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Presentation for Attorneys seeking to add financial client service the right way

Trusted Advisorssm



client service an innovative
program for attorneys
our commitment to you
We are committed to providing a high level of innovative,
professional and quality service in order to help you meet
your clients’ changing financial, educational and estate
planning needs as their lives evolve.
your unique vision
calls for a unique approach
If your firm’s goals include the ability to assist your clients
with their financial security, then you will need individual
attention, guidance and execution assistance.

Your situation is unique, requiring individual attention, guidance and
strategies. Through a collaborative relationship with Trusted AdvisorsSM,
our team will help you identify and prioritize your short- and long-term
goals. This is a critical first step in helping you engineer a targeted,
goal-driven plan and determine a strategy that can assist in achieving
it. All specifically tailored to meet your unique business objectives,
and your clients’ personal needs.

Our team’s depth of knowledge allows us to thoroughly understand
the intricacies of your practice because we are experienced in developing
strategies to address the issues you may face — whether they are
simple or complex, we can help you work toward your goals.

Because we are affiliated with the AXA Advisors organization, we are able to provide a level of service
that facilitates the delivery of timely information to you and your clients. Additionally, our team
focuses on a variety of disciplines, allowing you to utilize the talents of various financial professionals
as your situation may require. Our commitment to you is exemplified by this level of teamwork,
helping to ensure your and your clients’ needs are met.




                “   Experience you can count on.
                    The financial professionals on our
                    team have years of experience in
                    the financial industry.
                                                   ”
why is it so important
                                                  for attorneys to offer
                                                  financial services?

               Your clients have reached a point in their lives where their financial goals and personal
               ambitions are clear. They know where they want to be and what they want when they
               get there. But do your clients know the best ways to achieve their financial aspirations?
               Who can best guide them through these changing economic times?

               These days, there are a seemingly infinite number of financial strategies available. Finding the
               ones that are suited to your clients’ situations requires personal attention, a depth of resources
               and, most importantly, the right guidance from dedicated, experienced financial professionals.
               That’s where we come in.


               Financial Services with Distinction
               Trusted AdvisorsSM, an AXA Financial business, works with financial professionals affiliated with
               AXA Advisors, LLC who are motivated and highly experienced. Together, we can help you address
               both the simple and complex needs of your clients. AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable, affliates of
               AXA Financial, are dedicated to offering an array of innovative products and services.




2 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
The Support You Need to Grow Your Financial Services Practice
More Than Just Customized Strategies
•	Experience	and	Knowledge	— We provide advice through the
  experience and knowledge of the financial professionals
  on our team

•	Quality	and	Timely	Service	— Address your clients’
  priorities with quality and timely service

•	Technical	Resources	— Give your clients access to a
  wide range of informational and technical resources

•	Access	to	Our	Network	of	Professionals	— Help your
  clients address wealth accumulation, wealth preservation
  and risk management concerns in a tax-efficient manner1


Online Support Available to You Anytime
AXA-equitable.com has news updates, training capabilities, access to compliance-approved marketing
materials and more. You and your clients can benefit from a variety of key features, including:

•	Online	Access	— The ability to access and manage AXA holdings and perform transactions online

•	Market	Tools	— The use of market tools that offer daily market performance data on a wide range of
  market indices, quotes, interactive charts and model portfolios

•	Investment	Tools	— Investment tools that provide links to data and information on stock and market
  performance

•	Planning	Tools	— Planning tools that offer calculators to provide information or basic advice on select
  financial needs




1 AXA Financial, Inc. and its family of companies do not provide tax or legal advice.


                                                                                    client service: an innovative program for attorneys 3
Customized Strategies to Meet Your Needs
You will benefit from a collaborative relationship with a team of financial professionals that will work with you
to identify and prioritize your clients’ financial goals, and offer guidance and strategies specific to their
individual needs. Additionally, you’ll have access to a comprehensive range of top-quality investment and
insurance products from leading financial companies.



