UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 13F
FORM 13F COVER PAGE
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: 12/31/2008
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 Company
Address: 1295 State Street
Springfield, Massachusetts 01111
Form 13F File Number: 28-00548
The institutional 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: Bradley J. Lucido
Title: Chief Compliance Officer
Phone: (413) 744-7247
Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:
/s/ Bradley J. Lucido, Springfield, MA February 9, 2009
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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:
28-00060 Babson Capital Management LLC
28-04544 Baring Asset Management, Inc.
28-12028 Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC
28-00203 OppenheimerFunds, Inc.
28-10498 First Mercantile Trust Company
28-10231 OFI Private Investments Inc.
28-10234 OFI Institional Asset Management Inc.
Babson Capital Management LLC (Babson Capital), Baring Asset
Management, Inc. (Baring), Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers
LLC (Cornerstone), OppenheimerFunds, Inc. (Oppenheimer),OFI Private Investments
Inc (OFI), OFI Institutional Asset Management Inc (OFII),
and First Mercantile Trust Company (First Mercantile) are all
indirect, majority-owned or wholly-owned subsidiaries of Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). Babson Capital, Baring,
Cornerstone, Oppenheimer, OFI, OFII and First Mercantile 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, and First Mercantile and for the
limited and exclusive purpose of MassMutual*s compliance with Section 13(f)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
FORM 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: None
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 8
Form 13F Information Table Value Total: $8,735
FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE
VOTING AUTHORITY
TITLE OF VALUE SHARES/ SH/ PUT/ INVEST. OTHER
NAME OF ISSUER CLASS CUSIP (X$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRET. MGRS SOLE SHARED NONE
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ISHARE INC MSCI GERMAN 464286806 1538 80000 SH SOLE 80000
ISHARE INC MSCI MALAYSIA 464286830 620 85000 SH SOLE 85000
ISHARE INC MSCI EMERGING MKT 464287234 412 16500 SH SOLE 16500
DIAMONDS TR UNIT SER 1 252787106 1147 13100 SH SOLE 13100
ALTRIA GROUP INC COM 02209S103 998 66240 SH SOLE 66240
FIRSTENERGY CORP COM 337932107 235 4830 SH SOLE 4830
KRAFT FOODS INC CL A 50075N104 903 33639 SH SOLE 33639
PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC COM 718172109 2882 66240 SH SOLE 66240