004 and the related combined statements of income, shareholder's
          equity and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 
                                   SIGNATURES
 
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
                                          METLIFE, INC.
 
                                          By: /s/ Gwenn L. Carr
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                                            Name: Gwenn L. Carr
                                            Title: Senior Vice-President and
                                              Secretary
 
Date: May 13, 2005
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 


 
                                                              
23.1  Consent of KPMG LLP.
99.1  MetLife, Inc.'s unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated
      balance sheet as of December 31, 2004 and unaudited pro
      forma condensed consolidated statement of income for the
      year ended December 31, 2004.
99.2  Combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life Insurance and
      Annuities Assets to be Acquired and Liabilities to be
      Assumed as of December 31, 2004 and the related combined
      statements of income, shareholder's equity and cash flows
      for the year ended December 31, 2004.

 
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