Humana Investor Relations Department Recognized As One Of Best In U.S.

Wins top awards among Mid-Cap companies in annual IR Magazine Survey
LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(Business Wire)--
Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) has won IR Magazine`s Grand Prix award for Best Overall
Investor Relations among Mid-Cap* companies in 2009 based on a survey of 2,700
analysts, portfolio managers and retail investors. Also, Regina Nethery -
Humana`s Vice President of Investor Relations - won the award for Best Investor
Relations Officer among Mid-Cap companies in the annual IR Magazine nationwide
survey.

The 14th annual awards were presented late last week in New York. When
presenting the Best Overall Investor Relations (Mid-Cap) award to Humana, IR
Magazine quoted one of its survey respondents who said, "Humana puts its
operational executives and managers in front of investors. While a lot of larger
firms only introduce investors to three or four individuals, Humana involves
probably a dozen of its people. Senior management members aren`t fearful of
letting others in their organization speak to investors, which is comforting to
institutional shareholders."

IR Magazine also recognized Humana`s Vice President of Investor Relations,
Regina Nethery, as its 2009 Best Investor Relations Officer among Mid-Cap
companies, quoting another survey respondent who said, "Regina is very
professional and accommodating. Other IR people tend to treat investors with
less respect or are not as helpful during boom times, but they fall all over
themselves to talk to us when times are bad for their stock. Not Regina - she
has been consistent throughout these (good and bad) times."

As Humana`s VP of Investor Relations, Nethery is Humana`s primary liaison with
Wall Street analysts, shareholders and potential investors.

Respondents to IR Magazine`s annual survey were asked to judge the quality of
investor relations, not stock market performance. Companies did not enter
themselves; any publicly traded U.S. company could be nominated in the
open-ended investor-perception study.

A complete list of 2009 award winners and other information is available on the
IR Magazine Web site.

* Mid-Cap companies in this survey have a market capitalization between $2.5 and
$9.9 billion.

About Humana

Humana Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the nation`s
largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with
approximately 10.6 million medical members. Humana is a full-service benefits
solutions company, offering a wide array of health and supplementary benefit
plans for employer groups, government programs and individuals.

Over its 48-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 reports to stockholders
* Securities and Exchange Commission filings
* Most recent investor conference presentations
* Quarterly earnings news releases
* Replays of most recent earnings release conference calls
* Calendar of events (includes upcoming earnings conference call dates and
times, as well as planned interaction with research analysts and institutional
investors)
* Corporate Governance Information

Humana Corporate Communications
Jim Turner, 502-476-2119
jturner2@humana.com

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