Aetna

Aetna Life Insurance Company was incorporated in Connecticut in 1853. From 1861 Aetna began to expand its product range turning the company into a multiple-line insurer.
Throughout its history, Aetna often was a first mover. In 1912, it introduced the industry's first combination automobile policy and in 1966 Aetna was the first to pay out a Medicare claim in the US. Aetna not only invented new products, it was also innovative in applying modern techniques in its own operations: In 1944, Aetna was the first insurer to advertise on television, and Aetna ordered its first IBM computer in 1954.

In order to focus mainly on health insurance, Aetna started selling parts of its business. In 2000, Aetna sold its financial services and international businesses to ING. Aetna Healthcare continued independently.

The acquisition substantially enhanced ING's integrated financial services platform in the United States.

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