              Customized Strategies to Meet Your Needs


                                                              Employee Benefits Plans,
                                                                Pension & 401(k)
                               Estate Planning Strategies        Implementation
                                 & Wealth Preservation                                   Business Succession
                                                                                              Planning

                     Risk Management
                                                                                                 Employee Financial
                                                                                                Planning & Seminars
                                Financial Planning
                                & Asset Allocation
                                                        Wealth Accumulation       Executive Benefit &
                                                        & Retirement Planning    Deferred Comp. Plans




We will empower your clients to make informed decisions about their finances, including those related to:

Estate	Planning	Strategies	&	Wealth	Preservation	— We offer strategies to help your clients conserve their
assets and protect their estates from some of the federal and state tax obligations. Such strategies include
trusts, gift tax strategies and life insurance. In addition, we assist them with the coordination or restructuring
of insurance policies, early inheritance, spousal support and overall investment strategies.
Risk	Management	— To assist your clients in protecting their families and assets, we offer a variety of
methods that may help safeguard surviving family members if the wage earner dies; insure income in the
event of a long-term disability; and protect the client’s estate from the costs of long-term care. We do so by
implementing products and/or services strategies that may include: life insurance, annuities, disability and
long-term care insurance, health insurance and business planning.




4 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
Financial	Planning	&	Asset	Allocation	— We can help create a financial plan that looks at your clients’ total
financial picture and gives them a comprehensive, recommended roadmap for organizing and addressing their
major financial goals, whether it be saving for retirement, education funding, addressing investment goals or
leaving a legacy for their heirs.
Wealth	Accumulation	&	Retirement	Planning	— We give your clients access to the investment management
experience of over 50 of the country’s top money managers. This breadth of product and service offerings
enables them to meet a broad spectrum of investment objectives, including long-term growth of capital and
current income. In addition, using a potential combination of annuities, IRAs, employer-sponsored retirement
plans and other strategies, we can help them plan for financial independence and long-term security.
Executive	Benefit	&	Deferred	Comp.	Plans	— Designed to help your clients recruit, reward and retain valued
employees, executive benefit and deferred compensation plans also provide valuable tax advantages to your
clients’ businesses. We are experienced in the implementation of benefits, including: bonus plans, cost-
sharing plans, deferred compensation plans, and other non-qualified retirement plans.
Employee	Financial	Planning	&	Seminars	— Financial planning as an employer-sponsored benefit is an
innovative and increasingly popular program. As an employer, it can help your clients reward key executives,
retain employees, boost participation in other company benefits, and enhance employee morale and
productivity — all with potential overall cost savings to your clients’ businesses. In addition, we also offer
no-obligation educational seminars to employees.
Business	Succession	Planning	— Helping to ensure that their company can survive the departure or death
of an owner or a key employee adds long-term value to a growing business. We offer a variety of strategies
and products, including life insurance to help address the loss of a key person, buy-sell agreements, and
stock redemption funding.
Employee	Benefits	Plans,	Pension	&	401(k)	Implementation	— A successful benefits package should
provide protection, security and preparation for life events. We can help your business clients decide which
benefits to offer and implement. This demonstrates their commitment to their staff, and helps them succeed
in recruiting, and keeping, the best employees.




                                                                       client service: an innovative program for attorneys 5
Education and Training to Help
with Your Professional Development
Continuing Education Credits/
Professional Designations
CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™)2 certification, as well as
ChFC3 (Chartered Financial Consultant) and CLU3 (Chartered Life
Underwriter) designations, give members of your firm instant credibility
in this new line of business. Many AXA financial professionals have
attained one or more coveted professional credentials, such as
Chartered Financial Consultant or CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER.
Each curriculum focuses on a different area of the financial services
or life insurance practices.

AXA Vision
AXA Advisors has its own nationwide satellite broadcast system
called AXA Vision. AXA Vision provides satellite TV broadcasts,
video and audio Webcasts and videotapes to the field force. Key
topics include company strategy, financial planning, products and
services, and other field issues. You will appreciate the immediacy
of this communications tool. Programs are taped for later viewing,
and some meet continuing education requirements.

Local Training Classes
Our local AXA Advisors offices hold monthly training classes. These ongoing courses provide valuable
information and updates on product offerings, planning techniques and compliance procedures. They
also give you an opportunity to meet and share information with other financial professionals in your
geographical area.




2 CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ are certification marks owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards,
Inc. These marks are awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements.
3 ChFC and CLU are professional designations of The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.


