Aetna Announces Appearance at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. 21st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference

Business Wire, May 26, 2005

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Aetna (NYSE: AET) announced today that John W. Rowe, M.D., Chairman and CEO of Aetna, is scheduled to make a presentation at the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. 21st Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on June 2, 2005, in New York, NY.

Aetna's presentation is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. Eastern daylight time. Investors, analysts and the general public are invited to listen to this presentation over the Internet via Aetna's Investor Information link at www.aetna.com. To listen to this presentation live on the Internet, visit Aetna's web site prior to the presentation to download and install any necessary audio software. A webcast replay will be available via Aetna's Investor Information link at www.aetna.com, beginning approximately two hours after the event, for 14 days.

Anyone listening to the Aetna presentation is encouraged to read Aetna's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a discussion of Aetna's historical results of operations and financial condition. Information reconciling certain financial and other measures that may be disclosed in the presentation to relevant GAAP measures is available in the Aetna first quarter 2005 Financial Supplement, press release and Guidance Summary available via the Aetna Investor Information link.

As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 14.4 million medical members, 12.8 million dental members, 9.0 million pharmacy members and 14.0 million group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost-effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 672,000 health care professionals, including approximately 400,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 4,084 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com. (Figures as of March 31, 2005)