[17] Along with many banks, MetLife and a number of other insurers involved in mortgage finance routinely obtain funding (“advances”) as Federal Home Loan Bank members.  MetLife’s outstanding FHLB balances increased significantly to approximately $15 billion in 2008 and have remained fairly stable since.  See Paulson, et al. (2014) and NAIC (2012) for further discussion of insurer FHLB relationships.

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