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Analysts predict slow, but steady growth from the former mutual insurance companies.
In settling a lawsuit with the state of Texas, Aetna has promised to give doctors more control over medical treatments and to prohibit financial incentives for doctors to limit care. Some are saying that the settlement could serve as a model for HMO regulation on a national level. With the convergence of the financial services industry, the alphabet wars are heating up. On another front, group disability posted its fourth year of double-digit growth. Until the July 1998 acquisition of Green Tree Financial Corp., Conseco CEO Stephen Hilbert had been considered a skillful consolidator, acquiring more than 40 insurers over 17 years.