Latest MetLife Headlines
All the headlines from our MetLife Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Zurich Insurance Emerges as Front-Runner to Buy MetLife’s Malaysia Business
Dec 9 2022 // Zurich Insurance Group AG has emerged as the front-runner to buy a majority stake in the Malaysian insurance business of US insurer MetLife Inc. and Kuala Lumpur-listed AMMB Holdings Bhd., according to people with...
NN Group to Acquire MetLife’s Polish and Greek Businesses for $693 Million
Jul 6 2021 // Dutch insurer NN Group announced on Monday it has agreed to acquire MetLife’s business activities in Poland and Greece, for a total consideration of €584 million (US$692.8 million). The acquisition, which will...
Dutch Insurer NN Group Offers to Buy Part of MetLife’s European Businesses
Jun 28 2021 // NN Group NV offered to acquire part of MetLife Inc.’s businesses in Europe, saying the move is in line with its strategy to consolidate leading positions in attractive growth markets. The Dutch insurer said in a...
Farmers Completes Acquisition of MetLife Auto & Home Business for $3.9 Billion
Apr 8 2021 // Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have closed on buying MetLife’s U.S. property/casualty business for $3.94 billion. The business acquired includes 2.4 million MetLife Auto & Home policies, $3.6 billion of...
Zurich and Farmers Agree to Buy MetLife’s U.S. P/C Business for $3.94 Billion
Dec 11 2020 // Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLife’s U.S. property and casualty business for $3.94 billion, the insurers said on Friday, after the COVID-19 pandemic made motor and home insurers more...
Zurich Insurance in Talks to Acquire MetLife Unit for $4 Billion
Nov 22 2020 // Switzerland’s Zurich Insurance Group AG is in advanced talks to acquire MetLife Inc.’s U.S. property and casualty (P&C) car and home insurance unit for close to $4 billion, according to people familiar with...
EPIC Adds MetLife’s Johnson to National Employer Consulting Practice in Atlanta
Oct 8 2020 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Robert Johnson as principal. Johnson’s primary focus will be new client...
MetLife Looks to Sell P&C Auto and Home Insurance Business: KBW Analysts
Sep 20 2020 // MetLife is pursuing a sale of its property/casualty auto and home insurance business, according to a report by analysts following the company Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) analysts, Ryan Krueger and Meyer Shields, said...
MetLife to Enter Pet Insurance Market with Acquisition of PetFirst Program
Dec 5 2019 // MetLife has agreed to acquire PetFirst Healthcare, a pet insurance program administrator that currently distributes its pet insurance products through animal welfare agencies, direct-to-consumer channels and...
Generali’s Talks to Buy MetLife’s Europe Assets Stall over Price Differences: Sources
Dec 3 2019 // Italian insurer Assicurazioni Generali has held talks with U.S. rival MetLife Inc to buy the bulk of its European assets but discussions have stalled due to differences over price, four sources told Reuters. Generali,...
Generali Prepares to Make Formal Bid for MetLife’s European Assets: Sources
Nov 25 2019 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is preparing to make a formal bid for the European assets of MetLife Inc. following months of talks, people with knowledge of the matter said. The Italian insurer has been finishing due diligence...
Former Executive Sues MetLife Alleging Gender Bias; Insurer Denies Claims
Nov 14 2019 // A former MetLife Inc. executive claims she suffered years of gender-based pay discrimination and harassment from members of the insurer’s top leadership team and that she was fired after complaining about a lack of...
Generali in Early Negotiations to Buy MetLife’s Central European Assets: Sources
May 22 2019 // Assicurazioni Generali SpA is in early talks to buy the Central European assets of MetLife Inc. as the Italian insurer seeks to expand through acquisitions in high-growth markets, according to people with knowledge of the...
Finchum Named Head of MetLife Auto & Home
Jan 17 2019 // MetLife has named Darla Finchum as head of the company’s U.S. property/casualty business, MetLife Auto & Home. Finchum has been serving in this role on an interim basis since August, 2018. She will be responsible...
Khalaf to Take Over as MetLife CEO from Kandarian on May 1
Jan 8 2019 // MetLife Inc. appointed Michel Khalaf president and chief executive officer, succeeding Steven Kandarian. Khalaf, 54, will take over on May 1, the company said Tuesday in a statement. He is currently president of the...
AIG Appoints MetLife’s Shah as Asia Pacific CEO
Dec 5 2018 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has appointed Sachin N Shah as chief executive officer of Asia Pacific, AIG General Insurance. Shah has been chairman, president and CEO of MetLife Japan since 2013 and prior to...
Mortgage Startup Blend Labs Enters Homeowners Market With MetLife
Aug 6 2018 // Blend Labs Inc., a startup that first became known by helping big banks make it easier for homebuyers to get a mortgage online, is branching out into a new industry: insurance. The San Francisco-based company is launching...
MetLife Seeks ‘First-Mover’ Tech Advantage by Joining MIT Media Lab
Apr 12 2018 // MetLife has launched a multi-year collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) focused on technologies that it believes will transform the insurance industry. MetLife has joined the MIT Media Lab. The...
Broker Lockton Joins Chubb, MetLife in Withdrawing from NRA Insurance Programs
Feb 27 2018 // Insurance broker Lockton is ending its participation in an insurance program for members of the National Rifle Association, joining MetLife, United Airlines and other companies that have been canceling their business...
SEC Inquires About MetLife’s Missed Pension Payments
Jan 30 2018 // MetLife Inc. said on Monday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is looking into the insurer’s failure to pay some workers’ pensions. MetLife, in a statement, said the SEC’s enforcement staff has...
