MetLife, Inc. (NYSE:MET) today announced its results for the first
quarter ended March 31, 2019.
First Quarter Results Summary
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Net income of $1.3 billion, or $1.40 per share, compared to net income
of $1.2 billion, or $1.19 per share, in the first quarter of 2018.
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Adjusted earnings of $1.4 billion, or $1.48 per share, compared to
adjusted earnings of $1.4 billion, or $1.36 per share in the first
quarter of 2018.
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Book value of $58.06 per share, up 11 percent from $52.49 per share at
March 31, 2018.
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Book value, excluding accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI)
other than foreign currency translation adjustments (FCTA), of $45.58
per share, up 5 percent from $43.36 per share at March 31, 2018.
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Return on equity (ROE) of 10.3 percent.
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Adjusted ROE, excluding AOCI other than FCTA, of 13.2 percent.
“I’m stepping into the CEO role at an exciting time for MetLife,” said
Michel Khalaf, president and CEO of MetLife, Inc. “We are building on
our momentum from 2018 with an excellent first quarter in 2019. Our
business performance more than offset some market headwinds. Our
commitment is to be a responsible steward of capital by investing in
profitable growth, strengthening expense discipline, and creating
long-term value for our customers and shareholders.”
First Quarter 2019 Summary
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($ in millions, except per share data)
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Three months ended
March 31,
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2019
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2018
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Change
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Premiums, fees and other revenues
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$
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11,264
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$
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11,044
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2
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%
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Net investment income
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4,908
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3,745
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31
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%
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Net investment gains (losses)
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15
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(333
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)
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Net derivative gains (losses)
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115
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349
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(67
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)%
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Total revenues
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$
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16,302
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$
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14,805
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10
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%
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Total adjusted revenues
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$
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15,448
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$
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15,148
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2
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%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
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$
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11,167
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$
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10,929
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2
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%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding pension risk
transfer (PRT)
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$
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11,169
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$
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10,929
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2
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%
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Net income (loss)
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$
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1,349
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$
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1,247
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8
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%
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Net income (loss) per share
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$
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1.40
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$
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1.19
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18
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%
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Adjusted earnings
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$
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1,424
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$
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1,423
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—
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%
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Adjusted earnings per share
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$
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1.48
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$
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1.36
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9
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%
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Book value per share
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$
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58.06
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$
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52.49
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11
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%
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Book value per share, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
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$
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45.58
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$
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43.36
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5
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%
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Expense ratio
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21.1
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%
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21.8
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%
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Direct expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
direct expenses and PRT
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12.1
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%
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13.0
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%
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Adjusted expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
other expenses and PRT
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19.9
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%
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20.8
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%
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ROE
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10.3
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%
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9.0
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%
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ROE, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
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12.5
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%
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11.2
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%
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Adjusted ROE, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
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13.2
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%
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12.8
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%
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MetLife reported first quarter 2019 premiums, fees and other revenues of
$11.3 billion, up 2 percent over the first quarter of 2018. Adjusted
premiums, fees and other revenues were $11.2 billion, up 2 percent, and
4 percent on a constant currency basis over the prior-year period.
Net investment income was $4.9 billion, up 31 percent. The increase in
net investment income was driven by favorable changes in the estimated
fair value of certain securities which do not qualify as separate
accounts under GAAP. On an adjusted basis, net investment income was
$4.3 billion, up 1 percent.
Net derivative gains amounted to $115 million, or $91 million after tax
during the quarter.
Net income was $1.3 billion, compared to net income of $1.2 billion in
the first quarter of 2018. On a per share basis, net income was $1.40,
compared to net income of $1.19 in the prior-year period.
MetLife reported adjusted earnings of $1.4 billion were flat compared to
the first quarter of 2018, and up 2 percent on a constant currency
basis. On a per share basis, which includes the impact of share
repurchases, adjusted earnings were $1.48, up 9 percent from the
prior-year period.
Information regarding the non-GAAP and other financial measures included
in this news release and reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial
measures to GAAP measures are in “Non-GAAP and Other Financial
Disclosures” below and in the tables that accompany this news release.
Supplemental slides for the first quarter of 2019, titled "1Q19
Supplemental Slides," are available on the MetLife Investor Relations
website at www.metlife.com
and in the Form 8-K furnished by MetLife to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission in connection with this earnings news release.
Adjusted Earnings by Segment Summary*
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Three months ended
March 31, 2019
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Segment
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Change from prior-year period
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Change from prior-year period (on a
constant currency basis)
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U.S.
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11%
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Asia
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9%
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13%
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Latin America
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(4)%
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(1)%
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Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
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6%
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23%
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MetLife Holdings
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(25)%
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*The percentages in this table are on a reported and constant currency
basis, and do not exclude notable items.
Business Discussions
All comparisons of the results for the first quarter of 2019 in the
business discussions that follow are with the first quarter of 2018,
unless otherwise noted. See the first quarter of 2019 notable items
table that follows the Business Discussions section of this release for
additional information on notable items incurred in the first quarter of
2019.
U.S.
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($ in millions)
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Three months ended March 31, 2019
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Three months ended March 31, 2018
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Change
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Adjusted earnings
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$724
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$653
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11%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
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$6,058
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$5,679
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7%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT
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$6,060
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$5,679
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7%
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Notable item(s)
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$0
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$0
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Adjusted earnings for the U.S. were $724 million, up
11 percent, driven by favorable underwriting and volume growth,
partially offset by lower investment margins.
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Adjusted return on allocated equity was 27.0 percent, and
adjusted return on allocated tangible equity was 30.7 percent.
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $6.1 billion,
up 7 percent, driven by structured settlement sales in Retirement and
Income Solutions.
Group Benefits
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($ in millions)
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Three months ended March 31, 2019
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Three months ended March 31, 2018
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Change
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Adjusted earnings
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$342
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$218
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57%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
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$4,545
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$4,423
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3%
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Notable item(s)
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$0
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$0
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-
Adjusted earnings for Group Benefits were $342 million, up 57
percent, driven by favorable underwriting, expense margin and volume
growth.
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $4.5 billion,
up 3 percent.
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Sales for Group Benefits were up 11 percent in the first
quarter of 2019, compared to the first quarter of 2018.
