Galvin Expands MetLife Pension Probe to Other Firms

Through its own searches, the Securities Division said Thursday that it has thus far been able to identify "better addresses" for a majority of the Massachusetts retirees affected.

"My office was able to locate many of these retirees in just two months. My primary goal is to get these workers their hard-earned retirement benefits," Galvin said. "Once that has been accomplished, my office will seek to establish what meaningful efforts MetLife has made in the past to locate and pay these people, many of whom are likely living on fixed incomes."

Galvin said that his office plans to require that "procedures are put in place so that this problem does not happen in the future."

Some of the retirees involved are now deceased, Galvin's office said, and their beneficiaries are likely entitled to payments from MetLife.

In letters to the pensioners located by his office, Galvin assured them he'd work with MetLife to ensure they "are quickly reimbursed for your hard earned and well deserved retirement payments."

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