Metropolitan Life Structured Settlements After Burner Lit After Explosion in Sales

John Darer • May 30, 2024

Flex Pricing from 156 year Old Annuity Issuer on $100K+ Cases. Back in the Dance!

Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company (MTL) as the primary structured settlement annuity issuing entity for MetLife Retirement and Income Solutions (RIS), including structured settlement annuity contracts. One of the primary drivers for using Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance Company was to put MetLife on a level playing field with other insurers using a non-NY entity. New York admitted carriers have higher reserving requirements.


MetLife has on certain occasions, used Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MLIC) depending on deal nuances or other internal and external factors. But conditions have imporved to the degree that great-great Grandpa and Grandma are back in the dance ay almost all premium levels.


Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (age 156) structured settlement quotes now available at $100,000 minimum premiums


Based on recent strategic actions by the company, there is now additional flexibility with the two MetLife issuing entities and MetLife can offer opportunistic pricing through Metropolitan Life insurance Company on your larger cases. Any cases $100K and over may be priced and issued from MLIC. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company has some of the highest ratings in the industry, is licensed in all states and territories and has almost $11 billion in total surplus. rated A+XV by A.M. Best.


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Last updated May 29, 2024



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