WALNUT CREEK, CA, Mar 26, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –
The MassMutual Financial Group has announced that the San Francisco
Bay Area Insurance Agency, under the leadership of CEO Robert
Fakhimi, has earned a ninth Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company’s (MassMutual) National Chairman’s Trophy. With this most
recent trophy, Fakhimi’s agency has received the prestigious award
for performance nine times in the last ten years.

MassMutual has an extensive field force of more than 5300 agents in
85 national offices. The Chairman’s Trophy reflects an individual
agency’s accomplishments in revenue growth, recruitment and
productivity. Only a select group of general agents win the award
annually.

“Our team has been outstanding and consistently services their
customers in the most professional and sophisticated manner,” Fakhimi
said. “Our support services and I consistently dedicate ourselves to
encouraging the career field agents to reach their full potential and
work effectively with clients to help them achieve their financial
goals.”

Since General Agent Robert Fakhimi joined the San Francisco Bay Area
Insurance Agency, the Agency has produced numerous outstanding career
professionals. Agents from San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency
are top performers — the office has produced esteemed Freshman Five
honors six times in the last eight years. Other recent Agency honors
include the qualification of financial professional Tony Delumen for
the MassMutual Chairman’s Club for 2012, an award given to only 10 of
the agents at MassMutual, and the awarding of the First in Class
honor to General Agent Robert Fakhimi.

This year the agency led all MassMutual Agencies in the rankings for
the Gold Bowl, is number one in Premiums with $73 million, number one
in Annuities, number one in rising leaders and the winner of the
Crystal Achievement award for top agencies. The Agency is
headquartered in Walnut Creek and has field offices in Milpitas,
Fremont, Palo Alto and San Francisco.

About the San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency Inc.
With roots
going back to 1891, the San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency Inc.
is a significant contributor to the local economy, as shown by the
following figures about the San Francisco Bay Area Insurance Agency
and its detached offices (as of December 31, 2011):

        --  More than 36,000 policyholders and clients(1)
        --  Servicing over $859 Million in client policy and account values
            (including values of MassMutual and subsidiary insurance companies'
            insurance and retirement products and investment products offered
            through MML Investors Services, LLC, a MassMutual subsidiary.)
        --  More than $5 billion in life insurance face amount in force(2)
        --  Returned more than $8.5 million in dividends to its participating
            policyholders in 2011(3)

Robert Fakhimi is CEO and Managing Partner of the San Francisco Bay
Area Insurance Agency Inc. Headquarters is in Walnut Creek and branch
offices are located in San Francisco, Fremont and Milpitas. Mr.
Fakhimi can be reached at 888-803-3631, ext. 320 or by e-mailing him
at rfakhimi@finsvcs.com. Securities and investment advisory services
offered through qualified registered representatives of MML Investors
Services, member SIPC, Inc. 2121 N. California Blvd. Suite 395 Walnut
Creek, CA 94596 (925) 979-2300.

About MassMutual

Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance
company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating
policyholders. The company has a long history of financial strength
and strong performance, and although dividends are not guaranteed,
MassMutual has paid dividends to eligible participating policyholders
every year since the 1860s. With whole life insurance as its
foundation, MassMutual provides products to help meet the financial
needs of clients, such as life insurance, disability income
insurance, long term care insurance, retirement/401(k) plan services,
and annuities. In addition, the company’s strong and growing network
of financial professionals helps clients make good financial
decisions for the long-term.

MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts
Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated
companies and sales representatives. MassMutual is headquartered in
Springfield, Massachusetts and its major affiliates include: Babson
Capital Management LLC; Baring Asset Management Limited; Cornerstone
Real Estate Advisers LLC; The First Mercantile Trust Company;
MassMutual International LLC; MML Investors Services, LLC., member
FINRA and SIPC; OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; and The MassMutual Trust
Company, FSB.

For more information, visit massmutual.com.

(1) An insured, owner, or payer of a MassMutual policy or contract.

(2) Amount of individual life insurance in force as of 12/31/11
related to products issued by MassMutual and its subsidiaries, C.M.
Life Insurance Company and MML Bay State Life Insurance Company.
(3)
The amount of dividends to whole life policyholders in 2011.

        Erica Zeidenberg
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