Number of Employers Offering a Hyatt Legal Plan Continues to Grow

Employees are taking advantage of legal plan services to get back on their feet financially

Cleveland, OH, January 10, 2011 – Nearly 1,300 organizations, including 134 Fortune 500^® companies, now offer a Hyatt legal plan to their employees. In 2010, Hyatt Legal Plans sold 142 accounts and added 13 Fortune 500^® companies to its sponsor list. Some of the new sponsors include ArvinMeritor, BlackRock, Gannett, Henry Schein, ITT, Merck, Northrop Grumman and Visa. Many top organizations are offering a Hyatt legal plan to their employees because they recognize the value a legal plan provides to employees and how it enhances the employer-employee relationship.

As the financial climate begins to show signs of improvement, employees are taking control of their financial well-being and have an immediate need for direct, easy access to our national network of 12,000 plan attorneys. Employees have told us they are finding value in their group legal plan because it enables them to conveniently obtain legal services from an attorney, as if on retainer. They are increasingly using their plans to help them get back on their feet financially, addressing matters such as identity theft defense, debt collection defense, foreclosure, eviction defense, sale or purchase of a home and small claims assistance.

About Hyatt Legal Plans

Hyatt Legal Plans, a MetLife^® subsidiary, is the largest provider of group legal plans in the country, serving more than two million plan members and dependents through a nationwide network of 5,300 law firms. For more information on Hyatt Legal Plans, please visit www.legalplans.com. Group legal plans provided by Hyatt Legal Plans, Inc., Cleveland, OH. In certain states, plans are provided through insurance coverage underwritten by Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company and Affiliates, Warwick, RI.