Retirement and Income Solutions
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($ in millions)
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|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
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Three months ended March 31, 2018
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Change
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Adjusted earnings
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$285
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$339
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(16)%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
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$609
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$371
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64%
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT
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$611
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$371
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65%
|
Notable item(s)
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$0
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$0
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-
Adjusted earnings for Retirement and Income Solutions were
$285 million, down 16 percent as volume growth was more than offset by
lower investment margins.
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $609 million,
up 64 percent, primarily driven by structured settlement sales.
Property & Casualty
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($ in millions)
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Three months ended March 31, 2019
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Three months ended March 31, 2018
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Change
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Adjusted earnings
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$97
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|
$96
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1%
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
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$904
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|
$885
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2%
|
Notable item(s)
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$0
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$0
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-
Adjusted earnings for Property & Casualty were $97 million,
up 1 percent.
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $904 million,
up 2 percent.
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Pre-tax catastrophe losses and prior year development totaled
$38 million, compared to $53 million in the prior-year period.
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Sales for Property & Casualty were $154 million, up 12
percent.
ASIA
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($ in millions)
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|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
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Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
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Change
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Adjusted earnings
|
|
|
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$356
|
|
$327
|
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9%
|
Adjusted earnings (constant currency)
|
|
|
|
$356
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|
$316
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13%
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$2,121
|
|
$2,157
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|
(2)%
|
Notable item(s)
|
|
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
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|
-
Adjusted earnings for Asia were $356 million, up 9 percent, and
up 13 percent on a constant currency basis, driven by volume growth.
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Adjusted return on allocated equity was 10.0 percent, and
adjusted return on allocated tangible equity was 15.2 percent.
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Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $2.1 billion,
down 2 percent, and up 1 percent on a constant currency basis.
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Sales for Asia were $698 million, up 9 percent on a constant
currency basis, primarily driven by foreign currency denominated and
accident & health product sales in Japan.
LATIN AMERICA
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|
|
|
|
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($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
|
Change
|
Adjusted earnings
|
|
|
|
$134
|
|
$140
|
|
(4)%
|
Adjusted earnings (constant currency)
|
|
|
|
$134
|
|
$135
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|
(1)%
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$942
|
|
$989
|
|
(5)%
|
Notable item(s)
|
|
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
|
-
Adjusted earnings for Latin America were $134 million, down 4
percent, and down 1 percent on a constant currency basis, as favorable
investment returns were more than offset by expenses and unfavorable
underwriting.
-
Adjusted return on allocated equity was 18.1 percent, and
adjusted return on allocated tangible equity was 29.9 percent.
-
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $942 million,
down 5 percent, and up 4 percent on a constant currency basis, driven
by growth across the region.
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Sales for Latin America were $225 million, up 11 percent on a
constant currency basis, due to higher Mexico sales.
EMEA
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
|
Change
|
Adjusted earnings
|
|
|
|
$86
|
|
$81
|
|
6%
|
Adjusted earnings (constant currency)
|
|
|
|
$86
|
|
$70
|
|
23%
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$659
|
|
$679
|
|
(3)%
|
Notable item(s)
|
|
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
|
-
Adjusted earnings for EMEA were $86 million, up 6 percent, and
up 23 percent on a constant currency basis, driven by favorable
underwriting and volume growth.
-
Adjusted return on allocated equity was 12.3 percent, and
adjusted return on allocated tangible equity was 22.1 percent.
-
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were $659 million,
down 3 percent, and up 5 percent on a constant currency basis.
-
Sales for EMEA were $255 million, up 3 percent on a constant
currency basis, primarily due to higher volumes in the United Kingdom
and Turkey.
METLIFE HOLDINGS
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|
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|
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($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
|
Change
|
Adjusted earnings
|
|
|
|
$317
|
|
$425
|
|
(25)%
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$1,268
|
|
$1,331
|
|
(5)%
|
Notable item(s)
|
|
|
|
$0
|
|
$62
|
|
|
-
Adjusted earnings for MetLife Holdings were
$317 million, down 25 percent.
-
Excluding notable items from both periods, adjusted earnings
were down 13 percent due to a decline in variable investment income
and less favorable underwriting. These were partially offset by lower
expenses and the impact of stronger equity markets.
-
Adjusted return on allocated equity was 13.2 percent,
and adjusted return on allocated tangible equity was 14.8 percent.
-
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues were
$1.3 billion, down 5 percent.
CORPORATE & OTHER
|
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|
|
|
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|
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($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
|
Change
|
Adjusted earnings
|
|
|
|
$(193)
|
|
$(203)
|
|
|
Notable item(s)
|
|
|
|
$(55)
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|
$(34)
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|
-
Corporate & Other had an adjusted loss of $193 million,
compared to an adjusted loss of $203 million in the first quarter of
2018. The notable item in both periods is related to the company's
previously announced cost saving initiative.
-
Excluding notable items from both periods, adjusted loss was
down $31 million.
INVESTMENTS
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|
|
|
|
|
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($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2018
|
|
Change
|
Net investment income (as reported on an adjusted basis)
|
|
|
|
$4,281
|
|
$4,219
|
|
1%
|
-
As reported on an adjusted basis, net investment income was
$4.3 billion, up 1 percent. Variable investment income was
$174 million ($137 million, after tax), as compared to $268 million
($212 million, after tax) in the first quarter of 2018, driven by
lower private equity income.
FIRST QUARTER 2019 NOTABLE ITEMS
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($ in millions)
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|
|
|
Adjusted Earnings
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended March 31, 2019
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|
Notable Items
|
|
|
|
U.S.
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|
Asia
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|
Latin America
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|
EMEA
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|
MetLife Holdings
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|
Corporate & Other
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|
Total
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|
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|
|
Group Benefits
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|
Retirement and Income Solutions
|
|
Property & Casualty
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Expense initiative costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$(55)
|
|
$(55)
|
|
Total notable items
|
|
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
$(55)
|
|
$(55)
|
|
|
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About MetLife
MetLife, Inc. (NYSE: MET), through its subsidiaries and affiliates
(MetLife), is one of the world's leading financial services companies,
providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management
to help its individual and institutional customers navigate their
changing world. Founded in 1868, MetLife has operations in more than 40
countries and holds leading market positions in the United States,
Japan, Latin America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. For more
information, visit www.metlife.com.
