"Humana takes the privacy of our members very seriously," said Steve Brueckner, Humana's vice president for senior products. "It is important that our members have confidence that we are handling their personal and private information with the highest integrity and respect. These enhanced measures, we believe, reinforce our commitment to safeguarding the privacy of our members and should give them a renewed sense of confidence in our abilities to do just that."

The heightened measures come as Humana takes action to contact approximately 17,000 current and former Medicare enrollees whose personal information was left unsecured in a hotel computer and, in an unrelated case, copies of paper applications were stolen from an independent sales agent's vehicle.  Humana believes the potential exposure of personal information from these unfortunate incidents is very limited. Humana is acting quickly to contact the affected members to let them know of the possible disclosure of their private information. All affected members are being given a free one-year subscription to a credit monitoring service to help them make sure their information is not used illegally.
 

About Humana

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 9.3 million medical members. Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.

Over its 45-year history, Humana has consistently seized opportunities to meet changing customer needs. Today, the company is a leader in consumer engagement, providing guidance that leads to lower costs and a better health plan experience throughout its diversified customer portfolio.

More information regarding Humana is available to investors via the Investor Relations page of the company's web site at http://www.humana.com, including copies of:

• Annual report to stockholders;
• Securities and Exchange Commission filings;
• Most recent investor conference presentation;
• Quarterly earnings news releases;
• Replays of most recent earnings release conference call;
• Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates, times, and access number, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional investors);
• Corporate Governance Information.