MetLife: Latin America Division’s Operating Earnings Rose

Unfavorable fluctuations in foreign exchange rates negatively affected the division’s operating earnings in the first nine months of 2017 compared to the first nine months of 2016 as the Mexican and Argentine pesos weakened against the US dollar. The Latin America division’s other revenues fell from $26 million in the first nine months of 2016 to $24 million in the first nine months of 2017. The division’s premiums revenue saw a marginal rise from $1.9 billion in the first nine months of 2016 to $2.0 billion in the first nine months of 2017. MetLife has a market cap of $54.6 billion.