| AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |

|   | New York                        |   | 13-5570651          |   |
|--------|---------------------------------|--------|---------------------|--------|
|   | (State or other jurisdiction of |   | (I.R.S. Employer    |   |
|   | incorporation or organization)  |   | Identification No.) |   |

|   | 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York |   | 10104      |   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|--------|------------|--------|
|   | (Address of principal executive offices)        |   | (Zip Code) |   |

| (212) 554-1234                                             |
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| (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) |

| Not applicable                                                                      |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (Former name, former address, and former fiscal year if changed since last report.) |

|   | Yes | x |   | No |   o |
|--------|-----|---|--------|----|----------|

|   | Yes | x |   | No |   o |
|--------|-----|---|--------|----|----------|

| Large accelerated filer | [   ] |                                          |   | Accelerated filer  [  ]         |   |
|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------|
| Non-accelerated filer   | [X]             | (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |   | Smaller reporting company  [  ] |   |

|   | Yes | [  ] |   |   | No | [X] |
|--------|-----|----------------|--------|--------|----|-----|

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| Item 6. | Exhibits |
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|   |   | Number     |   | Description and Method of Filing                                                                                                |
|--------|--------|------------|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |   |  31.1 |   |  Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|   |   |       |   |                                                                                                                            |
|   |   | 31.2       |   | Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002       |
|   |   |       |   |                                                                                                                            |
|   |   | 32.1       |   | Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002       |
|   |   |       |   |                                                                                                                            |
|   |   | 32.2       |   | Certification of the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002       |
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|   |   | 101.INS*   |   | XBRL Instance Document                                                                                                          |
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|   |   | 101.SCH*   |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document                                                                                         |
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|   |   | 101.CAL*   |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document                                                                           |
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|   |   | 101.LAB*   |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document                                                                                 |
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|   |   | 101.PRE*   |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document                                                                          |
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|   |   | 101.DEF*   |   | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document                                                                            |

|   | * | Furnished herewith.  All other exhibits were previously filed with AXA Equitable Insurance Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2011 as filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on August 11, 2011. |
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| Date:  | August 25, 2011 |   | AXA EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
|--------|-----------------|--------|--------------------------------------|
|   |            |   |                                 |

|   |            |   | By:    | /s/ Richard S. Dziadzio |
|--------|-----------------|--------|--------|-------------------------|
|   |            |   |   | Name:                   | Richard S. Dziadzio |
|   |            |   |   | Title:                  | Senior Executive Vice President and |
|   |            |   |   |                    | Chief Financial Officer |
|   |            |   |   |                    |
|   |            |   |   |                    |
| Date:  | August 25, 2011 |   |   | /s/ Alvin H. Fenichel   |
|   |            |   |   | Name:                   | Alvin H. Fenichel |
|   |            |   |   | Title:                  | Senior Vice President and |
|   |            |   |   |                    | Chief Accounting Officer  |