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accession: "0001193125-23-303049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000937834"
company_name: "METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO"
filed_at: "2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T07:42:23.754718+00:00"
event_type: "other"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# MetLife unit amends by-laws: special board meetings, chairman no longer officer, multiple presidents allowed

## Summary
- NY DFS Superintendent approved by-law amendments for MetLife Insurance subsidiary, effective Dec. 21, 2023.
- Special board meetings may be called on such notice as the caller deems necessary.
- Chairman of the Board is no longer an officer position.
- By-laws now allow appointment of more than one President and remove certain President powers.
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MetLife, Inc.; changes are procedural.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-303049
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000937834
- company_name: METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO
- filed_at: 2023-12-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937834/000119312523303049/0001193125-23-303049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937834/000119312523303049/d558917d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO: Amended By-Laws to permit special meetings of the Board on shorter notice, remove Chairman as officer, and allow multiple Presidents (effective 2023-12-21).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-12-21
  source text: On December 21, 2023, the Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “Superintendent”) approved amendments to the By-Laws (as so amended, the “By-Laws”) of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the “Company”) previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), rendering them effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/937834/000119312523303049/0001193125-23-303049-index.htm

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