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Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management of MetLife, Inc. and subsidiaries is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial
reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related
costs of control procedures. The objectives of internal control include providing management with reasonable, but not absolute, assurance
that assets are safeguarded against loss from unauthorized use or disposition, and that transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s authorization and recorded properly to permit the preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP.
Financial management has documented and evaluated the effectiveness of the internal control of the Company at December 31, 2008
pertaining to financial reporting in accordance with the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.
In the opinion of management, MetLife, Inc. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2008.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has audited the consolidated financial statements and
consolidated financial statement schedules included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008. The
Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on their audit of the consolidated financial statements and consolidated
financial statement schedules is included at page F-1.
Attestation Report of the Company’s Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, has issued their attestation report on
management’s internal control over financial reporting which is set forth below.
118 MetLife, Inc.