Exhibit 99.(h)(7)(i)

                     AMENDMENT TO PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT


     THIS AMENDMENT, made and entered into as of this 30th day of October, 2000,
by and among EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA (hereinafter "ELIC"), an
Iowa life insurance company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its SEPARATE
ACCOUNT A (the "Account"); THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FUND, INC., an open-end
management investment company organized under the laws of Maryland (hereinafter
the "Fund"); THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (hereinafter the
"Adviser"), a New Jersey mutual insurance company; and PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT
MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC (hereinafter the "Distributor"), a Delaware limited
liability company.

     WHEREAS, ELIC, the Fund, the Adviser, and the Distributor entered into a
Participation Agreement dated as of the 25th day of April, 2000 (the
"Participation Agreement"), whereby the Account expressed its intention to
purchase shares of a certain series of the Fund, defined as the Designated
Portfolio in the Participation Agreement, on behalf of  certain variable life
insurance policies and/or variable annuity contracts; and

     WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend the Participation Agreement to add an
additional Designated Portfolio, the shares of which may be purchased by the
Account upon the terms and conditions described in the Participation Agreement.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of their mutual promises, ELIC, the Fund,
the Distributor and the Adviser agree as follows:

     The parties hereby agree to amend Schedule B of the Participation Agreement
to identify the Designated Portfolios as: Prudential Series Fund, Inc.--
Prudential Jennison Portfolio and Prudential Series Fund, Inc.--SP Jennison
International Growth Portfolio.

     The remaining provisions of the Participation Agreement, as amended by the
addition of a Designated Portfolio, shall remain in full force in effect.


     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Amendment to
Participation Agreement to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its duly
authorized representative and its seal to be hereunder affixed hereto as of the
date specified below.

                        EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA

                        By its authorized officer,

                        By: /s/ illegible
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                        Title: Assistant Secretary
                        Date:  10/30/00

                        THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FUND, INC.

                        By its authorized officer,

                        By: /s/ John R. Strangfeld
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                        Title: President
                        Date:  10/30/00

                        THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA

                        By its authorized officer,

                        By: /s/ John R. Strangfeld
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                        Title: Executive Vice President
                        Date:  10/30/00

                        PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC

                        By its authorized officer,

                        By: /s/ Robert F. Gunia
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                        Title: President
                        Date:  10/30/00