NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA Equitable Life
Insurance Company, the primary U.S. subsidiary of the global AXA
Group, has earned a perfect score of 100 percent on the Human
Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's Corporate Equality Index (CEI),
recognizing the company as one of the "Best Places to Work for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Equality."
Founded in 1980, the HRC is the largest civil rights
organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender Americans. The CEI report is the
premier national benchmark for LGBT workplace inclusion. It
evaluates companies on their policies and practices covering LGBT
employees. The 2014 CEI rated 934 businesses in the report,
which evaluates LGBT-related policies and practices including
non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner
benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency
programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community.
"We are extremely proud of AXA's long-standing commitment to
workplace equality and we are honored to receive this recognition,"
said Nick Lane, head of AXA's U.S.
Life and Retirement business. "We look forward to continuing
to work with and in the LGBT community, striving for excellence in
promoting workplace inclusion, diversity, equality and financial
literacy."
AXA Equitable has a history of supporting its LGBT employees by
adopting programs to improve workplace equality, including offering
health-care benefits to same-sex couples for the past ten years.
AXA Pride, an employee resource group founded in 2009, creates and
sustains an AXA presence in the LGBT community to drive business
results and promote equality for all employees. In addition, many
AXA Advisors financial professionals located in branches across the
country specialize in financial planning for same-sex couples and
their families.
For more information on the 2014 Corporate Equality Index, or to
download a free copy of the report, visit www.hrc.org/cei.
About HRC
The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights
organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender equality. By inspiring and engaging all Americans, HRC
strives to end discrimination against LGBT citizens and realize a
nation that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.
About AXA Equitable
In business since 1859, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
(NY, NY) is a leading financial protection company and one of the
nation's premier providers of life insurance, annuity,
and financial products and services. The company's products and
services are distributed to individuals and business owners through
its retail distribution channel, AXA Advisors, LLC (member FINRA,
SIPC) and to the financial services market through its wholesale
distribution channel, AXA Distributors, LLC.
AXA Equitable, a subsidiary of AXA Financial Inc., is part of
the global AXA Group, a worldwide leader in financial protection
strategies and wealth management with 102 million clients in
57 countries as of December 31,
2012. "AXA Group" refers to AXA, a French holding company for
an international group of insurance and financial services
companies together with its direct and indirect consolidated
subsidiaries. Find AXA Equitable
on Facebook and Twitter. For more information,
visit www.axa-equitable.com.
SOURCE AXA Equitable