AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
                          1290 Avenue of the Americas
                               New York, NY 10104

April 25, 2007


Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549

         Re:      AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company (the "Company");
                  Registration Statement on Form N-4, Reg. No. 333-05593
                  (the "Registration Statement");
                  Post-Effective Amendment No. 45 to the Registration Statement,
                  filed January 30, 2007, pursuant to Rule 485(a)
                  (the "Amendment")

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     The Company hereby acknowledges that:

     o    The Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
          disclosure in the Amendment and the Registration Statement;

     o    Comments by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
          "Commission") or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments
          on the Amendment do not foreclose the Commission from taking any
          action with respect to the Amendment or the Registration Statement;

     o    The Company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
          proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
          securities laws of the United States.

Please contact the undersigned at (212) 314-3970 if you have any questions or
comments.

                                        Respectfully submitted,

                                        AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company



                                        By:  /s/ Dodie Kent
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                                        Dodie Kent, Vice President and Counsel