MassMutual International Announces Key Executive Team To Drive Continued Growth In Its International Operations

MassMutual International Announces Key Executive Team To Drive Continued Growth In Its International Operations

April 24, 2007

-- Ricardo Calderon, Yek Cheng assume prominent leadership
roles

    SPRINGFIELD, Mass., April 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
MassMutual International LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual),
has announced several new senior leadership appointments,
effective immediately. The announcement was made by Elaine
A. Sarsynski, Executive Vice President and Chief
Administrative Officer of MassMutual and President and CEO
of MassMutual International, which is responsible for
MassMutual's international life insurance and certain
mutual fund subsidiaries.

    -- Ricardo Calderon, most recently Vice President and
Associate General 
       Counsel in MassMutual's Corporate Law Division, has
been named Senior 
       Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer for
MassMutual 
       International.
    -- Yek Cheng, formerly with MassMutual Mercuries Life
Insurance Co., Ltd. 
       In Taiwan, has been named Senior Managing Director
and Chief Risk  
       Officer and Actuary for MassMutual International.
    -- John Miller, Jr. was appointed Senior Managing
Director and will   
       continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer.

    "With more than $2 billion in sales and $4 billion
in premium in the international insurance markets in 2006,
MassMutual International plays a critical role in the
MassMutual Financial Group's diverse portfolio of
businesses, and provides a broad variety of products and
services to help meet the financial needs of more than 1.7
million clients in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and
Europe," Ms. Sarsynski said. "With the
appointments of both Rick and Yek, who with John Miller
Jr., MassMutual International's Chief Financial Officer,
comprise our leadership team, I am confident we have the
strategy and talent in place to capitalize on the rapid
growth in the international marketplace."

    Ricardo Calderon. As Chief Operating Officer of
MassMutual International, Mr. Calderon, 45, will be
responsible for leading the organization's business
development activities, expanding and developing new sales
and distribution channels overseas as well as providing
product development and marketing support. He will also
have operational and information systems responsibilities.


    Mr. Calderon has extensive knowledge of international
markets, having spent a number of years in various
international leadership positions both at MassMutual and
Hartford Life. In his most recent role in MassMutual's
Corporate Law Division, he was responsible for oversight of
a broad array of regulatory and compliance matters for
MassMutual. Mr. Calderon holds a B.A. from SUNY-Binghamton
and received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

    Yek Cheng. In his new role, Mr. Cheng, 56, primarily
will be responsible for risk management at MassMutual
International. Mr. Cheng joined MassMutual in 1982 after
working at United Insurance Company of America. 

    During his tenure at MassMutual, Mr. Cheng has held
increasingly responsible management positions and most
recently served as Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer of MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance
Co., Ltd., in Taiwan. He holds a B.S. degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of the Philippines and an
M.A. in Mathematics from Eastern Michigan University. He is
a Fellow of the Society of Actuaries.

    MassMutual International offers life insurance, health
benefits and accident insurance, annuity and pension
products, and asset management products and services across
Asia and Europe.

    MassMutual Financial Group is the fleet name for
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual)
and its affiliates, with more than $450 billion in assets
under management at year-end 2006.  Assets under management
include assets and certain external investment funds managed
by MassMutual's subsidiaries.  Securities and investment
advisory services offered through MML Investors Services,
Inc., a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor.

    Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a mutually owned
financial protection, accumulation and income management
company headquartered in Springfield, Mass. MassMutual's
major affiliates include: OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Babson
Capital Management LLC; Baring Asset Management Limited;
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC; MML Investors
Services, Inc., member NASD and SiPC (www.nasd.org and
www.sipc.org); MassMutual International LLC and The
MassMutual Trust Company, FSB. MassMutual is on the
Internet at http://www.massmutual.com .






    For more information, please contact:    

     Jim Lacey
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     Mark Cybulski
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