AXA Insurance Gulf opens new branch in Qatar Financial Center

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About AXA in the Gulf
AXA in the GCC, with a workforce of over 400 employees, 11 offices region-wide, a substantial customer base and a gross written premium of over US$ 200 million, is a major international insurer in the Middle East offering a wide range of insurance products and services for corporate and individual customers.

About AXA Group worldwide
AXA Group is a worldwide leader in Financial Protection. AXA's operations are diverse geographically, with major operations in Western Europe, North America and the Asia/Pacific area. AXA had Euro 1,315 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2006. For full year 2006, IFRS revenues amounted to Euro 79 billion, IFRS underlying earnings amounted to Euro 4,010 million and IFRS adjusted earnings to Euro 5,140 million. The AXA ordinary share is listed and trades under the symbol AXA on the Paris Stock Exchange. The AXA American Depository Share is also listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol AXA.

For additional information, please contact:

Lianne Braganza-D'Sylva
Asst. Marketing Manager, Gulf Region
Phone: +971 4 3150115