MetLife
Public factsGroup life, disability, dental, vision, and supplemental
National group-benefits carrier offering employer dental, vision, life, disability, legal, accident/critical illness, and small-business packages for 2–99 employees.
Overview
MetLife is a U.S. group employee-benefits insurer. Its public employer site lists group dental, vision, life, disability, accident and health (accident/critical illness), legal plans, globally mobile life and LTD, a Farmers GroupSelect auto/home worksite program, and small-business solutions for 2–99 employees. Other named products include executive benefits, pet insurance, and health savings/spending accounts. MetLife markets itself as a leading U.S. employee group-benefits provider. Premiums and network discounts are quote-based, not list-priced on the pages reviewed.
Why it matters MetLife is a default multi-line ancillary quote for dental, vision, life, and disability, including a published 2–99 small-business lane.
- Target buyer
- Employers and brokers building core and voluntary ancillary packages, including 2–99 life small groups and large multi-line cases.
- Pricing model
- Quoted group premium (employer-paid, contributory, or voluntary)
- No public PEPM or rate card on the group-benefits pages reviewed. Availability and forms vary by state.
- Availability
- National
- Research
- Last researched 2026-08-23
- Public facts category
Key features
- Group dental with a large provider network (vendor)
- Group vision
- Group life: term, supplemental, dependent, retiree, GUL, GVUL, and whole life options (life product page)
- Group disability
- Group accident and critical-illness / supplemental health
- Group legal plans
- Small-business solutions for 2–99 employees
- Globally mobile life and LTD
Integrations
- Employer and broker MetLife portals (MyBenefits and related logins named on metlife.com)
- Farmers GroupSelect auto/home (named successor to MetLife’s prior worksite P&C program)
- Common ben-admin/834 connections exist in the market; MetLife’s public employee-benefits hub does not publish a full EDI partner list
Overview
MetLife’s employer-facing group-benefits hub organizes products as dental, vision, life, disability, accident and health, legal, auto/home (Farmers GroupSelect), globally mobile coverage, and small-business solutions (2–99 employees). The consumer homepage also calls MetLife a leading U.S. employee group-benefits provider.
This entry is workplace/group ancillary, not MetLife retail auto or individual life sold outside employer groups.
Key Capabilities
- Dental and vision group insurance with network discounts (marketing language; network counts not taken from a cited datasheet on the hub page).
- Life: employer-paid term, employee-paid supplemental, dependent life, voluntary retiree life, group universal and variable universal life, and whole life as a complement to term (life product page).
- Disability income protection with administration-minimization claims on the hub.
- Accident and critical-illness supplemental health.
- Group legal.
- Small-business product set for 2–99 employees.
- Pet insurance, executive benefits, and HSA/spending accounts listed under other benefit products.
Integrations & Ecosystem
Member/admin logins (MyBenefits, MyPets, Legal Plans) are on metlife.com. Farmer’s GroupSelect is the named auto/home worksite program. A public list of every payroll and ben-admin feed was not on the employee-benefits hub.
Pricing
Group-rated, quote only. Forms and availability vary by state.
Notes & Limitations
- No complete public state-exclusion list; recorded as National.
- “Leading provider” is MetLife’s claim, not an independently audited rank in this pass.
- Do not treat Farmers auto/home or pet as medical ancillary.
Sources
Tags: MetLife · group dental · group life · disability · vision · voluntary