ING U.S., Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides retirement, investment management, and insurance solutions in the United States. The company operates in five segments: Retirement, Annuities, Investment Management, Individual Life, and Employee Benefits. The Retirement segment offers employer-sponsored retirement savings plans and administrative services in corporate, health, education, and government markets; and rollover individual retirement accounts and other retail financial products, as well as financial advisory services to individual customers. This segment sells its products to small companies, corporations, and government entities through third-party administrators, wirehouse affiliated brokers, registered investment advisors, sales agents, and consulting firms. The Annuities segment provides fixed and indexed annuities, mutual fund custodial products, and payout annuities for pre-retirement wealth accumulation and post retirement income management through independent marketing organizations, affiliated and independent broker-dealers, banks, independent insurance agents, and pension professionals. The Investment Management segment offers fixed income, equity, multi-asset, and alternative products and solutions to individual and institutional customers directly, as well as through consultant channel, banks, broker-dealers, and independent financial advisers. The Individual Life segment provides wealth protection and life products. The Employee Benefits segment offers group life, stop loss, disability, and voluntary employee-paid products to mid-sized and large businesses through brokers, consultants, and its direct sales team. The company was formerly known as ING America Insurance Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to ING U.S., Inc. in June 2012. ING U.S., Inc. was incorporated in 1999 and is based in New York, New York. ING U.S., Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ING Insurance International B.V.