6 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
Marketing Financial Services to Build Your Business
Many law firms have considered, attempted or even had some success in offering financial services. However,
attorneys observe that there is rarely a system to follow to consistently execute their plans for a financial
services practice. Trusted AdvisorsSM believes that each attorney should follow a prescribed business plan that
is based upon factual client data.



              Financial Services Marketing Cycle

               Identify
               •	Understand client needs
               •	Define practice direction


               Analyze
               •	Group clients by needs
               • Establish priorities for your clients,
                 your practice and your partnership


               Execute
               •	Develop a 12-month Business Plan
               •	Create a client communication strategy
               •	Touch your clients six times a year
               •	Get your financial professional involved




Compliance support is a critical element of our program. AXA Advisors provides Compliance infrastructure
and support to attorneys at HQ, Division and local Agency levels, which helps to remove some of the
administrative burdens from your firm. In our current economic environment, this support and this
process are invaluable, and especially attractive to independent agents.

Our Licensing and Registration Department will also help guide you through the licensing and registration
process quickly, so you can concentrate on servicing your clients. To enter the financial services business,
you will need one or more of the following licenses4 (if you are already licensed, our team can help facilitate
a smooth transition):

•	State Life, Accident and Health;
• FINRA Series 6, 7, 63, 65 and 66



4 Not all are necessary, based upon products offered and compensated on.


                                                                           client service: an innovative program for attorneys 7
Marketing Tools Designed with Your Clients in Mind
Prospecting	Letters	— AXA Advisors’ Letter Library — an array of Compliance-approved letters and other
communications — resides online and helps you keep in touch with current clients and develop new
relationships. You can feed your current client data into these “customizable” letters to facilitate your
marketing efforts.

High	Impact	Brochures	— The cost of producing full-color, high-quality printed materials on your own could be
prohibitive, whereas AXA Advisors prints in high volume and is able to produce materials that make an impact
at a reasonable cost. Both copy and design are created to appeal to an affluent audience. A wide array of
conceptual and product brochures is available at no cost to our financial professionals.

Newsletters	and	Other	Communications	— You can subscribe to a variety of client newsletters and other
ongoing communications, such as holiday and birthday cards. These will be personalized for you and mailed
directly to a client list that you designate. Newsletters can be an excellent way of keeping your name in front of
your clients, reminding them of your valuable services and that you have their best interest in mind. Titles are
available keyed to specific market segments, such as business owners, women and pre-retirees. We also
offer an array of AXA Advisors approved company articles you can place under your own firm’s financial
services name.

Training	Materials	— Every marketing package comes with documentation to support you. These are either
talking points to help you make a dynamic presentation, guides to outline the planning process, product
feature manuals or market updates to keep you abreast of today’s market conditions. There are updates on
financial services opportunities, from tax planning to educational funding via retirement planning, as well as a
distribution of corporate communications and product updates through an electronic bulletin board. These
materials help ensure that you are confident in every client presentation.

Educational	Seminars	— You can share your professional skills with potential and current clients using AXA
Advisors’ pre-approved library of educational seminars, and can earn CPE credit for many of these. Covering
meaningful topics like retirement planning, education funding and estate planning, these seminars give you
an opportunity to branch out into your community and reach a new audience. Full-color slides, scripts, sample
invitations, workbooks and other collateral materials, plus complete instructions, can make it easier for you
to put together a professional and informative workshop.




8 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
Position Your Legal Practice for the Future
To learn more about Trusted AdvisorsSM, contact us at:
Trusted AdvisorsSM, an AXA Financial Business
10840 Ballantyne Commons Parkway
Suite 200-B, Charlotte, NC 28277
e-mail: ask_trustedadvisors@axa-equitable.com




Investment advisory products and services offered by qualified Investment Advisor Representatives through AXA Advisors, LLC, a broker-
dealer and registered investment advisor. Securities offered by registered representatives through AXA Advisors, 1290 Avenue of the Americas,
New York, NY 10104, (212) 554-1234, member FINRA, SIPC.
Life insurance and annuities are offered by licensed agents and are issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (New York, NY) and by
various unaffiliated carriers through AXA Network, LLC and/or its subsidiaries, including AXA Network Insurance Agency of California, LLC (in
California) and/or AXA Network Insurance Agency of Utah, LLC (in Utah). Disability insurance, long-term care insurance and health insurance
are underwritten by unaffiliated carriers, and are offered through AXA Network and its subsidiaries.
AXA Financial, AXA Network, AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable are affiliated companies and do not provide tax or legal advice. Please consult
your tax and/or legal advisors regarding your particular circumstances.


