MetLife
![Home office of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. one of the predecessor companies of MetLife. see [28]](/Images/godic/202501/27/Tichnor_Brothers_New_England_Mutual_Life_front0240.jpg")
![The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company tower, which previously served as company headquarters, was featured in its advertising for many years.](/Images/godic/202501/27/Metropolitan_Life_Insurance_Company_Tower_at_Night_with_Fog0240.jpg")
![Company president Leroy Lincoln in 1947](/Images/godic/202501/27/Leroy_Lincoln_Metropolitan_Life0240.jpg")
![MetLife building at 200 Park Ave in New York City. The building is no longer owned by MetLife](/Images/godic/202501/27/Walter_Gropius_photo_MetLife_Building_fassade_New_York_USA_2005-10-030240.jpg")
MetLife, Inc. is the holding corporation for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC), better known as MetLife, and its affiliates. MetLife is among the largest global providers of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs, with 90 million customers in over 60 countries. The firm was founded on March 24, 1868.