Conference Call
MetLife will hold its first quarter 2019 earnings conference call and
audio webcast on Thursday, May 2, 2019, from 9-10 a.m. (ET). The
conference call will be available live via telephone and the internet.
To listen via telephone, dial 800-230-1085 (U.S.) or 612-234-9959
(outside the U.S.). To listen to the conference call via the internet,
visit www.metlife.com
through a link on the Investor Relations page. Those who want to listen
to the call via telephone or the internet should dial in or go to the
website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to register, and/or
download and install any necessary audio software.
The conference call will be available for replay via telephone and the
internet beginning at 11 a.m. (ET) on Thursday, May 2, 2019, until
Thursday, May 9, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (ET). To listen to a replay of the
conference call via telephone, dial 800-475-6701 (U.S.) or 320-365-3844
(outside the U.S.). The access code for the replay is 462461. To access
the replay of the conference call over the internet, visit the
above-mentioned website.
Non-GAAP and Other Financial Disclosures
Any references in this news release (except in this section and
the tables that accompany this release) to:
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should be read as, respectively:
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(i)
|
|
net income (loss);
|
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(i)
|
|
net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders;
|
(ii)
|
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net income (loss) per share;
|
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(ii)
|
|
net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
per diluted common share;
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(iii)
|
|
adjusted earnings;
|
|
(iii)
|
|
adjusted earnings available to common shareholders;
|
(iv)
|
|
adjusted earnings per share;
|
|
(iv)
|
|
adjusted earnings available to common shareholders per diluted
common share;
|
(v)
|
|
book value per share;
|
|
(v)
|
|
book value per common share;
|
(vi)
|
|
book value per share, excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
|
|
(vi)
|
|
book value per common share, excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
|
(vii)
|
|
book value per share-tangible common stockholders’ equity;
|
|
(vii)
|
|
book value per common share-tangible common stockholders’ equity;
|
(viii)
|
|
premiums, fees and other revenues;
|
|
(viii)
|
|
premiums, fees and other revenues (adjusted);
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(ix)
|
|
return on equity;
|
|
(ix)
|
|
return on MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity;
|
(x)
|
|
return on equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
|
|
(x)
|
|
return on MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding
AOCI, other than FCTA;
|
(xi)
|
|
adjusted return on equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
|
|
(xi)
|
|
adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity,
excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
|
(xii)
|
|
tangible return on equity; and
|
|
(xii)
|
|
return on MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders' equity; and
|
(xiii)
|
|
adjusted tangible return on equity.
|
|
(xiii)
|
|
adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders’
equity.
|
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In this news release, MetLife presents certain measures of its
performance that are not calculated in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP).
MetLife believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the
understanding of MetLife’s performance by highlighting the results of
operations and the underlying profitability drivers of the business.
The following non-GAAP financial measures should not be viewed as
substitutes for the most directly comparable financial measures
calculated in accordance with GAAP:
Non-GAAP financial measures:
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Comparable GAAP financial measures:
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(i)
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adjusted revenues;
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(i)
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revenues;
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(ii)
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adjusted expenses;
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(ii)
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expenses;
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(iii)
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adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues;
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(iii)
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premiums, fees and other revenues;
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(iv)
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adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding pension risk
transfer
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(iv)
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premiums, fees and other revenues;
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(v)
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adjusted earnings;
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(v)
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income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax;
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(vi)
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net investment income, as reported on an adjusted basis
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(vi)
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net investment income
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(vii)
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capitalization of deferred policy acquisition costs (DAC), as
reported on an adjusted basis
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(vii)
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capitalization of DAC
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(viii)
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other expenses, as reported on an adjusted basis
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(viii)
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other expenses
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(ix)
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other expenses, as reported on an adjusted basis, on a constant
currency basis
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(ix)
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other expenses
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(x)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders;
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(x)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders;
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(xi)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis;
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(xi)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders;
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(xii)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items;
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(xii)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders;
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(xiii)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis;
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(xiii)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders;
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(xiv)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders per diluted
common share;
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(xiv)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
per diluted common share;
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(xv)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis per diluted common share;
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(xv)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
per diluted common share;
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(xvi)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, per diluted common share;
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(xvi)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
per diluted common share;
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(xvii)
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis per diluted common share;
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(xvii)
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net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders
per diluted common share;
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(xviii)
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adjusted return on equity;
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(xviii)
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return on equity;
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(xix)
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adjusted return on equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA;
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(xix)
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return on equity;
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(xx)
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adjusted tangible return on equity;
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(xx)
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return on equity;
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(xxi)
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investment portfolio gains (losses);
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(xxi)
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net investment gains (losses);
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(xxii)
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derivative gains (losses);
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(xxii)
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net derivative gains (losses);
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(xxiii)
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MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders’ equity;
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(xxiii)
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MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity;
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(xxiv)
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MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders’ equity, excluding
total notable items;
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(xxiv)
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MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity;
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(xxv)
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MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding AOCI other
than FCTA;
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(xxv)
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MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity;
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(xxvi)
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MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding total notable
items (excludes AOCI other than FCTA);
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(xxvi)
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MetLife, Inc.’s stockholders’ equity;
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(xxvii)
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book value per common share, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
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(xxvii)
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book value per common share
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(xxviii)
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book value per common share - tangible common stockholders' equity
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(xxviii)
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book value per common share
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(xxix)
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free cash flow of all holding companies;
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(xxix)
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MetLife, Inc. (parent company only) net cash provided by (used in)
operating activities;
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(xxx)
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adjusted expense ratio;
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(xxx)
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expense ratio;
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(xxxi)
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adjusted expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
other expenses and PRT;
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(xxxi)
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expense ratio;
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(xxxii)
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direct expense ratio; and
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(xxxii)
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expense ratio; and
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(xxxiii)
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direct expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
direct expenses and PRT.
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(xxxiii)
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expense ratio.
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Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly
comparable GAAP measures are included in this earnings news release and
in this period’s quarterly financial supplement, which is available at www.metlife.com.
MetLife’s definitions of the various non-GAAP and other financial
measures discussed in this news release may differ from those used by
other companies:
Adjusted earnings and related measures
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adjusted earnings;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders per diluted common
share;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis per diluted common share;
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items per diluted common share; and
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adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis per diluted common share.
