LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Pursuant to the authorization set forth in the instructions for the filing of
Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5, respectively (hereinafter referred to as the
"Reports"), under the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the undersigned hereby designates and authorizes each of BRUCE H.
SCHINDLER and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ to execute and file, or cause to be filed,
such Reports, and any amendments thereto, on behalf of the undersigned, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other proper bodies at any time when
the filing of said Reports is in order, containing such information as BRUCE H.
SCHINDLER and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ may deem advisable.

The authority of BRUCE H. SCHINDLER and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ under this
authorization shall continue until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Reports with regard to the undersigned's ownership of or transactions in
securities of Brighthouse Financial, Inc., unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in writing.

The undersigned acknowledges that BRUCE H. SCHINDLER and JACOB M. JENKELOWITZ
are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

/s/Kristine Toscano
September 10, 2021