SPECIAL APPLICATIONS GROUP LLC has sponsored the creation of one or more 401k plans.
Submission information for form 5500 for 401k plan METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN
| Measure | Date | Value |
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| 2017 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2017 401k financial data |
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| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2017-12-31 | $563,357 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2017-12-31 | $563,357 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2017-12-31 | $35,874,460 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2017-12-31 | $53,010,818 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2017-12-31 | $494,943,331 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2017-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2017-12-31 | $449,610,281 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2017-12-31 | $413,844,403 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2017-12-31 | $377,260,735 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $1,459,032,015 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $1,430,835,323 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2017-12-31 | $35,765,878 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2017-12-31 | $18,721,730 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2017-12-31 | $1,039,836 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Total dividends received from registered investment company shares (eg mutual funds) | 2017-12-31 | $1,039,836 |
| Administrative expenses professional fees incurred | 2017-12-31 | $21,294,648 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $433,177 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $673,022 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2017-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2017-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2017-12-31 | $107,898,784 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $1,092,776 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $1,341,509 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $6,224,666 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $7,448,781 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $16,962,127 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $26,461,436 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $2,679,385 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $10,802,167 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $8,277,007 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $10,946,293 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $5,788,664 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $7,669,702 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2017-12-31 | $45,333,050 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2017-12-31 | $1,423,157,555 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2017-12-31 | $1,377,824,505 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2017-12-31 | $26,852 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $81,066,357 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $73,943,572 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2017-12-31 | $16,605,996 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2017-12-31 | $2,079,097 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $6,387,097 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2017-12-31 | $11,870,212 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $11,870,212 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2017-12-31 | $36,637 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $390,378,266 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $403,502,179 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2017-12-31 | $14,887,296 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $358,280,084 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $293,476,147 |
| Net gain/loss from 103.12 investment entities | 2017-12-31 | $872,100 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2017-12-31 | $269,361,951 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2017-12-31 | $398,957,107 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $436,780,196 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $359,528,960 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2017-12-31 | $14,444,378 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $155,638,605 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $244,919,803 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2017-12-31 | $24,918,068 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2017-12-31 | $31,262,358 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2017-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2017-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2017-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2017-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2017-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2016 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2016 401k financial data |
|---|
| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2016-12-31 | $702,131 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2016-12-31 | $702,131 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2016-12-31 | $53,010,818 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2016-12-31 | $64,645,672 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2016-12-31 | $524,972,837 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2016-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2016-12-31 | $522,451,634 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2016-12-31 | $485,323,364 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2016-12-31 | $453,890,904 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $1,430,835,323 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $1,439,948,974 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2016-12-31 | $37,128,270 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2016-12-31 | $18,937,814 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2016-12-31 | $1,334,503 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Total dividends received from registered investment company shares (eg mutual funds) | 2016-12-31 | $1,334,503 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $673,022 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $652,465 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2016-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2016-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2016-12-31 | $128,192,019 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $1,341,509 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $975,488 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $7,448,781 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $8,945,868 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $26,461,436 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $33,565,546 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $10,802,167 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $16,396,036 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2016-12-31 | $27,195 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $10,946,293 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $15,648,535 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $7,669,702 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $7,143,946 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2016-12-31 | $2,521,203 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2016-12-31 | $1,377,824,505 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2016-12-31 | $1,375,303,302 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2016-12-31 | $10,714,986 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $73,943,572 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $69,795,029 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2016-12-31 | $16,971,462 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2016-12-31 | $1,926,410 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $11,870,212 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2016-12-31 | $11,996,916 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $11,996,916 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2016-12-31 | $39,942 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $403,502,179 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $416,591,417 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2016-12-31 | $17,710,451 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $293,476,147 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $288,326,262 |