These measures are used by management to evaluate performance and
allocate resources. Consistent with GAAP guidance for segment reporting,
adjusted earnings is also MetLife’s GAAP measure of segment performance.
Adjusted earnings and other financial measures based on adjusted
earnings are also the measures by which MetLife senior management’s and
many other employees’ performance is evaluated for the purposes of
determining their compensation under applicable compensation plans.
Adjusted earnings and other financial measures based on adjusted
earnings allow analysis of MetLife's performance relative to its
business plan and facilitate comparisons to industry results.
Adjusted earnings is defined as adjusted revenues less adjusted
expenses, net of income tax. Adjusted loss is defined as negative
adjusted earnings. Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders is
defined as adjusted earnings less preferred stock dividends.
Adjusted revenues and adjusted expenses
These financial measures, along with the related adjusted premiums, fees
and other revenues, focus on our primary businesses principally by
excluding the impact of market volatility, which could distort trends,
and revenues and costs related to non-core products and certain entities
required to be consolidated under GAAP. Also, these measures exclude
results of discontinued operations under GAAP and other businesses that
have been or will be sold or exited by MetLife but do not meet the
discontinued operations criteria under GAAP and are referred to as
divested businesses. Divested businesses also includes the net impact of
transactions with exited businesses that have been eliminated in
consolidation under GAAP and costs relating to businesses that have been
or will be sold or exited by MetLife that do not meet the criteria to be
included in results of discontinued operations under GAAP.
Adjusted revenues also excludes net investment gains (losses) (NIGL) and
net derivative gains (losses) (NDGL). Adjusted expenses also excludes
goodwill impairments.
The following additional adjustments are made to revenues, in the line
items indicated, in calculating adjusted revenues:
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Universal life and investment-type product policy fees excludes the
amortization of unearned revenue related to NIGL and NDGL (Unearned
revenue adjustments) and certain variable annuity guaranteed minimum
income benefits (GMIB) fees (GMIB fees);
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Net investment income: (i) includes earned income on derivatives and
amortization of premium on derivatives that are hedges of investments
or that are used to replicate certain investments but do not qualify
for hedge accounting treatment (Investment hedge adjustments), (ii)
excludes post-tax adjusted earnings adjustments relating to insurance
joint ventures accounted for under the equity method (Operating joint
venture adjustments), (iii) excludes certain amounts related to
contractholder-directed equity securities (Unit-linked contract
income), (iv) excludes certain amounts related to securitization
entities that are variable interest entities (VIEs) consolidated under
GAAP (Securitization entities income); and (v) includes distributions
of profits from certain other limited partnership interests that were
previously accounted for under the cost method, but are now accounted
for at estimated fair value, where the change in estimated fair value
is recognized in NIGL under GAAP (Certain partnership distributions);
and
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Other revenues is adjusted for settlements of foreign currency
earnings hedges and excludes fees received in association with
services provided under transition service agreements (TSA fees).
The following additional adjustments are made to expenses, in the line
items indicated, in calculating adjusted expenses:
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Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends excludes:
(i) changes in the policyholder dividend obligation related to NIGL
and NDGL (PDO adjustments), (ii) inflation-indexed benefit adjustments
associated with contracts backed by inflation-indexed investments and
amounts associated with periodic crediting rate adjustments based on
the total return of a contractually referenced pool of assets and
other pass-through adjustments (Inflation and pass-through
adjustments), (iii) benefits and hedging costs related to GMIBs (GMIB
costs), and (iv) market value adjustments associated with surrenders
or terminations of contracts (Market value adjustments);
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Interest credited to policyholder account balances includes
adjustments for earned income on derivatives and amortization of
premium on derivatives that are hedges of policyholder account
balances but do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment (PAB hedge
adjustments) and excludes certain amounts related to net investment
income earned on contractholder-directed equity securities
(Unit-linked contract costs);
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Amortization of DAC and value of business acquired (VOBA) excludes
amounts related to: (i) NIGL and NDGL, (ii) GMIB fees and GMIB costs
and (iii) Market value adjustments;
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Amortization of negative VOBA excludes amounts related to Market value
adjustments;
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Interest expense on debt excludes certain amounts related to
securitization entities that are VIEs consolidated under GAAP
(Securitization entities debt expense); and
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Other expenses excludes costs related to: (i) noncontrolling
interests, (ii) implementation of new insurance regulatory
requirements (Regulatory implementation costs), and (iii) acquisition,
integration and other costs. Other expenses includes TSA fees.
Adjusted earnings also excludes the recognition of certain contingent
assets and liabilities that could not be recognized at acquisition or
adjusted for during the measurement period under GAAP business
combination accounting guidance.
The tax impact of the adjustments mentioned above are calculated net of
the U.S. or foreign statutory tax rate, which could differ from
MetLife’s effective tax rate. Additionally, the provision for income tax
(expense) benefit also includes the impact related to the timing of
certain tax credits, as well as certain tax reforms.
Investment portfolio gains (losses) and derivative gains (losses)
These are measures of investment and hedging activity. Investment
portfolio gains (losses) principally excludes amounts that are reported
within net investment gains (losses) but do not relate to the
performance of the investment portfolio, such as gains (losses) on sales
and divestitures of businesses, goodwill impairment or changes in
estimated fair value. Derivative gains (losses) principally excludes
earned income on derivatives and amortization of premium on derivatives,
where such derivatives are either hedges of investments or are used to
replicate certain investments, and where such derivatives do not qualify
for hedge accounting. This earned income and amortization of premium is
reported within adjusted earnings and not within derivative gains
(losses).
Return on equity, allocated equity, tangible equity and related
measures
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MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding AOCI other than
FCTA: MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding the net
unrealized investment gains (losses) and defined benefit plans
adjustment components of AOCI, net of income tax.
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MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding total notable
items (excludes AOCI other than FCTA): MetLife, Inc.’s common
stockholders’ equity, excluding the net unrealized investment gains
(losses), defined benefit plans adjustment components of AOCI and
total notable items, net of income tax.
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Return on MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity: net income
(loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders divided by
MetLife, Inc.’s average common stockholders’ equity.
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Return on MetLife, Inc.'s common stockholders' equity, excluding AOCI
other than FCTA: net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common
shareholders divided by MetLife, Inc.'s average common stockholders'
equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA.
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Adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.'s common stockholders' equity:
adjusted earnings available to common shareholders divided by MetLife,
Inc.'s average common stockholders' equity.
