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Aetna complaints

Across the state records we hold, Aetna recorded 223 confirmed complaints against 1,890,446 policies in force — a complaint index of 6.85, or 6.8 times what its share of the market predicts.

Better than 3% of the 94 companies large enough to grade this period.

Aetna writes through 11 separate licensed companies. Regulators file complaints against each one individually; the figures here combine them, because that is what a customer of Aetna actually experiences. Every entity is listed at the bottom of this page.

By type of insurance

Coverage Grade Complaint index Complaints Business written
Health insurance F
6.79 6.8× the market rate raw 9.20
221 1,879,140
Life & annuity
1.20 1.2× the market rate raw 263.27
2 11,306
All lines F
6.85 6.8× the market rate raw 9.28
223 1,890,446

What people complain about Aetna for

Reasons as recorded by the regulator on complaints it confirmed. A complaint is "confirmed" when the department found the company was at fault — not merely that someone was unhappy.

Unsatisfactory Settle/Offer 136
Denial Of Claim 105
Prompt Pay; SB418 Rule Violation 74
Delays (Claims Handling); Prompt Pay; SB418 Rule Violation 72
Delays (Claims Handling) 67
Denial Of Claim; Unsatisfactory Settle/Offer 51
Prompt Pay 40
Inaccurate Provider Listing 39

Aetna state by state

Insurance is regulated state by state, and a company's record can differ sharply between them. Each grade below is relative to that state's own market.

State Grade Complaint index Complaints Most common reason
Texas F
6.85 6.8× the market rate raw 9.28
223 Unsatisfactory Settle/Offer

How to file a complaint against Aetna

Complaints are filed with your state department of insurance, not with us and not with the company. It is free, it is handled by a regulator with authority over the insurer's licence, and a complaint the department confirms is exactly what produces the numbers on this page next year.

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Licensed companies included in these figures

Published so the grouping can be checked. NAIC codes are the identifiers regulators use, and are the basis on which these entities were matched.

Where these figures come from

Figures cover 2023–2025. Grades are rebuilt when regulators publish new files.