The investment duties and responsibilities of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company were gradually multiplied to the point where they constituted a business in themselves. In due course, the growing diversity of the portfolio demanded a corps of specialists as varied and extensive as that found in any investment banking house. To evaluate railroad securities, for example, it was necessary to have detailed information ...Growth in Diversity within Metropolitan Life

The Metropolitan life insurance Company’s practice of promoting from within its ranks encouraged employees to supplement “on the job training” with independent study after hours. The company itself offered courses to increase business skills, including one in the fundamental principles and practices of life insurance, which hundreds of employees completed. A two year course in business English, and others ...Education Programs Offered by Metropolitan Life