Cigna

Cigna expands supplemental business

By Kathryn Mayer | September 5, 2012

Cigna said late last week it paid $305 million to purchase American Financial Group’s supplemental insurance business, making the health care giant one of the biggest supplemental health insurance companies.
Concierge care for the masses

By Ingrid Case | August 31, 2012

Under a traditional health care benefit plan, a patient tells the doctor what’s wrong. Then the patient, insurance company, or self-funded employer pays the doctor for each of the things she does in trying to fix it.
Conn. draws first new 'captive insurance' business

August 2, 2012

Connecticut has scored its first win in a campaign to bring new insurance business to the state.
This guy wrote his own rules

By Eric Johnson | April 1, 2012

Nobody’s ever accused Steve Smith of playing it safe.
Health insurers — the final verdict

By Dan Cole | March 13, 2012

I’ve spent the last few weeks performing market share reviews of the five largest health carriers in the country.
CEO arrest a setback for Connecticut jobs program

By Stephen Singer | March 1, 2012

The arrest of a Connecticut CEO accused of hurling a racial insult at an Oscars party has dealt a setback to the signature economic development program of the governor, who was counting on the man's company to help attract business to the state.
Top 5 carriers — Kaiser

By Dan Cole | February 28, 2012

Kaiser Permanente is the largest managed care company in the United States, dominating nearly every possible measure for market share dominance in the health insurance arena.
Dental savings in 2012

By Mark Roberts | February 28, 2012

The most requested benefit after medical that employees request is dental. Considering about half the population in the United States has no dental plan in place, this product has a huge potential audience.
Consumers — and employees — are ready to drive

By Denis Storey | February 27, 2012

It might ring like some kind of campaign rhetoric you might hear on the stump in a battleground state like Ohio, but it's true: Even though they're barely 11 years old, consumer driven health plans are our future.
Top 5 carriers — Cigna

By Dan Cole | February 22, 2012

Next to Anthem (who’s the smallest overall), Cigna actually has the poorest market share on midsize plans – but don’t count them out, they make money with the big boys.