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Adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.'s common stockholders' equity,
excluding AOCI other than FCTA: adjusted earnings available to common
shareholders divided by MetLife, Inc.'s average common stockholders'
equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA.
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Allocated equity: portion of MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’
equity that management allocates to each of its segments and
sub-segments based on local capital requirements and economic capital.
Economic capital is an internally developed risk capital model, the
purpose of which is to measure the risk in the business and to provide
a basis upon which capital is deployed. MetLife management
periodically reviews this model to ensure that it remains consistent
with emerging industry practice standards and the local capital
requirements; allocated equity may be adjusted if warranted by such
review. Allocated equity excludes the impact of AOCI other than FCTA.
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Adjusted return on allocated equity: adjusted earnings available to
common shareholders divided by allocated equity.
The above
measures represent a level of equity consistent with the view that, in
the ordinary course of business, MetLife does not plan to sell most
investments for the sole purpose of realizing gains or losses. Also
refer to the utilization of adjusted earnings and other financial
measures based on adjusted earnings mentioned above.
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MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders’ equity or tangible
equity: MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity, excluding AOCI
other than FCTA, reduced by the impact of goodwill, value of
distribution agreements (VODA) and value of customer relationships
acquired (VOCRA), all net of income tax.
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MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders’ equity, adjusted for
total notable items: MetLife, Inc.’s common stockholders’ equity,
excluding AOCI other than FCTA, reduced by the impact of goodwill,
value of distribution agreements (VODA), value of customer
relationships acquired (VOCRA) and total notable items, all net of
income tax.
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Return on MetLife, Inc.’s tangible common stockholders' equity: net
income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.’s common shareholders,
excluding amortization of VODA and VOCRA, net of income tax, divided
by MetLife, Inc.'s average tangible common stockholders' equity.
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Adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.'s tangible common stockholders'
equity: adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding
amortization of VODA and VOCRA, net of income tax, divided by MetLife,
Inc.'s average tangible common stockholders' equity.
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Allocated tangible equity: Allocated equity reduced by the impact of
goodwill, VODA and VOCRA, all net of income tax.
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Adjusted return on allocated tangible equity: adjusted earnings
available to common shareholders, excluding amortization of VODA and
VOCRA, net of income tax, divided by allocated tangible equity.
The above measures are, when considered in conjunction with regulatory
capital ratios, a measure of capital adequacy.
Expense ratio, direct expense ratio, adjusted expense ratio and
related measures
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Expense ratio: other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC, divided
by premiums, fees and other revenues.
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Direct expense ratio: direct expenses, on an adjusted basis, divided
by adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues.
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Direct expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to direct
expenses and PRT: direct expenses, on an adjusted basis, excluding
total notable items related to direct expenses, divided by adjusted
premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT.
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Adjusted expense ratio: other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC,
both on an adjusted basis, divided by adjusted premiums, fees and
other revenues.
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Adjusted expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to other
expenses and PRT: other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC, both
on an adjusted basis, excluding total notable items related to other
expenses, divided by adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues,
excluding PRT.
Statistical sales information:
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U.S.:
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Group Benefits: calculated using 10% of single premium deposits
and 100% of annualized full-year premiums and fees from recurring
premium policy sales of all products.
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Retirement and Income Solutions: calculated using 10% of single
premium deposits and 100% of annualized full-year premiums and
fees only from recurring premium policy sales of specialized
benefit resources and corporate-owned life insurance.
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Property & Casualty: calculated based on first year direct written
premium, net of cancellation and endorsement activity.
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Latin America, Asia and EMEA: calculated using 10% of single-premium
deposits (mainly from retirement products such as variable annuity,
fixed annuity and pensions), 20% of single-premium deposits from
credit insurance and 100% of annualized full-year premiums and fees
from recurring-premium policy sales of all products (mainly from risk
and protection products such as individual life, accident & health and
group).
Sales statistics do not correspond to revenues under GAAP, but are used
as relevant measures of business activity.
The following additional information is relevant to an
understanding of MetLife’s performance results:
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All comparisons on a constant currency basis reflect the impact of
changes in foreign currency exchange rates and are calculated using
the average foreign currency exchange rates for the current period and
are applied to each of the comparable periods. As a result, amounts
will be updated each period to reflect the average foreign currency
exchange rates.
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Volume growth, as discussed in the context of business growth, is the
period over period percentage change in adjusted earnings available to
common shareholders attributable to adjusted premiums, fees and other
revenues and assets under management levels, applying a model in which
certain margins and factors are held constant. The most significant of
such items are underwriting margins, investment margins, changes in
equity market performance, expense margins and the impact of changes
in foreign currency exchange rates.
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Asymmetrical and non-economic accounting refers to: (i) the portion of
net derivative gains (losses) on embedded derivatives attributable to
the inclusion of MetLife’s credit spreads in the liability valuations,
(ii) hedging activity that generates net derivative gains (losses) and
creates fluctuations in net income because hedge accounting cannot be
achieved and the item being hedged does not a have an offsetting gain
or loss recognized in earnings, (iii) inflation-indexed benefit
adjustments associated with contracts backed by inflation-indexed
investments and amounts associated with periodic crediting rate
adjustments based on the total return of a contractually referenced
pool of assets and other pass-through adjustments, and (iv) impact of
changes in foreign currency exchange rates on the re-measurement of
foreign denominated unhedged funding agreements and financing
transactions to the U.S. dollar and the re-measurement of certain
liabilities from non-functional currencies to functional currencies.
MetLife believes that excluding the impact of asymmetrical and
non-economic accounting from total GAAP results enhances investor
understanding of MetLife’s performance by disclosing how these
accounting practices affect reported GAAP results.
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MetLife uses a measure of free cash flow to facilitate an
understanding of its ability to generate cash for reinvestment into
its businesses or use in non-mandatory capital actions. MetLife
defines free cash flow as the sum of cash available at MetLife’s
holding companies from dividends from operating subsidiaries, expenses
and other net flows of the holding companies (including capital
contributions to subsidiaries), and net contributions from debt to be
at or below target leverage ratios. This measure of free cash flow is
prior to capital actions, such as common stock dividends and
repurchases, debt reduction and mergers and acquisitions. Free cash
flow should not be viewed as a substitute for net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities calculated in accordance with GAAP. The
free cash flow ratio is typically expressed as a percentage of annual
adjusted earnings available to common shareholders.
