Business Men's buys a mutual fund firm.

Business Men's Assurance Company of America said it has purchased Jones & Babson in an effort to increase its role in the retirement planning sector of the mutual fund business.

Jones & Babson, a Kansas City-based mutual fund company, manages $1.7 billion in assets.

The insurer, also based in Kansas City, has over $1 billion of assets.

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