AIG       JOHN HANCOCK    METLIFE

REVENUE (MILLIONS)*       $36,898      $7,634       $25,620

PRETAX INCOME**           $6,492       $1,207       $2,224

EMPLOYEES                 48,000       9,700        42,300

EMPLOYEES PER $1 MILLION  7.4          8.0          19.0
 IN PRETAX INCOME

PRICE-TO-BOOK             4.9          1.1          1.1
 RATIO***


*12 months ended Sept. 30

**Before dividends to John Hancock Financial Services Inc. and MetLife 
policyholders

***Assumes that Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. goes public at $19 a share; 
book value for it and John Hancock are pro forma as if they had gone public on 
Sept. 30

DATA: BUSINESS WEEK