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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: MetLife
Current Parent Company: MetLife
Parent at the Time of the Penalty Announcement:  subscribe to see this data field
Penalty: $40,000,000
Year: 2012
Date: April 23, 2012
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: insurance violation
Violation Description: MetLife agreed to pay $40 million to settle multistate litigation regarding its use of the Social Security Administration's Death Master File.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Multistate Attorneys General Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: New York
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: financial services
Specific Industry of Current Parent: insurance
Source of Data: Pennsylvania Protects Life Insurance Beneficiaries in MetLife Settlement, States News Service, April 23, 2012 (via Nexis).
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.