MetLife Auto & Home and MADD Kick Off Red Ribbon Campaign in Massachusetts To Promote Safe Driving During Holidays

2 November 2000
MetLife Auto & Home and MADD Kick Off Red Ribbon Campaign in Massachusetts To Promote Safe Driving During Holidays
    Meet Snoopy(TM) at the campaign kick-off at the New England Auto Show

    WARWICK, R.I., Nov. 2 In an effort to promote the need for
alcohol-free driving during the festive holiday season, MetLife Auto & Home is
teaming up with Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in Massachusetts to ask
the public to "Tie One On for Safety" during the holidays.  Every year,
thousands of people across the country die in auto crashes after drinking
alcohol - - many of those during the holidays.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001012/METLOGO )
    "We're very pleased that MetLife Auto & Home is again sponsoring MADD's
Red Ribbon campaign in Massachusetts," said Director of MADD Massachusetts,
Barbara Harrington.  "Activities like our holiday campaign help increase the
awareness of the general public and the government about the crime of driving
drunk."  Since it was established in 1980, MADD has championed the passage of
more than 2,300 anti-drunk driving laws.  On October 23, President Clinton,
with the support of MADD, signed a federal law that will require each state to
pass a .08 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) or lose a portion of their
federal highway funding.
    "MetLife Auto & Home is honored to support MADD and the Red Ribbon
campaign in Massachusetts," said Vice President, John Rutecki.  "It's one more
way our company can help promote public safety."

    Snoopy Joins Campaign Kick-Off at New England Auto Show
    MADD of Massachusetts is launching the Red Ribbon campaign at the New
England Auto Show at the Boston Expo Center, Saturday, November 4 through
Sunday, November 19.  MetLife Auto & Home will support the show, and the
Company's mascot, Snoopy, will join the festivities from noon to 4 p.m. during
opening weekend.

    Try One On: Fatal Vision Goggles
    To understand the effects of alcohol while under the influence of sound
judgment, MADD Massachusetts will demonstrate the effects of the legal limit
for intoxication, .08 BAC, throughout the auto show on Saturdays and Sundays
from noon to 4 p.m., and on weekdays from 4-8 p.m.  Visitors of all ages can
find out how alcohol affects their balance and coordination by "walking the
line" wearing these specially designed Fatal Vision Goggles.  MADD will also
distribute Red Ribbons and literature throughout the show.
    MA Residents Can Receive Discount on Auto Insurance for joining MADD in
2000
    To help support the cause for the past four years, MetLife Auto & Home has
offered a discount on auto insurance to Massachusetts residents who join MADD
of Massachusetts.  Discounts are available throughout 2000. Those interested
in joining MADD and receiving the MetLife Auto & Home discount can visit a
local Massachusetts MetLife Auto & Home representative, independent agent or
broker.  The MADD discount is subject to annual filing and regulatory approval
beyond this year.
    MetLife Auto & Home is one of the nation's leading personal lines property
and casualty companies with nearly three million policies in force.  For more
information about the wide variety of insurance products MetLife Auto & Home
provides in all fifty states, contact your local MetLife Auto & Home provider
or authorized Independent Agent; visit MetLife's Web site at
http://www.metlife.com; or call 1-800-422-4272.

     Contact:  Judy Downey                       David Hammarstrom
               (401) 827-2936                    (401) 827-2273
               Jdowney@MetLife.com               Dhammarstrom@Metlife.com