MetLife Protection Term Life

MetLife Protection Term Life is a term life insurance plan from MetLife Australia, available to residents of Australia. Sum insured ranges from A$100K to A$20M, eligible ages 18 to 69, and the policy is guaranteed renewable to 99. Below is our take on how it compares to other term life plans in our database — what it does well, where it lags, and the kind of policyholder it actually fits.

Annual premium starts at A$38, against a category median of A$37 across the 7 comparable term life plans we track in this country. That places MetLife Protection Term Life in the middle of the pack on price, and the upper-mid range on coverage ceiling (maximum sum insured A$20M versus a peer median of A$15M). On the value spectrum it reads as priced near the category median.

Coverage breadth is in line with what most term plans offer: 4 core inclusions, 4 highlighted features, and 3 optional riders. Notable features called out by MetLife Australia include MetLife US group, Strong group super integration, and Award-winning claims team. On the rider side, MetLife Protection Term Life can be extended with TPD, Trauma, and Income Protection — each adding to the base premium but also widening what the policy will pay out for.

Term life pricing is most sensitive to age, smoker status, and policy term, so the headline premium is illustrative only. MetLife Protection Term Life accepts applicants aged 18–69, which sets the practical ceiling on policy term — for someone applying at 18, the longest possible cover runs through age 69. Whether the rate you get on quote will land near the illustrative minimum depends entirely on your underwriting bucket; non-smokers in the youngest cohort typically pay close to the floor, smokers and older applicants pay materially more. MetLife Australia's published claim settlement record is the metric that actually matters for term — the policy is worthless if claims are denied at maturity, and the difference between a 95% and 99% settlement ratio is the difference between routine claims paid and routine claims fought.

Where MetLife Protection Term Life explicitly will not pay: Suicide within 13 months and Non-disclosure. These are not unusual exclusions for a term life plan, but they are the boundary of the contract — anything outside that list is in scope, anything inside is not. Read the full exclusions list before signing; every plan we have ever audited has at least one exclusion the buyer did not realise was there.

Best fit for: buyers who need a higher coverage ceiling than category average. As with any insurance decision, get a quote from MetLife Australia directly to confirm the rate that actually applies to your profile — listed prices are illustrative.