Do You Have Old Documents Describing Benefits?

An ad hoc Committee is gathering additional evidence concerning Aetna's promises to its retirees. It is important that we gather all available evidence concerning statements that Aetna made about retirement benefits, reaching back as far as we can.

Over the years, Aetna published numerous statements and explanations concerning its promises to retirees. We have gathered some of these  –  e.g., we have the October 26, 1967 statement of "Personnel Policy of Aetna Life & Casualty", "Your Second Paycheck 1988", "Benefits Handbook 1994."

We need to pin down when and how Aetna first warned that retiree health benefits in particular might be changed, suspended or terminated.

To the extent that Aetna expressed caveats about its obligations to retirees, we need to determine whether such caveats clearly encompassed retiree medical-dental benefits, how conspicuous or inconspicuous the warnings were, and whether Aetna ever warned at any time that it might reduce benefits to those already retired.

We need your help in obtaining other benefits booklets, publications or correspondence of any kind that address the foregoing. We ask that you look through any materials that you have retained and if you find any that might be pertinent, please resolve any doubt in favor of sending either the originals (or copies) to:

If you wish to submit a document as an email attachment (or have a question about a possible submission), send it to adhoc_committee@aetnaretirees.com.

It is possible that confidential separation agreements contain references to, or guarantees of, pension or health benefits. If so, we are only interested in the portions that identify you, the date of the agreement, and the section(s) that address pension and/or retiree health issues. Please redact the rest before sending.

If you send materials, please clearly identify yourself, including your address, phone number, Email, Fax, etc. in the event that future questions arise concerning the source of the materials.

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