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GE-49706 (6/09)                                                                                                       Cat. #143721 (6/09)

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Trusted Advisors Attorney

  • 1. Trusted Advisorssm client service an innovative program for attorneys
  • 2. our commitment to you We are committed to providing a high level of innovative, professional and quality service in order to help you meet your clients’ changing financial, educational and estate planning needs as their lives evolve.
  • 3. your unique vision calls for a unique approach If your firm’s goals include the ability to assist your clients with their financial security, then you will need individual attention, guidance and execution assistance. Your situation is unique, requiring individual attention, guidance and strategies. Through a collaborative relationship with Trusted AdvisorsSM, our team will help you identify and prioritize your short- and long-term goals. This is a critical first step in helping you engineer a targeted, goal-driven plan and determine a strategy that can assist in achieving it. All specifically tailored to meet your unique business objectives, and your clients’ personal needs. Our team’s depth of knowledge allows us to thoroughly understand the intricacies of your practice because we are experienced in developing strategies to address the issues you may face — whether they are simple or complex, we can help you work toward your goals. Because we are affiliated with the AXA Advisors organization, we are able to provide a level of service that facilitates the delivery of timely information to you and your clients. Additionally, our team focuses on a variety of disciplines, allowing you to utilize the talents of various financial professionals as your situation may require. Our commitment to you is exemplified by this level of teamwork, helping to ensure your and your clients’ needs are met. “ Experience you can count on. The financial professionals on our team have years of experience in the financial industry. ”
  • 4. why is it so important for attorneys to offer financial services? Your clients have reached a point in their lives where their financial goals and personal ambitions are clear. They know where they want to be and what they want when they get there. But do your clients know the best ways to achieve their financial aspirations? Who can best guide them through these changing economic times? These days, there are a seemingly infinite number of financial strategies available. Finding the ones that are suited to your clients’ situations requires personal attention, a depth of resources and, most importantly, the right guidance from dedicated, experienced financial professionals. That’s where we come in. Financial Services with Distinction Trusted AdvisorsSM, an AXA Financial business, works with financial professionals affiliated with AXA Advisors, LLC who are motivated and highly experienced. Together, we can help you address both the simple and complex needs of your clients. AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable, affliates of AXA Financial, are dedicated to offering an array of innovative products and services. 2 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
  • 5. The Support You Need to Grow Your Financial Services Practice More Than Just Customized Strategies • Experience and Knowledge — We provide advice through the experience and knowledge of the financial professionals on our team • Quality and Timely Service — Address your clients’ priorities with quality and timely service • Technical Resources — Give your clients access to a wide range of informational and technical resources • Access to Our Network of Professionals — Help your clients address wealth accumulation, wealth preservation and risk management concerns in a tax-efficient manner1 Online Support Available to You Anytime AXA-equitable.com has news updates, training capabilities, access to compliance-approved marketing materials and more. You and your clients can benefit from a variety of key features, including: • Online Access — The ability to access and manage AXA holdings and perform transactions online • Market Tools — The use of market tools that offer daily market performance data on a wide range of market indices, quotes, interactive charts and model portfolios • Investment Tools — Investment tools that provide links to data and information on stock and market performance • Planning Tools — Planning tools that offer calculators to provide information or basic advice on select financial needs 1 AXA Financial, Inc. and its family of companies do not provide tax or legal advice. client service: an innovative program for attorneys 3
