Dan Caple Joins MassMutual's Retirement Services Sales Team

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Feb. 2 /PRNewswire/ --  In response to a strong pipeline of new business opportunities, MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has added to its sales team in the South/Central Division. Dan Caple has joined MassMutual as managing director, reporting to George Sutherland, South/Central divisional sales manager.

Mr. Caple is responsible for business development and sales support of MassMutual's third-party and dedicated distribution channels in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. He spent 19 years with Putnam Investments, most recently as senior vice president and senior regional 401(k) director for the company's northeast territory.

"MassMutual has a tremendous pipeline of new business opportunities and we will continue to build out our sales team to meet the needs of advisors and their clients," says Hugh O'Toole, senior vice president and head of sales and client management for MassMutual's Retirement Services Division.

"Dan has achieved outstanding success in helping retirement plan advisors achieve their growth objectives," adds Sutherland. "His deep experience and skill set will be of tremendous value to all of our distribution channel relationships in North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee."

Mr. Caple is based in Charlotte, N.C. and can be reached at (704) 458-8685, [email protected]. For more information about MassMutual Retirement Services, please contact your local MassMutual sales representative or call MassMutual at 1-888-626-4911.

About MassMutual

MassMutual's Retirement Services Division has been serving retirement plans for more than 60 years. It offers a full range of products and services for corporate, union, nonprofit and governmental employers' defined benefit, defined contribution and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. It serves approximately one million participants.

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) [of which Retirement Services is a division] 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, Inc., member FINRA and SIPC; OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; and The MassMutual Trust Company, FSB.

For more information, visit massmutual.com.

SOURCE MassMutual Retirement Services Division