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MetLife Offers Cash, Bonds to Teens in Tennessee for Driving Safely

    WARWICK, R.I., Aug. 10 MetLife Auto & Home announced that
it is introducing the company's innovative "Teens on the Road to Safety"
program to its auto insurance customers in Tennessee.  The purpose of the
program is to establish good driving habits during teens' first years on the
road- by offering cash incentives and savings bonds, simply for developing
safe driving techniques.

    Two components of the "Teens on the Road to Safety" program provide these
financial incentives. The first, "Drive Safe and Cash In," offers teens a
chance to earn $50 each year they drive without accidents, claims, or
violations.  It also encourages them to drive safely, buckle up, and never
drink and drive. Another component, called "Sunday Drive," offers teens the
opportunity to earn a $100 US Savings Bond for logging 20 drives with a parent
or guardian in the co-pilot seat. Teens insured by MetLife Auto & Home in
Tennessee can take advantage of the program as their auto policies renew.

    In addition to the "Drive Safe and Cash In" program, MetLife Auto & Home
is encouraging safer driving habits and greater parental influence for all
teens.  The company is offering a free, step-by-step guide called "Teaching
Your Teens to Drive (Without Driving Each Other Crazy)."  This popular 16-page
booklet was reviewed by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and
is available nationally by calling 1-800-MET-LIFE.

     "MetLife Auto & Home is dedicated to reversing the deadly trend of more
than 7,000 teens losing their lives on America's roadways each year," says
president and CEO, Catherine Rein. "This is our way of trying to remind teens
to drive with utmost caution, and to establish parental influence on teens'
driving habits."

    With these recent additions, MetLife Auto & Home now offers the cash award
and savings bond programs for teen drivers on its auto policies in Alabama,
California, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and
Wisconsin.  Informational pieces to help parents of teens are available free
to everyone countrywide.