About Barnum Financial Group
Barnum offers the scope of a national financial services provider, with access to industry-leading financial planning services, investment management, and insurance and protection products, while delivering a level of personalized service and attention found at a boutique firm.
We provide personal advice and solutions to more than 250,000 clients, including individuals and their families as well as small businesses, corporations, governments entities, and non-profit organizations and their employees, across all 50 states.
MassMutual is a leading mutual life insurance company that is run for the benefit of its members and participating policyowners. Founded in 1851, the company has been continually guided by one consistent purpose: to help people secure their future and protect the ones they love. With a focus on delivering long-term value, MassMutual offers a wide range of protection, accumulation, wealth management and retirement products and services.
Barnum is a general agency of MassMutual and qualified representatives offer securities through MML Investors Services, LLC (MMLIS), a Broker-Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser subsidiary of MassMutual. MML Investors Services, founded in 1981, is one of the largest distributors of mutual funds, variable annuities and variable life insurance in the United States. MMLIS is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). MMLIS is authorized to conduct business in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Through our relationship with MMLIS, assets held in brokerage accounts are custodied with Fidelity Investments’ broker-dealer, National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”). Established in 1983, NFS is one of the largest providers of brokerage services including clearing and custody, tax reporting, credit management, financial planning, and advisory services.
MetLife has a special arrangement with Barnum Financial Group that gives certain individuals covered under its group life insurance the opportunity to meet with a financial professional with specific expertise in life insurance and managing through a job transition. These knowledgeable resources help people understand their options and assist them in making important, time-sensitive decisions about their life insurance coverage and other benefits.