AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to MetLife, Inc.’s New Preferred Shares

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of “bbb” to the $1 billion issuance of 3.85% fixed rate reset non-cumulative preferred stock, Series G, recently issued by MetLife, Inc. (MetLife) (headquartered in New York, NY) [NYSE: MET]. The outlook assigned to the Credit Rating (rating) is stable. Leverage and coverage ratios remain supportive of the ratings. The existing ratings of MetLife and its subsidiaries are unchanged.

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