MassMutual promotes Dillman

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., also known as MassMutual, said today that Rodney J. Dillman has been appointed president of MassMutual International LLC and senior vice president of MassMutual.

Dillman will have responsibility for MassMutual International LLC, the holding company for MassMutual's international insurance subsidiaries; he was most recently general counsel at Babson Capital Management LLC, a MassMutual subsidiary, and corporate vice president and associate general counsel at MassMutual, the firm said.

He will be succeeded as general counsel at Babson by Trish Walsh, who will remain as corporate vice president in MassMutual's Law Division.

MassMutual Financial Group is a marketing name for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) and its affiliated companies and sales representatives. MassMutual and its subsidiaries had more than $500 billion in assets under management at year-end 2007. Founded in 1851, MassMutual is a mutually owned financial protection, accumulation, and income management company headquartered in Springfield.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)