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Aetna Inc. (AET:NYSE)

LAST $28.40 USD
CHANGE TODAY -0.29 -1.01%
VOLUME 5.3M
As of 4:00 PM 11/20/09 All times are local (Market data by Reuters is delayed by at least 15 minutes).

Snapshot of Aetna Inc. (AET)

OPEN
$28.28
PREVIOUS CLOSE
$28.69
DAY HIGH
$28.82
DAY LOW
$28.25
52 WEEK HIGH
02/6/09 - $34.87
52 WEEK LOW
11/21/08 - $14.21
MARKET CAP
12.3B
AVERAGE VOLUME 3 mo
5.5M
DILUTED EPS TTM
$2.87
SHARES OUTSTANDING
433.5M
EX-DATE
11/10/09
P/E TTM
9.9x
DIVIDEND
$0.04
DIVIDEND YIELD
0.14%
K = Thousands  M = Millions  B = Billions
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AET Details

Aetna Inc. operates as a diversified health care benefits company primarily in the United States. The company provides health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life, and disability plans, as well as medical management capabilities and health care management services for Medicaid plans. It operates in three segments: Health Care, Group Insurance, and Large Case Pensions. The Health Care segment provides medical, pharmacy benefits management, dental, and vision plans offered on both an insured basis and an employer-funded basis. Its medical products include point of service, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, and indemnity benefit plans, as well as health savings accounts and Aetna HealthFund. This segment also provides specialty products, such as medical management and data analytics services and stop loss insurance, as well as products that provide access to its provider networks. The Group Insurance segment offers life, disability, and long-term care insurance products principally to employers that sponsor its products for the benefit of their employees and their employees’ dependents. The Large Case Pension segment manages various retirement products, including pension and annuity products primarily for tax qualified pension plans. The company primarily serves employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups, and expatriates. Aetna Inc. was founded in 1982 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

35,500 Employees
Founded in 1982

AET Top Compensated Officers

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman o...
Age: 59
Total Annual Compensation: $1.1M
President and Head of Business Operations
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $919.4K
Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice Pr...
Age: 52
Total Annual Compensation: $715.1K
Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice Preside...
Age: 54
Total Annual Compensation: $497.5K
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Age: 53
Total Annual Compensation: $491.3K
Compensation as of Fiscal Year 2008.

Key developments for Aetna Inc. (AET)

Aetna Inc. - Conference Presentation Call

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Aetna Inc. and Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sign Agreement

Aetna Inc. announced that it has expanded its relationship with Sarasota Memorial Hospital by reaching agreement on a long-term contract that will provide access for Aetna's Medicare Advantage members. This agreement marks the first time Sarasota Memorial has agreed to participate in a Medicare Advantage network plan. Under this new agreement, which takes effect Nov. 1, Aetna Medicare Advantage plan members will be able to receive covered services, at in-network rates, from Sarasota Memorial Hospital. The hospital has participated in Aetna's commercial network for several years and will continue to do so under this long-term deal. Aetna provides health benefits to approximately 400,000 members in the Tampa/West Central and Southwest Florida areas. Those members have access to a network that includes 60 contracted hospitals and more than 8,500 primary care physicians and specialists.

Aetna Inc. and Wellstar Health System Announce Three Year Contract

Aetna Inc. and Wellstar Health System Inc. announced that they have reached agreement on a three-year contract that provides access for Aetna's Medicare Advantage members to the hospital's facilities and physicians. Under this new agreement, Aetna Medicare Advantage plan members will be able to receive covered services, at in-network rates, from WellStar facilities in the greater Atlanta area. Earlier 2009 Aetna and WellStar reached agreement on a contract that applied to members of Aetna's commercial plans. Aetna members also will be able to continue receiving covered services from WellStar physicians.

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