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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Metropolitan Life Insurance
Current Parent Company: MetLife
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Penalty: $500,000
Year: 2008
Date: April 28, 2008
Offense Group: competition-related offenses
Primary Offense: kickbacks and bribery
Violation Description: Metropolitan Life Insurance, Prudential Insurance Co. and Unum Insurance Co. agreed to pay a total of $1.1 million in settlement of allegations by three California District Attorneys that they paid illegal rebates to a brokerage firm to obtain business.
Level of Government: local
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Multi-Jurisdiction Case
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Private Lawsuit Resolution Type: settlement
Facility State: California
Facility County: multi-county
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
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.