Sapient
Financial
Group

San Antonio, TX. June 29, 2009 – Sapient Financial Group has become the first firm to have a woman financial professional receive the MassMutual “Freshman Five” award two years running. Pam Green*, CLU, ChFC, FLMI, ACS, recently received the honor in recognition for her 2008 performance, following Diana Scheel* CLU, ChFC, FLMI, FLHC the previous year.

The award is bestowed annually on the top five, of over five hundred financial professionals who have completed their first year with MassMutual in recognition of their business results and example as role models. Only 18 of 258 winners have been women since the honor was initiated in 1957.

“The financial services industry has been a man's world for too long. 80% of advisors in the US are men(1), leaving women in our community woefully under-served, said Sapient Financial Group CEO, Frank Woodruff. “In 2007 we embarked on a mission to recruit more women and tailored our support and training to their needs. By attracting more women into financial services, we can improve our service to the community.”

“This double accolade is no fluke,” said Tom Jurkowski, MassMutual's Agency Vice President. “Sapient Financial Group's boldness in this area is paying off. Women are the primary breadwinners in nearly one-third of married households, and start new businesses at twice the rate of men(2) – so fulfilling their needs is a smart strategy.”

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About Sapient Financial Group
Sapient Financial Group (www.SapientFinancialGroup.com), is a member of the MassMutual Financial Group. The firm offers access to a full range of retirement, investment and risk management services to individuals and small businesses. Formerly known as the South Texas Agency, the company has been in continuous operation in San Antonio, Texas since 1952. The group has more than 50 financial professionals and specialists and services over $700 million in total insurance, investments and retirement assets as of January 23, 2009. Sapient Financial Group was one of fifteen San Antonio for-profit companies recognized for its exemplification of ethical behavior in the 2009 Ethics in Business Initiative, was ranked 2nd in the 2009 San Antonio Business Journal's list of Largest San Antonio Financial Planning & Advisory Firms and received a San Antonio Business Journal Best Places to Work Award in 2008 and 2009.

Securities, investment advisory and financial planning services offered through qualified registered representatives of MML Investors Services, Inc., member SIPC (www.SPIC.org), One Union Square, Suite 300, 10101 Reunion Place, San Antonio, TX 78216. 210.342.4141.

²Insurance offered through Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and other fine companies

Sources:
¹Female and male sales trends, LIMRA 2007
²Center for Women’s Business Research using Bureau of the Census data, 2004

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