"… darn. Another spring has arrived and I haven’t received my invitation to CIGNA’s so-exclusive-you’ve-never-heard-about-it Gold Circle event.Consideri …"

"… 000 or more “lives” (workers and their dependents). The salespeople at CIGNA who pilfer the most profitable accounts of any size, but especially jumbos …"

"… r style, this is a circle of thieves you definitely want to be in.A former CIGNA sales star who decided to get out of that line of work sent me a copy of t …"

"… r-profit health insurers.Over the past few weeks, UnitedHealth, WellPoint, Aetna, CIGNA and Humana—reported fourth quarter 2010 earnings, and all but Hum …"

"… UnitedHealth’s profit margin last year was 4.92; WellPoint’s was 4.91; Aetna’s was 5.16; and CIGNA’s was 6.35. The profit margin for Humana, the ru …"

"… needed a liver transplant. They asked for prior approval from her insurer, CIGNA, to pay for it. Nataline’s doctors said they believed she had at least a …"

"… 5 percent chance of living five years or longer if she had the procedure.A CIGNA medical director 2,500 miles away in Pittsburgh disagreed. To the astonish …"

"… ampaign to rally public support and media interest in the case. It worked. CIGNA eventually agreed to cover the transplant. Unfortunately, so much time had …"

"… egan to shut down. She died a few hours after the family got the news that CIGNA had changed its mind.As chief spokesman for CIGNA at the time, I was on th …"

"… nd Transportation Committee. I told the panel that big insurers, Aetna and CIGNA in particular, have spent millions acquiring companies that specialize in …"

"… lar, have spent millions acquiring companies that specialize in mini-meds. CIGNA, for instance, paid $175 million to buy Phoenix-based Star HRG and its 200 …"

"… ally guarantee big profits. It is almost like shooting fish in a barrel.In CIGNA’s Starbridge Select mini-med plan, according to a Web site entry that wa …"

"… number of people affected, however, went to — you guessed it, Aetna and CIGNA. A government Web site listing the waivers shows that each of the insurers …"

"… e behavior of insurance companies as I do, you probably are not aware that CIGNA, my last employer, was fined $600,000 by the North Carolina Department of …"

"… other things, not charging its customers correctly.In addition to the fine CIGNA has been ordered to pay, the company will have to shell out several hundre …"

"… rth Carolina for underpaying claims for emergency care. The news about the CIGNA fine was picked up by a few media outlets in the state, but not many. And …"

"… erved as head of PR for two of the country’s largest health insurers — CIGNA and Humana — I know from personal experience that such fines are not wid …"

"… ume that the other six will do likewise. Sure enough, all seven — Aetna, CIGNA, Coventry, Health Net, Humana, United and WellPoint — saw their stock pr …"

"… nishing 48 cents per share.When I was handling financial communications at CIGNA, I knew investors would be pleased if the company exceeded their expectati …"

"… about the president’s mother that the insurer she was pleading with was CIGNA, the one I used to work for. I wish I had known at the time. In my role as …"

"… Scott’s book, “A Singular Woman,” Dunham received a letter from the CIGNA subsidiary that had been hired by her employer to provide short-term disab …"

"… r for expenses related to her treatment for uterine cancer.The letter from CIGNA dashed her hopes. The company was refusing to pay because it had reason to …"

"… sickness, Dunham had to devote enormous amounts of time communicating with CIGNA in an effort to get the company to reconsider.Making no headway on her own …"

"… na, proposed to raise the premiums at the end of the year, she switched to CIGNA, which offered her a lower monthly rate of $303 in exchange for a doubling …"

"… ll had to pay more in monthly premiums for each employee than she had paid CIGNA—$321—but the deductibles stayed the same.Like CIGNA, UnitedHealth prop …"

"… than she had paid CIGNA—$321—but the deductibles stayed the same.Like CIGNA, UnitedHealth proposed a hefty rate increase at the end of the year. Rathe …"

"… influence tight congressional races and boost the image of their industry.Aetna Inc., Cigna Corp., Humana Inc., United HealthCare Inc. and WellPoint Inc. …"

"… es want to “focus resources to influence campaigns.”Representatives of Aetna, Cigna, Humana, United HealthCare, and WellPoint could not be immediately …"