French insurance giant AXA SA's (AXA) chief executive said Wednesday he won't make any forecasts now about the company's dividend for 2009.

CEO Henri de Castries told an analyst meeting that AXA is "comfortable" with its business and can better determine later this year what the dividend ought to be.

For 2008, the company paid EUR0.40 a share, a substantial reduction from the EUR1.20 paid for 2007.

Company Web site: www.axa.com

-By A.H. Mooradian, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740; art.mooradian@dowjones.com.