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Protective Life Corporation (NYSE: PL) today announced that John D. Johns, Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will be participating in the Credit Suisse First Boston 2005 Insurance Conference being held in New York, NY. Mr. Johns' presentation will be Tuesday, November 15 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern. A simultaneous webcast of the presentation, along with related slides, will be available on Protective's corporate website at http://www.protective.com. Protective Life Corporation provides financial services through the production, distribution and administration of insurance and investment products throughout the United States. It has annual revenues of approximately $2.0 billion and as of September 30, 2005 had assets of $28.6 billion.