AXA Financial | 15,085 followers on LinkedIn. In business since 1859, AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (formerly The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States) is a leading financial protection company and a premier provider of life insurance, annuity, and investment products and services. AXA Equitable’s assets under management totaled $803 billion as of June 30, 2008. The company’s products and services are offered: To consumers by financial professionals through its retail distribution channel, AXA Advisors, LLC To the financial services market through its wholesale distribution channel, AXA Distributors, LLC To corporations and their employees through its corporate distribution channel, Corporate Markets.