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Investment Product — Benefit payments
MetLife Investment Product — Benefit payments decreased by 9.4% to -12800000000.0% in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 12.3%, from -11400000000.0% to -12800000000.0%. Over 4 years (FY 2021 to FY 2025), Investment Product — Benefit payments shows relatively stable performance with a -2.0% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementSegment
CategoryLiquidity
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ1 2021
Last reportedQ1 2026
How to read this metric
Stable or predictable payments are expected; unexpected spikes may indicate adverse mortality or lapse trends.
Detailed definition
This represents the cash outflows made to policyholders or beneficiaries upon the occurrence of insured events or schedu...
Peer comparison
Standard operational metric for all insurance companies.
Metric ID:
met_segment_investment_product_benefit_paymentsHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | -12,500,000,000% | -12,500,000,000% | -12,500,000,000% | -12,400,000,000% | -10,600,000,000% | -9,900,000,000% | -10,200,000,000% | -12,000,000,000% | -12,200,000,000% | -10,800,000,000% | -11,400,000,000% | -12,900,000,000% | -13,000,000,000% | -11,800,000,000% | -11,400,000,000% | -11,400,000,000% | -11,400,000,000% | -11,600,000,000% | -11,700,000,000% | -12,800,000,000% |
| QoQ Change | — | +0.0% | +0.0% | +0.8% | +14.5% | +6.6% | -3.0% | -17.6% | -1.7% | +11.5% | -5.6% | -13.2% | -0.8% | +9.2% | +3.4% | +0.0% | +0.0% | -1.8% | -0.9% | -9.4% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +15.2% | +20.8% | +18.4% | +3.2% | -15.1% | -9.1% | -11.8% | -7.5% | -6.6% | -9.3% | +0.0% | +11.6% | +12.3% | +1.7% | -2.6% | -12.3% |
Range-13,000,000,000% – -9,900,000,000%
CAGR+0.5%
Avg YoY Growth+0.6%
Median YoY Growth-1.3%
Current Streak3 quarters decline
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is MetLife's investment product — benefit payments?
- MetLife (MET) reported investment product — benefit payments of -12800000000.0% in Q1 2026.
- How has MetLife's investment product — benefit payments changed year-over-year?
- MetLife's investment product — benefit payments decreased by 12.3% year-over-year, from -11400000000.0% to -12800000000.0%.
- What is the long-term trend for MetLife's investment product — benefit payments?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), MetLife's investment product — benefit payments has grown at a -2.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -50000000000.0% to -46100000000.0%.
- What does investment product — benefit payments mean?
- Total cash paid out to customers for insurance claims or investment maturity benefits.