| Net investment gain/loss from registered investment companies (e.g. mutual funds) | 2016-12-31 | $-700,068 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2016-12-31 | $50,807,553 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2016-12-31 | $325,698,885 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2016-12-31 | $467,612,913 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument preferred debt at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $302,664 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $359,528,960 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $327,735,776 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2016-12-31 | $26,386,089 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $244,919,803 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $273,917,597 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2016-12-31 | $31,262,358 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2016-12-31 | $32,601,101 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2016-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2016-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2016-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2016-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2016-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2015 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2015 401k financial data |
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| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2015-12-31 | $-1,135,147 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2015-12-31 | $-1,135,147 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2015-12-31 | $64,645,672 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2015-12-31 | $41,641,115 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2015-12-31 | $438,831,223 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2015-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2015-12-31 | $504,871,086 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2015-12-31 | $467,404,078 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2015-12-31 | $442,438,698 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $1,439,948,974 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $1,482,984,280 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2015-12-31 | $37,467,008 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2015-12-31 | $11,000,242 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2015-12-31 | $2,015,788 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Total dividends received from registered investment company shares (eg mutual funds) | 2015-12-31 | $2,015,788 |
| Administrative expenses professional fees incurred | 2015-12-31 | $27,679,158 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $652,465 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $495,838 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2015-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2015-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2015-12-31 | $144,781,967 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $975,488 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $1,022,611 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $8,945,868 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $21,819,046 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $33,565,546 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $16,382,668 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $16,396,036 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $4,181,052 |
| Other income not declared elsewhere | 2015-12-31 | $112,231 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $15,648,535 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $7,846,987 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $7,143,946 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $2,185,524 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2015-12-31 | $-66,039,863 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2015-12-31 | $1,375,303,302 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2015-12-31 | $1,441,343,165 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2015-12-31 | $28,165 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $69,795,029 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $70,984,320 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2015-12-31 | $9,106,054 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2015-12-31 | $1,872,871 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $11,996,916 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2015-12-31 | $11,011,415 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $11,011,415 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2015-12-31 | $21,317 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $416,591,417 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $425,791,420 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2015-12-31 | $22,226,355 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $288,326,262 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $279,091,429 |
| Net investment gain/loss from registered investment companies (e.g. mutual funds) | 2015-12-31 | $-993,961 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2015-12-31 | $-14,606,628 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2015-12-31 | $297,656,731 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2015-12-31 | $445,177,723 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument preferred debt at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $302,664 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $327,735,776 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $298,370,371 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2015-12-31 | $9,759,685 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $273,917,597 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $355,829,638 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2015-12-31 | $32,601,101 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2015-12-31 | $29,613,076 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2015-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2015-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2015-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2015-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2015-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2014 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2014 401k financial data |
|---|
| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2014-12-31 | $4,822,059 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2014-12-31 | $4,822,059 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2014-12-31 | $41,641,115 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2014-12-31 | $35,673,350 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2014-12-31 | $528,812,047 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2014-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2014-12-31 | $453,891,719 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2014-12-31 | $419,349,613 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2014-12-31 | $413,670,707 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $1,482,984,280 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $1,402,096,187 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2014-12-31 | $34,542,106 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2014-12-31 | $21,296,519 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2014-12-31 | $2,658,909 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Total dividends received from registered investment company shares (eg mutual funds) | 2014-12-31 | $2,658,909 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $495,838 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $674,686 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2014-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2014-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2014-12-31 | $137,406,989 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $1,022,611 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $995,600 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $21,819,046 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $20,581,337 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $16,382,668 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $9,566,925 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $4,181,052 |
