Due stelle più cinque fa sette, diviso due fa tre e mezza ma sono troppe, però aggiungiamo Pretend It’s a City (titolo italiano Fran Lebowitz: una vita a New York), la docuserie in sette puntate che le ha dedicato (e alla quale ha, sghignazzantemente, partecipato) Martin Scorsese, e tre stelle gliele diamo d'ufficio. Given her irascible reputation, it is touching to hear how much she loves the speaking part of her job. Her live appearances entail half an hour of formal chat, after which she will stand at a lectern taking questions from the floor. “Answering questions from the audience is, for me, my favourite recreational activity,” Lebowitz says, warmly. “I like it because it’s surprising. You never know what people are going to ask, and I’m very amused by it. I do think a lot of the pleasure I take in it comes from the fact that, when I was growing up, no one ever asked me a question. You know that feeling when you’re a child and your parents won’t let you have candy, and then when you’re an adult you find out you can eat candy every single day? It’s like that.” The humor is that snobby, snarky, grumpy type that you either love or despise. The sentences are long and wordy. At first, I thought: "Well, it's funny, but not that funny" and almost regretted starting it. MetLife's products also include critical illness insurance. [130] Financial services include fee-based financial planning, retirement planning, wealth management, 529 Plans, banking, and commercial and residential mortgages. [131] The company also provides retirement plan and other financial services to healthcare, education, and not-for-profit organizations. [132] The MetLife Center for Special Needs Planning is a group of planners which serve families and individuals with special needs. [133] In 2014, MetLife launched MetLife Defender, a digital identity theft protection product. [134] International presence [ edit ]

MetLife's home insurance includes homeowners insurance, condo insurance, renters insurance, insurance for landlords, and mobile home insurance. [119] [120] The available policies for MetLife's home insurance provide coverage for possessions, property damage from natural disaster or theft, and various legal expenses incurred resulting from injuries sustained on an individual's property. [121] The companies also sell RV, ATV, boat, mobile home, collectible vehicle, and motorcycle policies [122] and offers flood insurance policies as a participant in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which is managed by the federal government. [123] [124] MetLife's various types of coverage for auto insurance include liability protection, collision and comprehensive coverage, personal injury protection, rental car coverage, and uninsured and underinsured motorists coverage. [125] [126] Through an arrangement with Hyatt Legal Plans, a subsidiary of MetLife, MetLife Auto & Home underwrites group legal plans in many states. [22] New England Mutual Life Insurance Company records at Baker Library Special Collections, Harvard Business School.Retirement". MetLife. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 . Retrieved November 20, 2014. MetLife Announces the New MET Series for its Dental Health Maintenance Organization DHMO Plans". Health & Medicine Week: 1192. October 2010. a b "MetLife, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2010". The United States Securities Exchange Commission. p.6. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011 . Retrieved March 3, 2011. Short Term Disability Insurance". MetLife. Archived from the original on December 3, 2014 . Retrieved December 11, 2014.

Group Disability Insurance". MetLife. Archived from the original on March 6, 2011 . Retrieved March 14, 2011. Andrew Ross Sorkin (October 3, 2014). "MetLife Formally Challenges 'Systemically Important' Designation". The New York Times: DealBook. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014 . Retrieved February 25, 2015. Investments and Annuities". MetLife. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014 . Retrieved November 20, 2014. This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( December 2015) Disability Insurance". MetLife. MetLife. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014 . Retrieved November 20, 2014.The subsidiary MetLife Insurance Company USA, as of 2015 headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, was formerly known as MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut, and prior to this as Travelers Insurance Company. [31] [32] The Peanuts-based campaign was developed by the advertising agency Young & Rubicam. MetLife also has used Foote Cone & Belding to develop Peanuts-related promotions. [152] [153] a b Joseph Treaster (April 6, 2000). "MetLife Issues Nearly 500 Million Shares to Policyholders". 6 April 2000. Archived from the original on May 27, 2015 . Retrieved February 25, 2015. Life Insurance; Tips for Staying Cool When Your Teen Starts Asking to Drive". Insurance Business Weekly: 40. July 2010.

In Parental Guidance she gives suggestions to parents on raising their children, although she has none. One suggestion: “Do not on a rainy day, ask your child what he feels like doing, because I assure you that what he feels like doing, you won’t feel like watching.”

sold Century 21 to Cendant (known as Hospitality Franchise Systems at the time) while purchasing New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. [49]

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