Founded in 1851, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company is a leading mutual life insurance company with 1800 offices and 13 million clients worldwide. Mass Mutual is one of the largest Life Insurance companies globally and is currently ranked 93rd in the Fortune 500 list . The Company has revenues of about $25 Billion with Assets under Management at $448 Billion. In 2014, Mass Mutual launched "Society of Grownups," a financial advisor for 20 and 30-somethings, and announced another $100 million investment in October 2015 as Society of Grownups aims to expand beyond Boston to markets such as New York and Philadelphia by 2016.
The Providence Friars, which they are named after the Dominican Catholic order that runs the school, are the athletic teams representing Providence College.. They are the only collegiate team to use the name. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I level , primarily competing in the Big East Conference for all sports since the 1979-80 season. Men's sports include basketball, cross country, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving and track & field; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, ice hockey, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and volleyball. The men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East, while the women's volleyball team competes in the America East Conference.