Aetna Names William Berenson to Head Small Business for the North Central Region.CHICAGO -- Aetna (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AET AET Aetna, Inc. AET After Extra Time AET Actual Evapotranspiration AET Alliance for Environmental Technology AET Alpha-Ethyltryptamine AET Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc. ) announced William Berenson as general manager for Small Group in the North Central region. "Bill will lead the development and execution of Aetna's strategy to design health and related benefits that cater to the unique needs of small businesses for choice, simplicity and affordability," said Felicia Norwood, Aetna's head of small group and individual products. "With more than 20 years experience in the industry, including a previous stint at Aetna as manager of Business Services in Chicago from 1995 to 2001, Bill is the right person to lead the North Central team in growing our business and achieving our membership goals." Berenson joins Aetna from Cigna where he served as regional sales manager for Cigna's Group Insurance Midwest market, responsible for the overall market performance with respect to full profit and loss and attainment of sales goals. He began his career with Unum Life Insurance Company in Portland, Maine. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Southern Maine The University of Southern Maine (USM) is a multi-campus public university and part of the University of Maine System. USM's three primary campuses are located in Portland, Gorham, and Lewiston. . Aetna Small Group provides health and related benefits plans to meet the needs of companies with two (a) to 50 employees. Designed to provide choice, simplicity and affordability to small business, Aetna Small Group's products are offered in several states and include HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there , dental, life and short-term disability products, prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, coverage and a broad network of participating providers. ((a) one employee in some states). As one of the nation's leading providers of health care, dental, pharmacy, group life, disability and long-term care long-term care (LTC), n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders. benefits, Aetna puts information and helpful resources to work for its approximately 13.4 million medical members, 11.4 million dental members, 8.1 million pharmacy members and 12.6 group insurance members to help them make better informed decisions about their health care and protect their finances against health-related risks. Aetna provides easy access to cost effective health care through a nationwide network of more than 633,000 health care professionals, including over 377,000 primary care and specialist doctors and 3,866 hospitals. For more information, please visit www.aetna.com (figures as of June 30, 2004). |
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