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Notable items represent a positive (negative) impact to adjusted
earnings available to common shareholders. Notable items reflect the
unexpected impact of events that affect MetLife’s results, but that
were unknown and that MetLife could not anticipate when it devised its
Business Plan. Notable items also include certain items regardless of
the extent anticipated in the Business Plan, to help investors have a
better understanding of MetLife's results and to evaluate and forecast
those results.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release may contain or incorporate by reference information
that includes or is based upon forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements give expectations or forecasts of future
events. These statements can be identified by the fact that they do not
relate strictly to historical or current facts. They use words and terms
such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “plan,”
“believe,” "will," and other words and terms of similar meaning, or are
tied to future periods, in connection with a discussion of future
performance. In particular, these include statements relating to future
actions, prospective services or products, future performance or results
of current and anticipated services or products, sales efforts,
expenses, the outcome of contingencies such as legal proceedings, trends
in operations and financial results.
Many factors will be important in determining the results of MetLife,
Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliates. Forward-looking statements are
based on our assumptions and current expectations, which may be
inaccurate, and on the current economic environment, which may change.
These statements are not guarantees of future performance. They involve
a number of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict.
Results could differ materially from those expressed or implied in the
forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties, and other factors that
might cause such differences include the risks, uncertainties and other
factors identified in MetLife, Inc.’s filings with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission. These factors include: (1) difficult economic
conditions, including risks relating to interest rates, credit spreads,
equity, real estate, obligors and counterparties, currency exchange
rates, derivatives, and terrorism and security; (2) adverse global
capital and credit market conditions, which may affect our ability to
meet liquidity needs and access capital, including through our credit
facilities; (3) downgrades in our claims paying ability, financial
strength or credit ratings; (4) availability and effectiveness of
reinsurance, hedging or indemnification arrangements; (5) increasing
cost and limited market capacity for statutory life insurance reserve
financings; (6) the impact on us of changes to and implementation of the
wide variety of laws and regulations to which we are subject;
(7) regulatory, legislative or tax changes relating to our operations
that may affect the cost of, or demand for, our products or services;
(8) adverse results or other consequences from litigation, arbitration
or regulatory investigations; (9) legal, regulatory and other
restrictions affecting MetLife, Inc.’s ability to pay dividends and
repurchase common stock; (10) MetLife, Inc.’s primary reliance, as a
holding company, on dividends from subsidiaries to meet free cash flow
targets and debt payment obligations and the applicable regulatory
restrictions on the ability of the subsidiaries to pay such dividends;
(11) investment losses, defaults and volatility; (12) potential
liquidity and other risks resulting from our participation in a
securities lending program and other transactions; (13) changes to
investment valuations, allowances and impairments taken on investments,
and methodologies, estimates and assumptions;
(14) differences between actual claims experience and underwriting and
reserving assumptions; (15) political, legal, operational, economic and
other risks relating to our global operations; (16) competitive
pressures, including with respect to pricing, entry of new competitors,
consolidation of distributors, the development of new products by new
and existing competitors, and for personnel; (17) the impact of
technological changes on our businesses; (18) catastrophe losses; (19) a
deterioration in the experience of the closed block established in
connection with the reorganization of Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company; (20) impairment of goodwill or other long-lived assets, or the
establishment of a valuation allowance against our deferred income tax
asset; (21) changes in assumptions related to deferred policy
acquisition costs, deferred sales inducements or value of business
acquired; (22) exposure to losses related to guarantees in certain
products; (23) ineffectiveness of risk management policies and
procedures or models; (24) a failure in our cybersecurity systems or
other information security systems or our disaster recovery plans; (25)
any failure to protect the confidentiality of client information;
(26) changes in accounting standards; (27) our associates taking
excessive risks; (28) difficulties in marketing and distributing
products through our distribution channels; (29) increased expenses
relating to pension and other postretirement benefit plans;
(30) inability to protect our intellectual property rights or claims of
infringement of others’ intellectual property rights; (31) difficulties,
unforeseen liabilities, asset impairments, or rating agency actions
arising from business acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, or
other legal entity reorganizations; (32) unanticipated or adverse
developments that could adversely affect our expected operational or
other benefits from the separation of Brighthouse Financial, Inc. and
its subsidiaries; (33) the possibility that MetLife, Inc.’s Board of
Directors may influence the outcome of stockholder votes through the
voting provisions of the MetLife Policyholder Trust; (34) provisions of
laws and our incorporation documents that may delay, deter or prevent
takeovers and corporate combinations involving MetLife; and (35) other
risks and uncertainties described from time to time in MetLife, Inc.’s
filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
MetLife, Inc. does not undertake any obligation to publicly correct or
update any forward-looking statement if MetLife, Inc. later becomes
aware that such statement is not likely to be achieved. Please consult
any further disclosures MetLife, Inc. makes on related subjects in
reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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MetLife, Inc.
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GAAP Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
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(Unaudited)
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(In millions)
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For the Three Months Ended
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March 31,
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2019
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2018
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Revenues
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Premiums
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$
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9,405
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$
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9,178
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Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
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1,365
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1,392
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Net investment income
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4,908
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3,745
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Other revenues
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|
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494
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474
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Net investment gains (losses)
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15
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(333
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)
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Net derivative gains (losses)
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115
|
|
|
349
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
|
16,302
|
|
|
14,805
|
|
|
|
|
|
.
