John Deitelbaum

John Deitelbaum is Head of Financial Services Law at Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. He is responsible for managing the legal teams supporting MassMutual’s career agency and third-party insurance distribution systems; MassMutual’s wealth management, pension risk transfer, and stable value businesses; reinsurance; and MassMutual’s marketing, data science, and digital corporate teams.

Deitelbaum has previously led the Retirement Services and Insurance Products & Operations Sections of MassMutual’s Legal Department. Prior to his roles at MassMutual, Deitelbaum was at Barings, MassMutual’s investment subsidiary, where he led legal teams on SEC regulatory matters and private placement, private equity, and bank loan investment activities. From 1998–2000, he served as General Counsel of MassMutual’s subsidiary, David L. Babson & Company Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor.

Before joining MassMutual, Deitelbaum was an associate at the law firm of Day, Berry & Howard in Hartford, Connecticut. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, in Political Science from Duke University; his J.D. from New York University School of Law; and his MBA from New York University Stern School of Business.

Deitelbaum is Chair of the Boards of Directors of the Massachusetts Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association and Delaware Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association and Vice Chair of the Pennsylvania Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association. He also serves on the Board and Executive Committee of the Guaranty Association Benefits Company (GABC).