| Other income not declared elsewhere | 2014-12-31 | $4,447,262 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2014-12-31 | $29,675 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $7,846,987 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $7,231,288 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $2,185,524 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $170,965 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2014-12-31 | $74,920,328 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2014-12-31 | $1,441,343,165 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2014-12-31 | $1,366,422,837 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2014-12-31 | $8,432,134 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $70,984,320 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $55,742,632 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2014-12-31 | $19,552,671 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2014-12-31 | $1,731,863 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $11,011,415 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2014-12-31 | $21,301,791 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $21,301,791 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2014-12-31 | $11,985 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $425,791,420 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $430,753,853 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2014-12-31 | $23,165,341 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $279,091,429 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $224,451,146 |
| Net investment gain/loss from registered investment companies (e.g. mutual funds) | 2014-12-31 | $2,085,913 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2014-12-31 | $79,830,678 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2014-12-31 | $276,263,718 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2014-12-31 | $396,184,272 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $298,370,371 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $257,958,036 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2014-12-31 | $26,080,297 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $355,829,638 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $379,899,216 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2014-12-31 | $29,613,076 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2014-12-31 | $28,442,062 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2014-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2014-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2014-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2014-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2014-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2013 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2013 401k financial data |
|---|
| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2013-12-31 | $-7,285,513 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2013-12-31 | $-7,285,513 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2013-12-31 | $35,673,350 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2013-12-31 | $41,461,906 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2013-12-31 | $613,202,214 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2013-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2013-12-31 | $486,665,896 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2013-12-31 | $448,390,490 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2013-12-31 | $557,340,840 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $1,402,096,187 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $1,281,348,425 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2013-12-31 | $38,275,406 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2013-12-31 | $20,251,836 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2013-12-31 | $1,247,486 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Total dividends received from registered investment company shares (eg mutual funds) | 2013-12-31 | $1,247,486 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $674,686 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $462,652 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2013-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2013-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2013-12-31 | $130,016,897 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $995,600 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $1,027,353 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $20,581,337 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $9,593,563 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $9,566,925 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $12,179,774 |
| Other income not declared elsewhere | 2013-12-31 | $12,869,632 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2013-12-31 | $22,714 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $7,231,288 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $8,934,793 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $170,965 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $10,867 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2013-12-31 | $126,536,318 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2013-12-31 | $1,366,422,837 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2013-12-31 | $1,239,886,519 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2013-12-31 | $7,029,641 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $55,742,632 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $61,373,382 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2013-12-31 | $18,347,591 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2013-12-31 | $1,898,785 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $21,301,791 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2013-12-31 | $19,934,094 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $19,934,094 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2013-12-31 | $5,460 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $430,753,853 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $341,908,211 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2013-12-31 | $48,354,729 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $224,451,146 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $286,349,190 |
| Net investment gain/loss from registered investment companies (e.g. mutual funds) | 2013-12-31 | $-1,130,750 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2013-12-31 | $29,908,683 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2013-12-31 | $427,323,943 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2013-12-31 | $400,035,761 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $257,958,036 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $152,264,023 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2013-12-31 | $31,223,051 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $379,899,216 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $396,245,316 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2013-12-31 | $28,442,062 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2013-12-31 | $32,527,113 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2013-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2013-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2013-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2013-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2013-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2012 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2012 401k financial data |
|---|
| Unrealized appreciation/depreciation of other (non real estate) assets | 2012-12-31 | $3,260,247 |