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Policyholder benefits and claims
|
|
|
|
9,072
|
|
|
8,718
|
|
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
|
|
|
|
1,961
|
|
|
769
|
|
Policyholder dividends
|
|
|
|
300
|
|
|
297
|
|
Capitalization of DAC
|
|
|
|
(812
|
)
|
|
(796
|
)
|
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
|
|
|
|
624
|
|
|
693
|
|
Amortization of negative VOBA
|
|
|
|
(10
|
)
|
|
(22
|
)
|
Interest expense on debt
|
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
286
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
3,189
|
|
|
3,204
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
14,558
|
|
|
13,149
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for income
tax
|
|
|
|
1,744
|
|
|
1,656
|
|
Provision for income tax expense (benefit)
|
|
|
|
359
|
|
|
399
|
|
Income (loss) from continuing operations, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
1,385
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net income (loss)
|
|
|
|
1,385
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
4
|
|
Net income (loss) attributable to MetLife, Inc.
|
|
|
|
1,381
|
|
|
1,253
|
|
Less: Preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
6
|
|
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.'s common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,349
|
|
|
$
|
1,247
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In millions, except per share data)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Reconciliation to Adjusted Earnings Available to Common
Shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings Per Weighted Average Common Share Diluted (1)
|
|
|
|
Earnings Per Weighted Average Common Share Diluted (1)
|
Net income (loss) available to MetLife, Inc.'s common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,349
|
|
|
$
|
1.40
|
|
|
$
|
1,247
|
|
|
$
|
1.19
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjustments from net income (loss) available to common shareholders
to adjusted earnings available to common shareholders:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(333
|
)
|
|
(0.32
|
)
|
Net derivative gains (losses)
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
0.12
|
|
|
349
|
|
|
0.33
|
|
Premiums
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Universal life and investment-type product policy fees
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
627
|
|
|
0.65
|
|
|
(474
|
)
|
|
(0.44
|
)
|
Other revenues
|
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
83
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
Policyholder benefits and claims and policyholder dividends
|
|
|
|
(131
|
)
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
(47
|
)
|
|
(0.05
|
)
|
Interest credited to policyholder account balances
|
|
|
|
(713
|
)
|
|
(0.74
|
)
|
|
348
|
|
|
0.33
|
|
Capitalization of DAC
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
Amortization of DAC and VOBA
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
—
|
|
Amortization of negative VOBA
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
—
|
|
Interest expense on debt
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
(0.09
|
)
|
|
(94
|
)
|
|
(0.09
|
)
|
Goodwill impairment
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit
|
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
|
(42
|
)
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Add: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
1,424
|
|
|
1.48
|
|
|
1,423
|
|
|
1.36
|
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
(55
|
)
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|
28
|
|
|
0.03
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,479
|
|
|
$
|
1.54
|
|
|
$
|
1,395
|
|
|
$
|
1.34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,424
|
|
|
$
|
1.48
|
|
|
$
|
1,396
|
|
|
$
|
1.34
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,479
|
|
|
$
|
1.54
|
|
|
$
|
1,368
|
|
|
$
|
1.31
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding - diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
963.3
|
|
|
|
|
1,044.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Premiums, Fees and Other Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,264
|
|
|
$
|
11,044
|
|
Less: Unearned revenue adjustments
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
GMIB fees
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
30
|
|
Settlement of foreign currency earnings hedges
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
4
|
|
TSA fees
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
79
|
|
Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,167
|
|
|
$
|
10,929
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Investment Income
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,908
|
|
|
$
|
3,745
|
|
Less: Investment hedge adjustments
|
|
|
|
(105
|
)
|
|
(110
|
)
|
Operating joint venture adjustments
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
Unit-linked contract income
|
|
|
|
736
|
|
|
(353
|
)
|
Securitization entities income
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Certain partnership distributions
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net investment income, as reported on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,281
|
|
|
$
|
4,219
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues and Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,302
|
|
|
$
|
14,805
|
|
Less: Net investment gains (losses)
|
|
|
|
15
|
|
|
(333
|
)
|
Less: Net derivative gains (losses)
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
349
|
|
Less: Adjustments related to net investment gains (losses) and net
derivative gains (losses)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5
|
)
|
Less: Other adjustments to revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GMIB fees
|
|
|
|
27
|
|
|
30
|
|
Investment hedge adjustments
|
|
|
|
(105
|
)
|
|
(110
|
)
|
Operating joint venture adjustments
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
1
|
|
Unit-linked contract income
|
|
|
|
736
|
|
|
(353
|
)
|
Securitization entities income
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Settlement of foreign currency earnings hedges
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
4
|
|
Certain partnership distributions
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
(12
|
)
|
TSA fees
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
79
|
|
Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
7
|
|
Total adjusted revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
15,448
|
|
|
$
|
15,148
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,558
|
|
|
$
|
13,149
|
|
Less: Adjustments related to net investment (gains) losses and net
derivative (gains) losses
|
|
|
|
(24
|
)
|
|
(14
|
)
|
Less: Goodwill impairment
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Less: Other adjustments to expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inflation and pass-through adjustments
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
41
|
|
GMIB costs and amortization of DAC and VOBA related to GMIB fees and
GMIB costs
|
|
|
|
49
|
|
|
15
|
|
Market value adjustments and amortization of DAC, VOBA and negative
VOBA related to market value adjustments
|
|
|
|
(4
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
PAB hedge adjustments
|
|
|
|
(3
|
)
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Unit-linked contract costs
|
|
|
|
716
|
|
|
(347
|
)
|
Securitization entities debt expense
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Regulatory implementation costs
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
|
Acquisition, integration and other costs
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
11
|
|
TSA fees
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
79
|
|
Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
9
|
|
Total adjusted expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,657
|
|
|
$
|
13,362
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In millions, except per share and ratio data)
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
Book Value (3)
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book value per common share
|
|
|
|
$
|
58.06
|
|
|
$
|
52.49
|
|
Less: Net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of income tax
|
|
|
|
14.59
|
|
|
11.28
|
|
Defined benefit plans adjustment, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
(2.11
|
)
|
|
(2.15
|
)
|
Book value per common share, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
|
|
|
|
45.58
|
|
|
43.36
|
|
Less: Goodwill, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
9.56
|
|
|
9.20
|
|
VODA and VOCRA, net of income tax
|
|
|
|
0.31
|
|
|
0.36
|
|
Book value per common share - tangible common stockholders' equity
|
|
|
|
$
|
35.71
|
|
|
$
|
33.80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common shares outstanding, end of period
|
|
|
|
950.2
|
|
|
1,024.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
Expense Detail and Ratios
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Capitalization of DAC to Capitalization of DAC,
as reported on an adjusted basis.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capitalization of DAC
|
|
|
|
$
|
(812
|
)
|
|
$
|
(796
