EX-24 2 b89378a1exv24.txt POWERS OF ATTORNEY MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut Power of Attorney Michael K. Farrell Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Michael K. Farrell, Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer and a Director of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (the "Company"), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate, Paul G. Cellupica, John E. Connolly, Jr., Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with MetLife Target Maturity fixed annuity (File No. 333-________ and related File Nos. 333-156846, 333-147910, 333-126255, 333-83076, 333-83072, 333-51804, 333-64862), and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder with or without the others. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of December, 2011. /s/ Michael K. Farrell ------------------------------ Michael K. Farrell MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut Power of Attorney Maria R. Morris Director KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Maria R. Morris, a Director of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (the "Company"), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate, Paul G. Cellupica, John E. Connolly, Jr., Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with MetLife Target Maturity fixed annuity (File No. 333-________ and related File Nos. 333-156846, 333-147910, 333-126255, 333-83076, 333-83072, 333-51804, 333-64862), and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder with or without the others. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December, 2011. /s/ Maria R. Morris ----------------------------- Maria R. Morris MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut Power of Attorney Robert E. Sollmann, Jr. Director and Executive Vice President KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Robert E. Sollmann, Jr., a Director and Executive Vice President of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (the "Company"), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate, Paul G. Cellupica, John E. Connolly, Jr., Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with MetLife Target Maturity fixed annuity (File No. 333-________ and related File Nos. 333-156846, 333-147910, 333-126255, 333-83076, 333-83072, 333-51804, 333-64862), and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder with or without the others. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of December, 2011. /s/ Robert E. Sollmann, Jr. --------------------------------- Robert E. Sollmann, Jr. MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut Power of Attorney Stanley J. Talbi Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Stanley J. Talbi, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (the "Company"), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate, Paul G. Cellupica, John E. Connolly, Jr., Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with MetLife Target Maturity fixed annuity (File No. 333-________ and related File Nos. 333-156846, 333-147910, 333-126255, 333-83076, 333-83072, 333-51804, 333-64862), and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder with or without the others. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of December, 2011. /s/ Stanley J. Talbi ---------------------------- Stanley J. Talbi MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut Power of Attorney Peter M. Carlson Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that I, Peter M. Carlson, Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of MetLife Insurance Company of Connecticut (the "Company"), a Connecticut company, do hereby appoint Michele H. Abate, Paul G. Cellupica, John E. Connolly, Jr., Myra L. Saul and Marie C. Swift, and each of them severally, my true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for me and in my name, place and stead to execute and file any instrument or document to be filed as part of or in connection with or in any way related to the Registration Statements and any and all amendments thereto, filed by said Company under the Securities Act of 1933, in connection with MetLife Target Maturity fixed annuity (File No. 333-________ and related File Nos. 333-156846, 333-147910, 333-126255, 333-83076, 333-83072, 333-51804, 333-64862), and to have full power and authority to do or cause to be done in my name, place and stead each and every act and thing necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the same, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each said attorney-in-fact shall have power to act hereunder with or without the others. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any prior powers of attorney. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of December, 2011. /s/ Peter M. Carlson ---------------------------- Peter M. Carlson