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Women in Insurance & Financial Services Announce 2005 Platinum Corporate Sponsor

LARKSPUR, CO - Women in Insurance and Financial Services (WIFS) announced today that  AXA Financial, Inc. will join with them as a 2005 Platinum Sponsor.  WIFS selectsindustry leaders to create programs to enhance the success of women in the financial service industry. This will be the first year that AXA Financial has committed to helping women through WIFS at the Platinum level.

“Having corporate leaders, such as AXA Financial, participate with WIFS provides us with the potential and opportunity to be a catalyst for change in the industry,” says Diane Dixon, President of WIFS.  “We are developing incredible programs for our members and sponsors to create an environment in which women financial representatives will be successful.”

“AXA Financial is committed to helping women succeed in the financial services business, and our objectives are  to be the first company a woman thinks of when she is interested in a career in financial services, and the company that attracts and retains the most talented women financial professionals and managers in the financial services industry,” said Dianne Smyth, CFP^®, vice president of the Women’s Markets Program at AXA Financial. “We believe that a relationship with WIFS will help us accomplish these objectives.”  

AXA’s Women’s Markets Program was created to help enhance and increase relationships among women throughout the organization; to build the businesses of AXA’s women financial professionals; and to train all of AXA’s financial professionals in understanding the unique financial needs of women. This national program continually strives to enhance a female-friendly work environment and to identify market approaches designed to significantly increase the number of women employees and clients.

Platinum sponsors will be working with WIFS to be part of the networking, idea sharing, and training for women throughout the country.

About WIFS

Women in Insurance and Financial Services is a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, encouraging and advancing the success of women in the financial services industry.    For more information about WIFS, www.w-wifs.org.

About AXA Financial: AXA Financial is one of the premier U.S. organizations providing financial protection and wealth management through its strong brands: AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company, AXA Advisors, LLC, Alliance Capital Management, L.P., Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., LLC, AXA Distributors, LLC, and the MONY family of companies, including MONY Life Insurance Company, U.S. Financial Life Insurance Company, Advest, Inc., and Lebenthal, a division of Advest, Inc. (Member: NYSE, FINRA, SIPC.)  AXA Financial had approximately $551.28 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2004.  AXA Financial is a member of the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA Group's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific region. AXA Group had over $1 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2004. The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depositary Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA. www.axaonline.com