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SUPPLEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 1999
To
PROSPECTUS DATED APRIL 30, 1999
For
UL 2001, a FLEXIBLE PREMIUM MULTIFUNDED LIFE INSURANCE POLICY
ISSUED BY METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
The following information supplements the UL 2001 Prospectus, dated April
30, 1999. You should keep this Supplement to the Prospectus for future
reference.
1. The parenthetical in the description of the "Mortality and Expense Risk
Charge" in the "Table of Charges and Expenses" on page 4 of the Prospectus is
revised as follows:
"(but, except for Policies issued in New York, do not guarantee that we
will)"
2. The following is added after parenthetical under (iii) of the footnote
under "Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit" on page 11 of the Prospectus:
"or to age 60 (if the insured was less than age 18 on the date the Policy
was issued)"
3. The following is added as the last sentence of the footnote under
"Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit" on page 11 of the Prospectus:
"For Policies issued in Massachusetts, the only available duration of the
guaranteed minimum death benefit is the first five Policy years."
4. The following is added as the last sentence of the first footnote under
"Optional Benefits Added By Rider" on page 14 of the Prospectus:
"If your Policy was issued in New York and your Policy includes this
rider, you may not add any other rider."
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
One Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
E99088N6R(exp0500)MLIC-LD
UL2001 Supplement No. 1 9/99