|
)
|
Less: Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
Capitalization of DAC, as reported on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
(812
|
)
|
|
$
|
(795
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of Other Expenses to Other Expenses, as reported
on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,189
|
|
|
$
|
3,204
|
|
Less: Noncontrolling interest
|
|
|
|
(6
|
)
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Less: Regulatory implementation costs
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
1
|
|
Less: Acquisition, integration and other costs
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
11
|
|
Less: TSA fees
|
|
|
|
68
|
|
|
79
|
|
Less: Divested businesses
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
10
|
|
Other expenses, as reported on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,101
|
|
|
$
|
3,110
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other detail and ratios
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,189
|
|
|
$
|
3,204
|
|
Capitalization of DAC
|
|
|
|
(812
|
)
|
|
(796
|
)
|
Other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,377
|
|
|
$
|
2,408
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,264
|
|
|
$
|
11,044
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expense ratio
|
|
|
|
21.1
|
%
|
|
21.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Direct expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,420
|
|
|
$
|
1,462
|
|
Less: Total notable items related to direct expenses
|
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
43
|
|
Direct expenses, excluding total notable items related to direct
expenses
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,350
|
|
|
$
|
1,419
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenses, as reported on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,101
|
|
|
$
|
3,110
|
|
Capitalization of DAC, as reported on an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
(812
|
)
|
|
(795
|
)
|
Other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC, as reported on an
adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
2,289
|
|
|
2,315
|
|
Less: Total notable items related to other expenses, as reported on
an adjusted basis
|
|
|
|
70
|
|
|
43
|
|
Other expenses, net of capitalization of DAC, excluding total
notable items related to other expenses, as reported on an adjusted
basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,219
|
|
|
$
|
2,272
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,167
|
|
|
$
|
10,929
|
|
Less: Pension risk transfer (PRT)
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,169
|
|
|
$
|
10,929
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Direct expense ratio
|
|
|
|
12.7
|
%
|
|
13.4
|
%
|
Direct expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
direct expenses and PRT
|
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
13.0
|
%
|
Adjusted expense ratio
|
|
|
|
20.5
|
%
|
|
21.2
|
%
|
Adjusted expense ratio, excluding total notable items related to
other expenses and PRT
|
|
|
|
19.9
|
%
|
|
20.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, (4)
|
Return on Equity
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
Return on MetLife, Inc.'s:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stockholders' equity
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
%
|
|
9.0
|
%
|
Common stockholders' equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
|
|
|
|
12.5
|
%
|
|
11.2
|
%
|
Tangible common stockholders' equity
|
|
|
|
16.2
|
%
|
|
14.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted return on MetLife, Inc.'s:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common stockholders' equity
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
%
|
|
10.3
|
%
|
Common stockholders' equity, excluding AOCI other than FCTA
|
|
|
|
13.2
|
%
|
|
12.8
|
%
|
Common stockholders' equity, excluding total notable items (excludes
AOCI other than FCTA) (2)
|
|
|
|
13.7
|
%
|
|
12.4
|
%
|
Tangible common stockholders' equity
|
|
|
|
17.1
|
%
|
|
16.4
|
%
|
Tangible common stockholders' equity, excluding total notable items
(2)
|
|
|
|
17.7
|
%
|
|
16.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Return on Allocated Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
|
|
|
|
27.0
|
%
|
|
24.1
|
%
|
Asia
|
|
|
|
10.0
|
%
|
|
9.2
|
%
|
Latin America
|
|
|
|
18.1
|
%
|
|
17.8
|
%
|
EMEA
|
|
|
|
12.3
|
%
|
|
9.3
|
%
|
MetLife Holdings
|
|
|
|
13.2
|
%
|
|
16.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted Return on Allocated Tangible Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.
|
|
|
|
30.7
|
%
|
|
27.9
|
%
|
Asia
|
|
|
|
15.2
|
%
|
|
13.9
|
%
|
Latin America
|
|
|
|
29.9
|
%
|
|
29.8
|
%
|
EMEA
|
|
|
|
22.1
|
%
|
|
15.3
|
%
|
MetLife Holdings
|
|
|
|
14.8
|
%
|
|
19.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
Adjusted Earnings Available to Common Shareholders
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
724
|
|
|
$
|
653
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
724
|
|
|
$
|
653
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,058
|
|
|
$
|
5,679
|
Less: PRT
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
—
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,060
|
|
|
$
|
5,679
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Group Benefits (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
218
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
218
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retirement & Income Solutions (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
285
|
|
|
$
|
339
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
285
|
|
|
$
|
339
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues
|
|
|
|
$
|
609
|
|
|
$
|
371
|
Less: PRT
|
|
|
|
(2
|
)
|
|
—
|
Adjusted premiums, fees and other revenues, excluding PRT
|
|
|
|
$
|
611
|
|
|
$
|
371
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property & Casualty (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
96
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
97
|
|
|
$
|
96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
Adjusted Earnings Available to Common Shareholders (Continued)
|
(Unaudited)
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
2018
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asia:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
356
|
|
|
$
|
327
|
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
356
|
|
|
$
|
327
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
356
|
|
|
$
|
316
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
356
|
|
|
$
|
316
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Latin America:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
140
|
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
140
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
135
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
135
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EMEA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
81
|
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders on a constant
currency basis
|
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items, on a constant currency basis (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
$
|
70
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife Holdings (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
317
|
|
|
$
|
425
|
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
62
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
317
|
|
|
$
|
363
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate & Other (5):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders
|
|
|
|
$
|
(193
|
)
|
|
$
|
(203
|
)
|
Less: Total notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
(55
|
)
|
|
(34
|
)
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total
notable items (2)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(138
|
)
|
|
$
|
(169
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See footnotes on last page.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MetLife, Inc.
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Adjusted earnings available to common shareholders is calculated on
a standalone basis and may not equal the sum of (i) adjusted
earnings available to common shareholders, excluding total notable
items and (ii) total notable items.
|
|
|
|
(2)
|
|
Notable items reflect the unexpected impact of events that affect
MetLife’s results, but that were unknown and that MetLife could not
anticipate when it devised its Business Plan. Notable items also
include certain items regardless of the extent anticipated in the
Business Plan to help investors have a better understanding of
MetLife's results and to evaluate and forecast those results.
Notable items can affect MetLife’s results either positively or
negatively.
|
|
|
|
(3)
|
|
Book values exclude $3,340 million and $2,560 million of equity
related to preferred stock at March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
|
|
|
|
(4)
|
|
Annualized using quarter-to-date results.
|
|
|
|
(5)
|
|
Results on a constant currency basis are not included as constant
currency impact is not significant.
|
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