ING Financial Partners Inc.

ING Financial Partners, Inc. provides programs, technology, products, and support to help financial individuals and institutions in the United States of America. It offers retirement programs to employers in corporate, government, healthcare, not-for-profit, and education markets; life, and group and voluntary insurance products; financial planning services; mutual funds; research services; annuities; and brokerage execution, clearance, and investment products and services. The company also provides business processing, contracting, and commission support services, as well as broker services for life insurance and fixed and variable annuities; and long-term care, disability, and health insurance. In addition, it operates as a trustee and co-trustee for various trusts, including revocable, irrevocable, family, charitable, and life insurance trusts. Further, the company offers services to tax and legal issues; estate planning and wealth transfer; retirement, and business and succession planning; executive benefits; stock option exercise strategies; and qualified plan technical support. ING Financial Partners, Inc. was formerly known as Locust Street Securities, Inc. and changed its name to ING Financial Partners Inc. in 2004. The company was founded in 1968 and is based in Des Moines, Iowa. ING Financial Partners, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Lion Connecticut Holdings Inc.