# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000897956
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-199587
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 3612
**Document Hash:** af23c72dae2eecf4d3cf9ae42155e774
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-199587.hdr.sgml**: 20260501

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-199587

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 497J

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260501

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260501

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20260501

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** PARAGON SEPARATE ACCOUNT B
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000897956

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 135581829
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 497J
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-133671
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26929408

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
- **STREET 2:** 200 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10166
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 212-578-9000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
- **STREET 2:** 200 PARK AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10166

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SEPARATE ACCOUNT B OF PARAGON LIFE
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20060113

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** SEPARATE ACCOUNT B OF PARAGON LIFE INSURANCE CO
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19930714

## Series and Classes Contracts Data

### Paragon Separate Account B (Series ID: S000006936)

| Class ID   | Class Name                                                                                 | Ticker Symbol   |
|:---|:---|:---|
| C000018811 | Group And Individual Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policies (Multi Manager C)   |  |
| C000018815 | GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (MFS)               |  |
| C000018816 | GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (MULTI MANAGER III) |  |
| C000034608 | GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (DWS C)             |  |
| C000034609 | GROUP VARIABLE UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES AND CERTIFICATES (METFLEX GVUL C)         |  |
| C000034610 | GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (MORGAN STANLEY)    |  |
| C000034611 | GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL FLEXIBLE PREMIUM VARIABLE LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES (PUTNAM)            |  |

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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166-0005

May 1, 2026

VIA EDGAR TRANSMISSION

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

Re: Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

Paragon Separate Account B

File Nos. 333-133671/811-07534

Flexible Premium Variable Life Insurance Policies

Rule 497(j) Certification

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On behalf of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (the "Company") and Paragon Separate Account B (the "Separate Account"), I hereby certify, pursuant to paragraph (j) of Rule 497 under the Securities Act of 1933, that the form of the Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information ("SAIs") each dated April 27, 2026, being used for certain flexible premium variable life insurance policies offered by the Company through the Separate Account and otherwise required to be filed under paragraph (c) of Rule 497 do not differ from the Prospectuses and SAIs contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 30 to the Registration Statement filed electronically with the Commission on April 22, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact me at (917) 287-6472.

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| Sincerely, |
| /s/ Heather Harker |
| Heather Harker, Esq. |
| Assistant General Counsel |
| Metropolitan Life Insurance Company |

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