HARTFORD, Conn. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Aetna slipped Thursday after the No.1 health insurer said it's eliminating 6,000 jobs, or 16 percent of its total work force. Aetna AET, +1.16% said it's ...

On June 1, Aetna and UW Medicine failed to agree on a new insurance contract. More than 50,000 Aetna members learned that ...

Aetna Inc., the nation's largest health insurer, said yesterday that it will cut 5,000 jobs and shed unprofitable businesses--and customers--in an effort to boost its bottom line. It also said it ...

Health insurer Aetna said it would cut 625 jobs immediately, or nearly 2% of its staff, and would make a similar number of cuts by the end of the 2010 first quarter because of the economic ...

Managed care companies lose business when their employer customers cut jobs and decrease the number of people covered by insurance. Aetna is making other cost cuts, too. It is restricting hiring ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Health insurer Aetna said Wednesday it will cut 625 jobs immediately, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar number of cuts by the end of the 2010 first ...

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. has started laying off 4,800 workers, the latest round in an increasing number of insurance-job cuts that have rocked Connecticut and other states around the country.

Today, it's Aetna.The company just said it's whacking 1,000 jobs. The move is tied to "the company's growth outlook for 2009," Aetna said. The company is projecting earnings per share growth of 3% ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) Aetna Inc. plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 12.5 percent of its work force, as part of efforts to save $200 million next year as it focuses on its health insurance operations.

Managed health care provider Aetna Inc. is slashing 6,000 jobs, or 16 percent of its work force, saying it did not need as many employees given lower membership levels and the company's withdrawal ...

Aetna Inc. plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 12.5 percent of its work force, as part of efforts to save $200 million next year as it focuses on its health insurance operations. Among the steps ...