Anant Bhalla

Chief Financial Officer

Brighthouse Financial, Inc.

Gragg Building

11225 North Community House Road

Charlotte, North Carolina 28277

June 30, 2017

Via EDGAR and E-mail

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street N.E.

Washington D.C. 20549

 

		Attention:		Suzanne Hayes
				Assistant Director
				Office of Healthcare and Insurance
		Re:		Brighthouse Financial, Inc.
				Form 10-12B
				File No. 001-37905

Dear Ms. Hayes:

Brighthouse Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests that the effectiveness of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended to date (File No. 001-37905) (the “Registration Statement”), be accelerated so that the Registration Statement may become effective on July 6, 2017, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

In accordance with Rule 12d1-2 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the reasons for this request are as follows: on June 28, 2017, the board of directors of MetLife, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MetLife”), took several actions in connection with the spin-off of the Company from MetLife, including establishing the distribution ratio for the spin-off, and setting a record date of July 19, 2017 and a distribution date of August 4, 2017. MetLife and the Company wish to commence the process of printing and mailing the information statement as soon as possible following the record date.

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Please notify Benjamin Nixon of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (212) 728-8532 at your earliest convenience after the Registration Statement has been declared effective, with written confirmation to follow.

 

 

 

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