LONDON & HARTFORD, Conn. - Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of United Kingdom-based InterGlobal from a group led by its majority shareholder Alchemy Partners. InterGlobal specializes in international private medical insurance for groups and individuals in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and Europe.

About Aetna

Aetna is one of the nation's leading diversified health care benefits companies, serving an estimated 44 million people with information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their health care. Aetna offers a broad range of traditional, voluntary and consumer-directed health insurance products and related services, including medical, pharmacy, dental, behavioral health, group life and disability plans, and medical management capabilities, Medicaid health care management services, workers' compensation administrative services and health information technology products and services. Aetna's customers include employer groups, individuals, college students, part-time and hourly workers, health plans, health care providers, governmental units, government-sponsored plans, labor groups and expatriates. For more information, see www.aetna.com.

Contacts

Aetna

Media Contact:

Cynthia Michener, +1-860-273-8553

michenerc@aetna.com

Investor Contact:

Tom Cowhey, +1-860-273-2402

cowheyt@aetna.com

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