Aetna Announces Appearance At J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

HARTFORD, Conn. — Aetna (NYSE: AET ) announced today that Ronald A. Williams, chairman and CEO, is scheduled to make a presentation at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 12, 2009, in San Francisco, CA.

Aetna’s presentation is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. EST (10:30 a.m. PST). 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 will be available prior to the presentation via the Investor Information portion of Aetna’s web site.