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Introduction

151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, Connecticut 06156-0001
U.S.A.
Telephone: (860) 273-0123
Toll Free: (800) 872-3862
Fax: (860) 273-3971
Web site: http://www.aetna.com

Public Company
Incorporated: 1982 as United States Health Care
Systems, Inc.
Employees: 27,548
Total Assets: $40.95 billion (2003)
Stock Exchanges: New York
Ticker Symbol: AET
NAIC: 524114 Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers; 524113 Direct Life Insurance Carriers

1. Introduction
2. Establishment by Prominent New England Lawyer: 1850s–60s
3. Policyholder Resistance to Changes in the Insurance Industry in the Late 19th Century
4. Moving into the 20th Century: Advancing Through Diversification and Innovation
5. Streamlining Procedures Under a New President in the 1920s
6. Renewed Expansion During the War Years
7. Going International in the 1960s
8. Diversification Followed by Reorganization in the 1970s
9. Back to the Insurance Basics in the 1980s
10. New Challenges from Changing Economy in the Early 1990s
11. Retrenchment and Cutbacks in the Mid-1990s
12. Series of Health Insurance Acquisitions in the Late 1990s
13. Divesting Global Health and Global Financial Services in 2000
14. Principal Subsidiaries
15. Principal Competitors
16. Further Reading
17. Copyright Page
18. About Page