Stock price Metlife Inc (MET) today

Metlife Inc. (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Inc.) is the largest international holding in the field of insurance and pensions, serving 90 million customers in more than 60 countries. The history of the company began in 1868, with the founding of the National Union Life and Limb Insurance Company, an insurance company that works with soldiers and sailors. In 1868, a reorganization in the field of life insurance was carried out and the company was renamed the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. In 1909, MetLife became the largest insurance fund in the United States, the company actively invests in construction and military spending during the Second World War. In 1979, after another reorganization of the holding, operations were divided into four main types of activity: group insurance, personal insurance, pensions and investments. MetLife's largest acquisitions include Executive Life, GenAmerica Corporation, and American Life Insurance Company. Following Citigroup's Travelers Life & Annuity purchase in 2005 for $ 11.8 billion, MetLife became the largest individual life insurer in North America at that time. Currently, MetLife serves the 90 largest Fortune 500 companies, is included in the S & P 100 and S & P 500.