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For Immediate Release - 10/02/2007

AXA FINANCIAL, INC. SELECTS NEW HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT

New York, NY, Oct. 2, 2007 - AXA Financial, Inc. has selected Andrew Raftis as its new Senior Vice President of Internal Audit. He was most recently Senior Vice President of Audit Coordination and Control as well as Group Sarbanes Oxley 404 Project Leader for the global AXA Group, AXA Financial's parent company and a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. The announcement was made today by Richard Dziadzio, the Chief Financial Officer of AXA Financial.

Mr. Raftis assumes his new responsibilities due to the retirement of Paul Flora, a 13-year veteran of AXA Financial's Internal Audit department. Mr. Raftis reports to Peter Tobin, Chairman of the Audit Committee of the AXA Financial Board of Directors.

"Considering Andrew's 18-year history with AXA Group and his extensive global experience in business-critical areas such as corporate governance, finance control, risk management, and compliance, he is a welcome addition to this department," said Mr. Dziadzio.

Mr. Raftis joined AXA Group in 1989. For the past five years, he has worked with the company's Group Audit department in Paris. Prior to that, he was in charge of Business Risk, Audit and Compliance for the Asian and Australian operation of AXA Asia Pacific in Melbourne, Australia. He also managed projects, such as the Y2K project, in Asia and Australia.

From 1993 to 1998, Mr. Raftis was Group Compliance Manager of National Mutual Holdings. From 1989 to 1993, he was a corporate lawyer with National Mutual Life Association and, for the three years prior to that, he was a lawyer with a major law firm, all in Melbourne.

Mr. Raftis holds a Bachelor of Law degree as well as a Bachelor of Commerce degree in economics and business administration, both from Melbourne University. He also holds a post-graduate degree in commercial law from Monash University in Melbourne.

Today, Mr. Raftis resides in the Westchester County town of Tarrytown, N.Y. He has a wife and three children and he is an avid skier.

About AXA

AXA Financial, Inc. is one of the premier U.S. organizations in financial protection and wealth management through its strong brands, which include AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company; AXA Advisors, LLC; and AXA Distributors, LLC.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance, which has been in business since 1859, is a leading nation-wide issuer of life insurance and annuity products. The company had more than 11,000 employees and sales personnel as well as approximately 4.8 million policy/contract holders nationally as of Dec. 31, 2006. AXA Equitable Life Insurance is solely responsible for its life insurance and annuity obligations.

AXA Equitable Life Insurance is a sponsor of the Variable Annuities Knowledge Center (www.variableannuityfacts.org), an online resource aimed at helping consumers understand the facts surrounding variable annuities. The Variable Annuities Knowledge Center is operated by a stand-alone, non-profit organization and it is overseen by an independent advisory board.

AXA Group, of which AXA Financial is a member, is a worldwide leader in financial protection and wealth management. AXA Group's operations are geographically diverse, with a major presence in Western Europe, North America, and the Asia/Pacific region. The AXA ordinary share is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol AXA. The AXA American Depositary Share is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.

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