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2012-12-31 | $3,260,247 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2012-12-31 | $41,461,906 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2012-12-31 | $38,220,708 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2012-12-31 | $600,161,213 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2012-12-31 | $0 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2012-12-31 | $525,103,950 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2012-12-31 | $484,116,137 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2012-12-31 | $508,508,022 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $1,281,348,425 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $1,203,049,964 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2012-12-31 | $40,987,813 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2012-12-31 | $21,852,328 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2012-12-31 | $0 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $462,652 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $267,146 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2012-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2012-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2012-12-31 | $133,881,293 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $1,027,353 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $767,161 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $9,593,563 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $88,344,493 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $12,179,774 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $7,045,530 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $0 |
| Other income not declared elsewhere | 2012-12-31 | $-2,618,508 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2012-12-31 | $25,169 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $8,934,793 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $6,805,614 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $10,867 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $483,494 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2012-12-31 | $75,057,263 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2012-12-31 | $1,239,886,519 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2012-12-31 | $1,164,829,256 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2012-12-31 | $8,291,232 |
| Value of interest in registered invesment companies (eg mutual funds) at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $61,373,382 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2012-12-31 | $18,778,082 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2012-12-31 | $2,861,122 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $19,934,094 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2012-12-31 | $85,735,543 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $85,735,543 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2012-12-31 | $213,124 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $341,908,211 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $344,142,964 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2012-12-31 | $54,329,864 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $286,349,190 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $210,244,129 |
| Net investment gain/loss from registered investment companies (e.g. mutual funds) | 2012-12-31 | $873,382 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2012-12-31 | $68,285,742 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2012-12-31 | $374,626,729 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2012-12-31 | $429,786,273 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $152,264,023 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $206,823,078 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2012-12-31 | $32,671,412 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $396,245,316 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $259,196,426 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2012-12-31 | $32,527,113 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2012-12-31 | $31,415,094 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2012-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2012-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2012-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2012-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2012-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2011 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2011 401k financial data |
|---|
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2011-12-31 | $0 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2011-12-31 | $38,220,708 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2011-12-31 | $29,959,987 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2011-12-31 | $600,315,564 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2011-12-31 | $8,679,627 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2011-12-31 | $549,304,478 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2011-12-31 | $516,029,648 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2011-12-31 | $523,007,480 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $1,203,049,964 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $1,143,778,157 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2011-12-31 | $33,274,830 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2011-12-31 | $21,773,418 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2011-12-31 | $0 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Administrative expenses professional fees incurred | 2011-12-31 | $190,127 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $267,146 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $378,117 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2011-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2011-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2011-12-31 | $133,144,341 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $767,161 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $919,830 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $88,344,493 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $54,374,996 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $7,045,530 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $13,057,448 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $0 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $1,507,065 |
| Other income not declared elsewhere | 2011-12-31 | $1,735,468 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2011-12-31 | $3,814 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $6,805,614 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $1,379,585 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $483,494 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $6,390,518 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2011-12-31 | $51,011,086 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2011-12-31 | $1,164,829,256 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2011-12-31 | $1,113,818,170 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2011-12-31 | $16,701 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2011-12-31 | $68,546 |
| Income. Interest from US Government securities | 2011-12-31 | $2,714,767 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $85,735,543 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2011-12-31 | $68,269,867 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $68,269,867 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2011-12-31 | $18,990,105 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $344,142,964 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $347,620,607 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2011-12-31 | $58,012,177 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $210,244,129 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $132,229,282 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2011-12-31 | $45,119,571 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2011-12-31 | $389,863,139 |
