Monica Curtis

Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Government Relations MetLife

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Monica Curtis has been Chief Legal Officer of MetLife since June 2023 and, since January 2025, also head of government relations. She oversees the company’s global legal affairs organization, the corporate secretary’s office and its government relations and state advocacy and supervision teams, and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team. Curtis joined MetLife in 2022 as chief counsel for litigation and mergers and acquisitions. Before that she spent fourteen years at The Hartford in roles of increasing responsibility in its law department and business functions, rising to senior vice president and global head of litigation, employment and employee benefits law. She began her career in private practice. She serves on the boards of several New York nonprofits, including the YMCA of Greater New York.

Career Highlights

• Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Head of Government Relations at MetLife.
• Chief Legal Officer since June 2023; Head of Government Relations since January 2025.
• Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel for Litigation and M&A, 2022 to 2023.
• Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Head of Litigation, at The Hartford, 2020 to 2022.
• Board member of Pro Bono Partnership and the Life Insurance Council of New York.

Professional Journey

Curtis earned a BA from Duke University and a JD/MBA from Quinnipiac University and began her career in private practice, according to MetLife. She spent fourteen years at The Hartford Financial Services Group in its law department and business functions; MetLife’s 10-K records her as vice president, associate general counsel and head of coverage law from December 2018 and senior vice president, deputy general counsel and head of litigation from September 2020.

She joined MetLife in September 2022 as senior vice president and chief counsel for litigation and mergers and acquisitions. In June 2023 she became executive vice president and chief legal officer, and in January 2025 she added the title of head of government relations.

She oversees the global legal affairs organization, the corporate secretary’s office and the government relations and state advocacy and supervision teams. She serves on the boards of Pro Bono Partnership, the YMCA of Greater New York, the Life Insurance Council of New York and the New York Botanical Garden. MetLife, based in New York, reported total revenues of $77.1 billion for 2025 and had about 46,000 employees, according to its 10-K.

MetLife’s Global Executive Leadership Team, as listed on its website, comprises the chief executive, the regional presidents for the U.S., Asia, Latin America and EMEA, and the heads of finance and investment management, risk, legal, technology and operations, human resources and marketing. She is a member of that team, holding the legal and government relations portfolios.

Education

Quinnipiac University

JD/MBA

Duke University

BA