News For: Aetna Healh InsuranceuranseAetna to expand health and wellness program for expatriates US-based Aetna, a provider of healthcare benefits, has announced that it will expand its Aetna Global Health Connections program to provide international members with additional resources to help manage their health while on assignment. Aetna Launches 2008-2009 Hispanic Calendar Aetna NYSE: AET today released its 2008-2009 Hispanic Calendar, which celebrates the importance of food in Hispanic culture and provides tips on how to prepare healthful, traditional dishes from several Hispanic countries through a monthly collection of family recipes. Wednesday September 24, 2008 ��� Lifetime Health Joins Aetna's Rochester Network Aetna signed a deal to bring Lifetime Health Medical Group into its participating provider network. ��� Verizon Opens Fitness Center for Employees Verizon Wireless opened a new health and wellness center for its Rochester-area employees. NU moving HQ to Hartford United Technologies, Aetna, The Hartford, and Phoenix ��� all Fortune 500 companies ��� make Hartford their home. Now Northeast Utilities plans to relocate its corporate headquarters from its outer-limit bunker on the Berlin Turnpike to downtown Hartford. Early Glance: Managed Care companies NEW YORK Shares of some top managed care companies are down at 10 a.m.: Aetna fell $.82 or 2.1 percent, to $37.77. CIGNA fell $.80 or 2.2 percent, to $36.05. Aetna, The Hartford Assess Their Risk In AIG, Lehman Relationships The tentacles of trouble at Lehman Brothers and AIG have spread far and fast as more companies in Connecticut and around the nation ��� including Aetna and The Hartford ��� disclosed Thursday what investments and other relationships they have with the two ailing firms. 70 new jobs for Co Kerry's Aetna 70 new jobs are being created at Aetna, a US-based health benefits company, at its existing Castleisland facility in Co Kerry over the next three years. Radiation treatment less likely for Black women fighting breast cancer, study says According to a new study, African-American women with breast cancer who have a lumpectomy are less likely to receive radiation treatment compared to white women-the standard for early-stage breast cancer. Radiation therapy reduces both the chance of recurrence and improves the chance of survival. Midday Glance: Managed Care companies Aetna fell $.98 or 2.6 percent, to $36.42. CIGNA fell $.48 or 1.3 percent, to $35.12. Aetna says exposure to Lehman Brothers and AIG totals under 2 percent of investment portfolio HARTFORD, Conn. - Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Thursday it owned about $132 million in debt from bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and $102 million in insurer American International Group Inc. as of Wednesday. |




