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{{stub}}{{Show badges| tobaccowiki}}'''MetLife''', based in New York City, is one of the largest insurance companies in the U.S., its main subsidiary being Metropolitan Life InsuranceCompany. MetLife sells a range of insurance products: prepaid legal plans, annuities, auto insurance, disability income, home insurance, long-term care insurance, and it also does financial planning. Its international segment sells in the Asia/Pacific region, Europe, and Latin America.<ref name="Profile">[http://www.hoovers.com/metlife/--ID__40313--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml MetLife Profile], ''Hoovers' ', accessed December 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.metlife.com Home page], MetLife, accessed December 2007.</ref> In 2006, sales were US$48.4 billion with profits of US$6.3 billion.<ref name="Profile" /> ==Political contributions==Metropolitan Life gave $472,920 to federal candidates in the 2006 election through its [[political action committee]] - 48% to [[Democrats]], 50% to [[Republican Party (USA)|Republicans]], and 2% to other parties.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.asp?strid=C00040923&cycle=2006 2006 PAC Summary Data], ''Open Secrets'', accessed December 2007.</ref> ==Lobbying==The company spent $2,290,000 for [[lobbying]] in the first half of 2007. Two of the [[lobbying firms]] used were [[Venn Strategies, LLC]] and [[Quinn Gillespie & Associates]].<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobbyists/clientsum.asp?year=2007&txtname=Metropolitan+Life Metropolitan Life lobbying expenses], ''Open Secrets'', accessed December 2007.</ref> ==Personnel==Key executives and 2006 pay:<ref>[http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P3987,00.html Executive Officers], MetLife, accessed December 2007.</ref>*[[C. Robert Henrikson]], Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, $18,889,570<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=911919 C Robert Henrikson], ''Forbes'', accessed December 2007.</ref>*[[Steven A. Kandarian]], Chief Investment Officer*[[William J. Wheeler]], Chief Financial Officer, $3,899,966<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=922972 William J Wheeler], ''Forbes'', accessed December 2007.</ref> Selected members of the Board of Directors:<ref>[http://www.metlife.com/Applications/Corporate/WPS/CDA/PageGenerator/0,4773,P3966,00.html Board of Directors], MetLife, accessed December 2007.</ref>*[[Sylvia Mathews Burwell]], President of the Global Development Program at The [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]], Former Deputy Chief of Staff to President [[Bill Clinton]]*[[R. Glenn Hubbard]], Dean of the Graduate School of Business at Columbia University, Director of the Tax Policy Program for the [[American Enterprise Institute]]*[[Helene L. Kaplan]], Former Director of [[JPMorgan Chase]] & Co., [[Exxon Mobil]] Corporation, and [[Verizon Communications]] Inc. *[[John M. Keane]], Senior Advisor to [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.]], Former Chief Operating Officer of the [[U.S. Army]], Director of [[General Dynamics]] Corporation, Military contributor and analyst with [[ABC]] News and is a member of the United States Department of [[Defense Policy Board]]*[[Hugh B. Price]], Senior Fellow at the [[Brookings Institution]], was a Senior Advisor to the law firm of [[DLA Piper]], was President and Chief Executive Officer of the [[National Urban League]], is a Director of [[Verizon Communications]], Inc.*[[William C. Steere, Jr.]], was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of [[Pfizer Inc]] ==Contact details==200 Park Avenue<br>New York, NY 10166<br>Phone: 212-578-2211<br>Fax: 212-578-3320<br>Web: http://www.metlife.com ==References==<references/> ==Related SourceWatch articles==*[[Insurance Company)industry]]*[[James M. Kilts]]*[[American Cancer Society]]

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