Aetna Announces Appearance at Lehman Brothers Healthcare Investor Conference.

Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003

Aetna Inc. (NYSE: AET) announced today that John W. Rowe, M.D., chairman and CEO of Aetna Inc., is scheduled to make a presentation at Lehman Brothers Healthcare Investor Conference on March 4, 2003 in Miami Beach, Fla.

Aetna's presentation is scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. 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. To listen to this presentation live on the Internet, visit Aetna's Web site approximately 20 minutes 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, beginning approximately two hours after the event, for 14 days.

Anyone listening to the Aetna Inc. presentation is encouraged to read Aetna's 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K, scheduled to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 28, 2003, including the discussion of risk factors and Aetna's historical results of operations and financial condition.

Aetna is one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care products, serving approximately 13.7 million medical members, 11.8 million dental members and 11.7 million group insurance customers, as of December 31, 2002. The company has expansive nationwide networks of more than 552,000 health care services providers, including over 332,000 primary care and specialist physicians and 3,373 hospitals.

For more information about Aetna Inc., please visit the company's Web site at www.aetna.com.