| Employer contributions (assets) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $0 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2011-12-31 | $458,017,471 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $206,823,078 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $121,445,020 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2011-12-31 | $33,064,188 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $259,196,426 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $399,092,472 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2011-12-31 | $31,415,094 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2011-12-31 | $27,073,337 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2011-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Aggregate proceeds on sale of assets | 2011-12-31 | $8,679,627 |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2011-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2011-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2011-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2011-12-31 | 133891517 |
| 2010 : METLIFE OPTIONS & CHOICES PLAN 2010 401k financial data |
|---|
| Total unrealized appreciation/depreciation of assets | 2010-12-31 | $0 |
| Total liabilities at end of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2010-12-31 | $29,959,987 |
| Total liabilities at beginning of year (benefit claims payable, operating payabales, acquisition indebtedness and other liabilities) | 2010-12-31 | $31,705,036 |
| Total income from all sources (including contributions) | 2010-12-31 | $622,041,547 |
| Total loss/gain on sale of assets | 2010-12-31 | $5,561,044 |
| Total of all expenses incurred | 2010-12-31 | $543,004,173 |
| Benefit payments and payments to participlants,beneficiaries,insurance carriers and others | 2010-12-31 | $511,821,033 |
| Total contributions o plan (from employers,participants, others, non cash contrinutions) | 2010-12-31 | $530,935,442 |
| Value of total assets at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,143,778,157 |
| Value of total assets at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,066,485,832 |
| Total of administrative expenses incurred including professional, contract, advisory and management fees | 2010-12-31 | $31,183,140 |
| Total interest from all sources | 2010-12-31 | $19,350,326 |
| Total dividends received (eg from common stock, registered investment company shares) | 2010-12-31 | $0 |
| Has a resolution to terminate the plan been adopted during the plan year or any prior plan year | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Administrative expenses professional fees incurred | 2010-12-31 | $193,495 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $378,117 |
| Assets. Corporate prefeered stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $210,211 |
| Was this plan covered by a fidelity bond | 2010-12-31 | Yes |
| Value of fidelity bond cover | 2010-12-31 | $30,000,000 |
| If this is an individual account plan, was there a blackout period | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Were there any nonexempt tranactions with any party-in-interest | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received from participants | 2010-12-31 | $140,220,924 |
| Participant contributions at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $919,830 |
| Participant contributions at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,691,335 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $54,374,996 |
| Assets. Other investments not covered elsewhere at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $6,069,974 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $13,057,448 |
| Value of other receiveables (less allowance for doubtful accounts) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $10,516,001 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,507,065 |
| Other liabilities (not benefit claims, operating payabales oe acquisition indebtedness) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,093,636 |
| Administrative expenses (other) incurred | 2010-12-31 | $205,329 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $1,379,585 |
| Liabilities. Value of operating payables at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $2,146,110 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $6,390,518 |
| Total non interest bearing cash at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $9,857,332 |
| Did the receive any noncash contributions whose value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Value of net income/loss | 2010-12-31 | $79,037,374 |
| Value of net assets at end of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2010-12-31 | $1,113,818,170 |
| Value of net assets at beginning of year (total assets less liabilities) | 2010-12-31 | $1,034,780,796 |
| Did the plan have a loss casued by fraud or dishonesty (regardless whether reimbursed by fidelity bond) | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Were any loans by the plan or fixed income obligations due to the plan in default | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Were any leases to which the plan was party in default or uncollectible | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Investment advisory and management fees | 2010-12-31 | $2,277,197 |
| Interest earned on other investments | 2010-12-31 | $86,409 |
| Income. Interest from corporate debt instruments | 2010-12-31 | $1,815,942 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $68,269,867 |
| Interest-bearing cash (include money market accounts & certificates of deposit) at beginning of the Year | 2010-12-31 | $68,910,814 |
| Value of interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposits) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $68,910,814 |
| Interest earned from interest bearing cash (including money market accounts and certificates of deposit) | 2010-12-31 | $17,447,975 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $347,620,607 |
| Value of funds held in insurance company general accounts (unallocated contracts) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $347,025,169 |
| Expenses. Payments to insurance carriers foe the provision of benefits | 2010-12-31 | $108,047,376 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $132,229,282 |
| Asset value of US Government securities at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $126,748,546 |
| Net investment gain/loss from pooled separate accounts | 2010-12-31 | $66,194,735 |
| Were any plan transactions or series of transactions in excess of 5% of the current value of the plan assets | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Was there a failure to transmit to the plan any participant contributions | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Has the plan failed to provide any benefit when due under the plan | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Contributions received in cash from employer | 2010-12-31 | $390,714,518 |
| Employer contributions (assets) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $0 |
| Employer contributions (assets) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $0 |
| Benefit payments and payments to provide benefits directly to participlants or beneficiaries including direct rollovers | 2010-12-31 | $403,773,657 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $121,445,020 |
| Asset. Corporate debt instrument debt (other) at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $106,372,500 |
| Contract administrator fees | 2010-12-31 | $28,507,119 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $399,092,472 |
| Assets. Corporate common stocks other than exployer securities at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $389,083,950 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at end of year | 2010-12-31 | $27,073,337 |
| Liabilities. Value of benefit claims payable at beginning of year | 2010-12-31 | $28,465,290 |
| Did the plan have assets held for investment | 2010-12-31 | Yes |
| Did the plan hold any assets whose current value was neither redily determinable on an established market nor set by an independent third party appraiser | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Were all the plan assets eitehr distributed to particpants/beneficiaries, transferred to another plan or brought under the control of the PBGC | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Aggregate proceeds on sale of assets | 2010-12-31 | $5,561,044 |
| Accountant perfomed limited scope audit pursuant to 29 CFR 2520.103-8 and/or 103-12(d) | 2010-12-31 | No |
| Opinion of an independent qualified public accountant for this plan | 2010-12-31 | Unqualified |
| Accountancy firm name | 2010-12-31 | DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP |
| Accountancy firm EIN | 2010-12-31 | 133891517 |
