Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (New York)


Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is a large advisory firm based in New York. It manages $1.44 billion of regulatory assets for 2 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2001.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company provides portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles. It doesn't provide financial planning services to its clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Metropolitan Life Insurance Company: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is $1.44 billion, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has gone down by -91% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.


The firm manages $1.44 billion in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $721.62 million each.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has a single stream of revenue. Clients pay Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

Careers at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Curtis Handley Barnette has been acting as President since 1 Sep 1994. Joy Catherine Dowd joined the executive team most recently as the Vice President Investments Internal Audit.

Direct owners and executive officers



Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
James Richardson Houghton Director 1 Jul 1975 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Robert George Schwartz Director 1 Mar 1980 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Joan Ganz Cooney Director 1 Nov 1980 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Allen Edward Murray Director 1 Feb 1983 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
John Joseph Jr Phelan Director 1 May 1985 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Helene L Kaplan Director 1 May 1987 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Leonard Mark Bakal Vice president & compliance director 1 Dec 1993 Other 2537778
Curtis Handley Barnette Director 1 Sep 1994 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Hugh Bernard Price Director 1 Oct 1994 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Ruthjean Simmons Director 1 Jun 1995 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Burton A Dole Director 1 Sep 1996 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Charles Leighton Director 1 Sep 1996 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Hugh Mccrory Chief counsel securities investments 1 Oct 1996 Other 5512865
William Campbell Steere Director 1 Apr 1997 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Carl Robert Henrikson President, institutional business 1 Dec 1997 Other 243239
Gary Alan Beller Senior vice president & general counsel 1 Feb 1998 Other 2605132
Catherine Amelia Rein Senior executive vice president 1 Feb 1998 Other 2605134
Judy Ellen Weiss Executive vice president & chief actuary 1 Feb 1998 Other 1887735
Lisa M Weber Senior vice president 1 Mar 1998 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Harry Kamen Director 1 Jun 1998 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Harry Paul Kamen Director 1 Jun 1998 Other 1545937
Robert H Benmosche President, ceo & chairman of the board 1 Mar 1999 Other 1497659
Gerald Clark Chief investment officer & vice chairman of the board 1 Mar 1999 Other 1620481
Stewart Gordon Nagler Chief financial officer & vice chairman of the board 1 Mar 1999 Other 344599
James Michael Benson President, individual business 1 Mar 1999 Other 857933
William John Toppeta President, client services & chief administrative officer 1 Mar 1999 Other 2835140
John Hamilton Tweedie Senior executive vice president 1 Mar 1999 Other 2605135
Virginia Wilson Senior vice president & controller 1 Oct 1999 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Inc. Metlife 100% shareholder 1 Apr 2000 75% - 100% 13-4075851
John C. Danforth Director 1 Dec 2000 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Catherine Kinney Director 1 Dec 2001 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
James Louis Lipscomb Executive vice president & general counsel 1 Jul 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Leland C. Launer Jr. Executive vice president & chief investment officer 1 Jul 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Kenton Joseph Sicchitano Director 1 Jul 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Leland C Jr. Launer President, institutional business 1 Jul 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Timothy Lyons Journy Vice president & corporate controller 1 Oct 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
John Keane Director 1 Oct 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
John M. Keane Director 1 Oct 2003 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
William James Wheeler Executive vice president & chief financial officer 1 Dec 2003 Other 1208521
Jonathan Rosenthal Senior managing director core securities 1 Dec 2003 Other 5247565
Sylvia Mathews Director 1 Jan 2004 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Cheryl Grise Director 1 Feb 2004 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Leonard Mark Bakal Chief compliance officer & money laundering compliance officer 1 Oct 2004 Other 2537778
James Kilts Director 1 Jan 2005 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Steven Albert Kandarian Executive vice president & cio 1 Apr 2005 Other xxx-xx-xxxx
Mira P Graetz Ball Managing director international investments 1 Jun 2005 Other 5247559
Michael Joseph Vietri Executive vice president 1 Dec 2005 Other 1068983
Carl Robert Henrikson Chief executive officer 1 Mar 2006 Other 243239
Jeffrey Paul Halperin Anti-money laundering officer 1 Aug 2006 Other 2899327
David Michael Holtzer Chief compliance officer, broker dealer 1 Sep 2006 Other 4345697
William Joseph Mullaney President, institutional business 1 Jan 2007 Other 2641484
Joy Catherine Dowd Vice president investments internal audit 1 Apr 2007 Other 3198471

Based in New York

The principal office where Metropolitan Life Insurance Company performs its advisory services is located at 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10166 The mailing address of the firm is 1095 Avenue Of The Americas, New York, NY 10036. An additional office of the firm is in Morristown, NJ. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 212-578-7531 or by fax 212-578-8978. The normal business hours are 9:00 - 5:00 on Monday - Friday.