  • 6. Customized Strategies to Meet Your Needs You will benefit from a collaborative relationship with a team of financial professionals that will work with you to identify and prioritize your clients’ financial goals, and offer guidance and strategies specific to their individual needs. Additionally, you’ll have access to a comprehensive range of top-quality investment and insurance products from leading financial companies. Customized Strategies to Meet Your Needs Employee Benefits Plans, Pension & 401(k) Estate Planning Strategies Implementation & Wealth Preservation Business Succession Planning Risk Management Employee Financial Planning & Seminars Financial Planning & Asset Allocation Wealth Accumulation Executive Benefit & & Retirement Planning Deferred Comp. Plans We will empower your clients to make informed decisions about their finances, including those related to: Estate Planning Strategies & Wealth Preservation — We offer strategies to help your clients conserve their assets and protect their estates from some of the federal and state tax obligations. Such strategies include trusts, gift tax strategies and life insurance. In addition, we assist them with the coordination or restructuring of insurance policies, early inheritance, spousal support and overall investment strategies. Risk Management — To assist your clients in protecting their families and assets, we offer a variety of methods that may help safeguard surviving family members if the wage earner dies; insure income in the event of a long-term disability; and protect the client’s estate from the costs of long-term care. We do so by implementing products and/or services strategies that may include: life insurance, annuities, disability and long-term care insurance, health insurance and business planning. 4 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
  • 7. Financial Planning & Asset Allocation — We can help create a financial plan that looks at your clients’ total financial picture and gives them a comprehensive, recommended roadmap for organizing and addressing their major financial goals, whether it be saving for retirement, education funding, addressing investment goals or leaving a legacy for their heirs. Wealth Accumulation & Retirement Planning — We give your clients access to the investment management experience of over 50 of the country’s top money managers. This breadth of product and service offerings enables them to meet a broad spectrum of investment objectives, including long-term growth of capital and current income. In addition, using a potential combination of annuities, IRAs, employer-sponsored retirement plans and other strategies, we can help them plan for financial independence and long-term security. Executive Benefit & Deferred Comp. Plans — Designed to help your clients recruit, reward and retain valued employees, executive benefit and deferred compensation plans also provide valuable tax advantages to your clients’ businesses. We are experienced in the implementation of benefits, including: bonus plans, cost- sharing plans, deferred compensation plans, and other non-qualified retirement plans. Employee Financial Planning & Seminars — Financial planning as an employer-sponsored benefit is an innovative and increasingly popular program. As an employer, it can help your clients reward key executives, retain employees, boost participation in other company benefits, and enhance employee morale and productivity — all with potential overall cost savings to your clients’ businesses. In addition, we also offer no-obligation educational seminars to employees. Business Succession Planning — Helping to ensure that their company can survive the departure or death of an owner or a key employee adds long-term value to a growing business. We offer a variety of strategies and products, including life insurance to help address the loss of a key person, buy-sell agreements, and stock redemption funding. Employee Benefits Plans, Pension & 401(k) Implementation — A successful benefits package should provide protection, security and preparation for life events. We can help your business clients decide which benefits to offer and implement. This demonstrates their commitment to their staff, and helps them succeed in recruiting, and keeping, the best employees. client service: an innovative program for attorneys 5
  • 8. Education and Training to Help with Your Professional Development Continuing Education Credits/ Professional Designations CFP® (CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™)2 certification, as well as ChFC3 (Chartered Financial Consultant) and CLU3 (Chartered Life Underwriter) designations, give members of your firm instant credibility in this new line of business. Many AXA financial professionals have attained one or more coveted professional credentials, such as Chartered Financial Consultant or CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER. Each curriculum focuses on a different area of the financial services or life insurance practices. AXA Vision AXA Advisors has its own nationwide satellite broadcast system called AXA Vision. AXA Vision provides satellite TV broadcasts, video and audio Webcasts and videotapes to the field force. Key topics include company strategy, financial planning, products and services, and other field issues. You will appreciate the immediacy of this communications tool. Programs are taped for later viewing, and some meet continuing education requirements. Local Training Classes Our local AXA Advisors offices hold monthly training classes. These ongoing courses provide valuable information and updates on product offerings, planning techniques and compliance procedures. They also give you an opportunity to meet and share information with other financial professionals in your geographical area. 2 CFP® and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ are certification marks owned by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. These marks are awarded to individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board’s initial and ongoing certification requirements. 3 ChFC and CLU are professional designations of The American College, Bryn Mawr, PA. 6 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
