Information regarding changes in the balances of each component of AOCI attributable to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
	Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses), Net of Related Offsets (1)		Deferred Gains (Losses) on Derivatives		FPBs Discount Rate Remeasurement Gains (Losses)		MRBs Instrument-Specific Credit Risk Remeasurement Gains (Losses)		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment		Total
	(In millions)
Balance, beginning of period	$	(5,226)	$	(116)	$	383	$	(51)	$	(76)	$	(150)	$	(5,236)
OCI before reclassifications	(2,395)		173		1,418		47		(9)		1		(765)
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)	494		(37)		(270)		(10)		2		—		179
AOCI before reclassifications, net of income tax	(7,127)		20		1,531		(14)		(83)		(149)		(5,822)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	116		208		—		—		—		3		327
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)	(24)		(44)		—		—		—		(1)		(69)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI, net of income tax	92		164		—		—		—		2		258



Balance, end of period	$	(7,035)	$	184	$	1,531	$	(14)	$	(83)	$	(147)	$	(5,564)


	Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
	Unrealized Investment Gains (Losses), Net of Related Offsets (1)		Deferred Gains (Losses) on Derivatives		FPBs Discount Rate Remeasurement Gains (Losses)		MRBs Instrument-Specific Credit Risk Remeasurement Gains (Losses)		Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments		Defined Benefit Plans Adjustment		Total
	(In millions)
Balance at December 31, 2024	$	(8,651)	$	959	$	1,972	$	(30)	$	(111)	$	(133)	$	(5,994)
Cumulative effects of change in accounting principles for equity method investee at January 1, 2025	70		—		(1,144)		—		—		—		(1,074)
OCI before reclassifications	1,865		184		(357)		33		(55)		(1)		1,669
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)	(431)		(39)		78		(7)		12		—		(387)
AOCI before reclassifications, net of income tax	(7,147)		1,104		549		(4)		(154)		(134)		(5,786)
Amounts reclassified from AOCI	168		(369)		—		—		—		2		(199)
Deferred income tax benefit (expense)	(35)		78		—		—		—		—		43
Amounts reclassified from AOCI, net of income tax	133		(291)		—		—		—		2		(156)



Balance, end of period	$	(7,014)	$	813	$	549	$	(4)	$	(154)	$	(132)	$	(5,942)

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(1)Primarily unrealized gains (losses) on fixed maturity securities.

Information regarding amounts reclassified out of each component of AOCI was as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2026		2025
AOCI Components	Amounts Reclassified from AOCI				Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) Locations
	(In millions)
Unrealized investment gains (losses):
Unrealized investment gains (losses)	$	(122)	$	(162)	Net investment gains (losses)

Unrealized investment gains (losses)	6		(6)		Net derivative gains (losses)
Unrealized investment gains (losses), before income tax	(116)		(168)
Income tax (expense) benefit	24		35
Unrealized investment gains (losses), net of income tax	(92)		(133)
Deferred gains (losses) on derivatives - cash flow hedges:
Interest rate derivatives	1		20		Net investment income
Interest rate derivatives	1		—		Net investment gains (losses)
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives	1		1		Net investment income
Foreign currency exchange rate derivatives	(211)		348		Net investment gains (losses)

Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, before income tax	(208)		369
Income tax (expense) benefit	44		(78)
Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges, net of income tax	(164)		291
Defined benefit plans adjustment: (1)
Amortization of net actuarial gains (losses)	(3)		(2)
Amortization of prior service (costs) credit	—		—
Amortization of defined benefit plan items, before income tax	(3)		(2)
Income tax (expense) benefit	1		—
Amortization of defined benefit plan items, net of income tax	(2)		(2)
Total reclassifications, net of income tax	$	(258)	$	156

(1)These AOCI components are included in the computation of net periodic benefit costs.