War-torn croatia would not seem the ideal spot for a vacation home. Yet MetLife Chairman Robert H. Benmosche bought a $1 million beachfront villa a couple of years ago on the Adriatic coast in Dubrovnik, a city the Serbs shelled mercilessly in the early 1990s. The Brooklyn-born Benmosche, 57, wants to spend his retirement years in Croatia even though he has no personal ties there. While most tourists still are shying away, Benmosche sees great beauty and economic potential. The situation was similar when he came to MetLife in 1995 to turn things around. Then and now the nation's largest life insurer in terms of policies in force, it nonetheless was in trouble, the warm and cuddly reputation earned by the Peanuts character Snoopy (mascot since 1985) in tatters.
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机译：饱受战争tor的克罗地亚似乎不是度假屋的理想地点。然而，大都会人寿董事长罗伯特·本莫什奇（Robert H. Benmosche）于几年前在杜布罗夫尼克的亚得里亚海沿岸购买了一栋价值100万美元的海滨别墅，这个城市是塞族在1990年代初期无情地炮击的。现年57岁的出生于布鲁克林的本摩什（Benmosche）希望在克罗地亚度过他的退休时光，尽管他在那里没有人际关系。虽然大多数游客仍在回避，但本莫什奇（Benmosche）看到了美丽的风景和经济潜力。 1995年他来到大都会人寿（MetLife）扭转局面时，情况也类似。时至今日，就现行政策而言，现在是美国最大的人寿保险公司仍然陷入困境，花生角色史努比（自1985年以来的吉祥物）在破获中赢得了热情而可爱的声誉。
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