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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 27, 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 Current Reports on Form 8-K, including those filed on January 31,
2005, February 4, 2005 and May 13, 2005.
 
     The unaudited pro forma interim 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 interim
condensed consolidated statement of income and on March 31, 2005 for purposes of
the unaudited pro forma interim condensed consolidated balance sheet.
 
     The unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life Insurance
and Annuities Assets to be Acquired and Liabilities to be Assumed as of March
31, 2005, and the related unaudited condensed combined statements of income,
shareholder's equity and cash flows for the three months then ended, included in
Exhibit 99.2, and incorporated herein by reference, have been furnished to
MetLife by Citigroup Inc.
 
     On May 27, 2005, MetLife issued a press release announcing that it has
received a subpoena from the Connecticut Attorney General requesting information
regarding its participation in any finite reinsurance transactions and other
information requests relating to finite insurance or reinsurance from other
regulatory and governmental authorities. A copy of the press release is attached
hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 9.01.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
     (c) Exhibits
 
     99.1 MetLife, Inc.'s unaudited pro forma interim condensed consolidated
          balance sheet as of March 31, 2005 and unaudited pro forma interim
          condensed consolidated statement of income for the three months ended
          March 31, 2005.
 
     99.2 Unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life Insurance
          and Annuities Assets to be Acquired and Liabilities to be Assumed as
          of March 31, 2005 and the related unaudited condensed combined
          statements of income, shareholder's equity and cash flows for the
          three months ended March 31, 2005.
 
     99.3 Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated May 27, 2005 regarding finite
          risk insurance information requests.

 
                                   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 27, 2005
 
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 


 
                                                              
99.1  MetLife, Inc.'s unaudited pro forma interim condensed
      consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2005 and
      unaudited pro forma interim condensed consolidated statement
      of income for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
99.2  Unaudited condensed combined balance sheet of Citigroup Life
      Insurance and Annuities Assets to be Acquired and
      Liabilities to be Assumed as of March 31, 2005 and the
      related unaudited condensed combined statements of income,
      shareholder's equity and cash flows for the three months
      ended March 31, 2005.
99.3  Press release of MetLife, Inc. dated May 27, 2005 regarding
      finite risk insurance information requests.

 
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