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| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
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| Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: | 12-31-2014 |
| Check here if Amendment | | Amendment Number: |
| This Amendment (Check only one.): | | is a restatement. |
| | adds new holdings entries. |
| Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: |
| Name: | MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO |
| Address: | 1295 STATE STREET |
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| SPRINGFIELD, MA 01111 |
| Form 13F File Number: | 028-00548 |
The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that the person signing the report is authorized to submit it, that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists, and tables, are considered integral parts of this form.
| Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: |
| Name: | Donald Griffith |
| Title: | Vice President Corporate Compliance |
| Phone: | 413-744-5103 |
| Signature, Place, and Date of Signing: |
| Donald Griffith | Springfield, MA | 01-14-2015 |
| [Signature] | [City, State] | [Date] |
| Babson Capital Management LLC (Babson Capital), Baring Asset Management Limited (Baring), Baring Asset Management (Asia) Limited (Baring), Baring International Investment Limited (Baring) , Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC (Cornerstone), OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (Oppenheimer), OFI Private Investments Inc. (OFI), OFI Global Institutional, Inc. (OFII), OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. First Mercantile Trust Company (First Mercantile), The MassMutual Trust Company are all indirect, majority-owned or wholly-owned subsidiaries of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). The entities listed have indicated that they exercise investment discretion with respect to the securities positions reported in each firm's Form 13F filing. Nevertheless, such positions are deemed reported on behalf of MassMutual to the extent that MassMutual is deemed to share investment discretion over the positions as a result of its ownership interests in Babson Capital, Baring, Cornerstone, Oppenheimer, OFI, OFII, OFI SteelPath, Inc., OFI Global Asset Management, Inc., First Mercantile, and The MassMutual Trust Company and for the limited and exclusive purpose of MassMutual's compliance with Section 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. |
| Report Type (Check only one.): |
| | 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) |
| | 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) |
| X | 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) |
List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager:
[If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] |
| | Form 13F File Number | Name |
| 028-00060 | BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC |
| 028-15112 | Baring International Investment Ltd |
| 028-12028 | Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC |
| 028-00203 | OPPENHEIMER FUNDS INC |
| 028-10498 | FIRST MERCANTILE TRUST CO |
| 028-10231 | OFI PRIVATE INVESTMENTS INC |
| 028-15436 | OFI SteelPath, Inc. |
| 028-10234 | OFI GLOBAL INSTITUTIONAL, INC |
| 028-15607 | OFI Global Asset Management, Inc. |
| 028-15866 | MASSMUTUAL TRUST CO FSB/ADV |
| 028-16289 | BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd |
| 028-16290 | BARING ASSET MANAGEMENT ASIA Ltd |
| Form 13F Summary Page |
| Report Summary: |
| Number of Other Included Managers: | 0 | | |
| Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: | 21 |
| Form 13F Information Table Value Total: | 33,165 |
| (thousands) |
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| List of Other Included Managers: |
| Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. |
| [If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.] |
| NONE |
