Aetna Announces Appearance At 2008 Deutsche Bank Health Care Conference

Aetna (NYSE: ΑET) announced today that Joseph M. Zubretsky, executive vice president & CFO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the 2008 Deutsche Bank Conference on May 7, 2008, in Boston, MA.

Aetna’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 8:50 a.m. EDT. 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/investor. 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/investor, beginning approximately two hours after the event, for 14 days.

Anyone listening to the presentation is encouraged to read Aetna’s annual and quarterly 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 fourth quarter 2007 Financial Supplement and the first quarter 2008 Financial Supplement, as well as the Guidance Summary dated April 24, 2008, all of which are available via the Aetna Investor Information link.