  • 9. Marketing Financial Services to Build Your Business Many law firms have considered, attempted or even had some success in offering financial services. However, attorneys observe that there is rarely a system to follow to consistently execute their plans for a financial services practice. Trusted AdvisorsSM believes that each attorney should follow a prescribed business plan that is based upon factual client data. Financial Services Marketing Cycle Identify • Understand client needs • Define practice direction Analyze • Group clients by needs • Establish priorities for your clients, your practice and your partnership Execute • Develop a 12-month Business Plan • Create a client communication strategy • Touch your clients six times a year • Get your financial professional involved Compliance support is a critical element of our program. AXA Advisors provides Compliance infrastructure and support to attorneys at HQ, Division and local Agency levels, which helps to remove some of the administrative burdens from your firm. In our current economic environment, this support and this process are invaluable, and especially attractive to independent agents. Our Licensing and Registration Department will also help guide you through the licensing and registration process quickly, so you can concentrate on servicing your clients. To enter the financial services business, you will need one or more of the following licenses4 (if you are already licensed, our team can help facilitate a smooth transition): • State Life, Accident and Health; • FINRA Series 6, 7, 63, 65 and 66 4 Not all are necessary, based upon products offered and compensated on. client service: an innovative program for attorneys 7
  • 10. Marketing Tools Designed with Your Clients in Mind Prospecting Letters — AXA Advisors’ Letter Library — an array of Compliance-approved letters and other communications — resides online and helps you keep in touch with current clients and develop new relationships. You can feed your current client data into these “customizable” letters to facilitate your marketing efforts. High Impact Brochures — The cost of producing full-color, high-quality printed materials on your own could be prohibitive, whereas AXA Advisors prints in high volume and is able to produce materials that make an impact at a reasonable cost. Both copy and design are created to appeal to an affluent audience. A wide array of conceptual and product brochures is available at no cost to our financial professionals. Newsletters and Other Communications — You can subscribe to a variety of client newsletters and other ongoing communications, such as holiday and birthday cards. These will be personalized for you and mailed directly to a client list that you designate. Newsletters can be an excellent way of keeping your name in front of your clients, reminding them of your valuable services and that you have their best interest in mind. Titles are available keyed to specific market segments, such as business owners, women and pre-retirees. We also offer an array of AXA Advisors approved company articles you can place under your own firm’s financial services name. Training Materials — Every marketing package comes with documentation to support you. These are either talking points to help you make a dynamic presentation, guides to outline the planning process, product feature manuals or market updates to keep you abreast of today’s market conditions. There are updates on financial services opportunities, from tax planning to educational funding via retirement planning, as well as a distribution of corporate communications and product updates through an electronic bulletin board. These materials help ensure that you are confident in every client presentation. Educational Seminars — You can share your professional skills with potential and current clients using AXA Advisors’ pre-approved library of educational seminars, and can earn CPE credit for many of these. Covering meaningful topics like retirement planning, education funding and estate planning, these seminars give you an opportunity to branch out into your community and reach a new audience. Full-color slides, scripts, sample invitations, workbooks and other collateral materials, plus complete instructions, can make it easier for you to put together a professional and informative workshop. 8 client service: an innovative program for attorneys
  • 11. Position Your Legal Practice for the Future To learn more about Trusted AdvisorsSM, contact us at: Trusted AdvisorsSM, an AXA Financial Business 10840 Ballantyne Commons Parkway Suite 200-B, Charlotte, NC 28277 e-mail: ask_trustedadvisors@axa-equitable.com Investment advisory products and services offered by qualified Investment Advisor Representatives through AXA Advisors, LLC, a broker- dealer and registered investment advisor. Securities offered by registered representatives through AXA Advisors, 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104, (212) 554-1234, member FINRA, SIPC. Life insurance and annuities are offered by licensed agents and are issued by AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (New York, NY) and by various unaffiliated carriers through AXA Network, LLC and/or its subsidiaries, including AXA Network Insurance Agency of California, LLC (in California) and/or AXA Network Insurance Agency of Utah, LLC (in Utah). Disability insurance, long-term care insurance and health insurance are underwritten by unaffiliated carriers, and are offered through AXA Network and its subsidiaries. AXA Financial, AXA Network, AXA Advisors and AXA Equitable are affiliated companies and do not provide tax or legal advice. Please consult your tax and/or legal advisors regarding your particular circumstances. G22616 GE-49706 (6/09) Cat. #143721 (6/09)