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Cigna Completes Purchase Of Texas-based Great American Supplemental Benefits For $305 Million
Cigna Corp. said Friday it completed its acquisition of Austin, Texas,-based Great American Supplemental Benefits for $305 million in cash. Bloomfield-based Cigna bought the Texas health insurer from Cincinnati-based American Financial Group, Inc. The...Tags: Government Health Care, Insurance, American Financial Group Incorporated, Finance, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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More CT Residents On Public Health Plans, Driven Partly By Unemployment
The Hartford CourantThe number of people in Connecticut who had health insurance through a private insurer, such as employer-based coverage, shrank, while those in public health plans, such as Medicaid, rose, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data. The data,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Healthcare Provider, Health Insurance, Unemployment, Employment
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Cigna Acquires Medicare Advantage Plans From Humana Covering 3,500 in Texas
Cigna Corp. has an agreement to buy some Medicare Advantage plans in Texas from Humana that cover about 3,500 customers. The deal is expected to close at the end of the year. It will become effective when the new health plans begin Jan. 1, 2013. The deal...Tags: Government Health Care, Medicare, Humana Incorporated, HealthSpring Inc., Health
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Deloitte To Expand In Stamford As Latest Addition To State's First Five Program
The Hartford Courant— Deloitte, a giant international accounting, consulting and financial advising firm, will receive between $9 million and $14.5 million in state tax dollars to expand its workforce in Connecticut over the next 61/2 years, the governor announced...Tags: Fairfield County, Connecticut Economic Development, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Stamford
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World's Largest Hedge Fund To Get Up To $115M In State Assistance
The Hartford CourantThe world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates of Westport, announced an ambitious expansion plan Wednesday that includes building a new headquarters and nearly doubling its staff in the next decade, all with generous state help — up to $115...Tags: Fairfield County, Mutual Funds, Bristol (Hartford, Connecticut), Alexion Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Google Inc.
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UnitedHealth To Acquire Brazil's Largest Health Care Company For $4.9 Billion
The Hartford CourantUnitedHealth Group's plans to spend $4.9 billion on Brazil's biggest health care company is the insurer's priciest acquisition in years, giving it a huge stake in Latin America as U.S. companies compete for a rapidly growing middle-class market around the...Tags: Healthcare Policies, Companies and Corporations, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers
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As Doctor Use Increases, Insurers Look To Raise Rates, Too
The Hartford CourantHealth insurers say Connecticut residents are visiting their doctors more frequently and, perhaps not surprisingly, those insurers are asking to raise their rates on average 10 to 12 percent next year, meaning medical premiums continue to grow much faster...Tags: Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Healthcare Provider, Health Insurance Cost, Companies and Corporations, Health Insurance
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Malloy Brings Energy — And Energy Policy — To China
The Hartford CourantDid anyone think the governor would land in China, shake some hands, talk up Connecticut's nice products, exchange gifts and come home? Not Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. Midway through leading a small delegation of economic development officials to the world'...Tags: Connecticut Economic Development, Gary Locke, Connecticut Technology Council, United Technologies Corporation, Regional Authority
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Connecticut Health Exchange Hires COO, CFO
The Hartford CourantThe Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange hired Peter Van Loon as its chief operating officer and Steven Sigal as its chief financial officer, the state announced Wednesday. Van Loon worked in health care technology and finance operations in various...Tags: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance, Aetna Inc., Corporate Officers, PricewaterhouseCoopers
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Free counseling in wake of Perry Hall High Shooting
Cigna's behavioral health unit is offering free telephone counseling to Baltimore County residents in wake of the school shooting at Perry Hall High on Monday. The counseling is for those having a hard time coping with the shooting and will be offered...Tags: Robert Wayne Gladden, Jr., Perry Hall High School
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FACTBOX: U.S. Healthcare Reform Drives Insurance M&As
U.S. health insurers are snapping up rivals as they look to take advantage of a major expansion in the U.S. government's health program. President Barack Obama's healthcare law, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, aims to extend...Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Amerigroup Corp., Express Scripts Incorporated, Internists, Coventry Health Care Inc.
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$5.6B deal positions Aetna for changing health care market
Aetna's plans announced Monday to acquire Coventry Health Care Inc. for $5.6 billion could catapult the insurance giant to the front of an industry race to capitalize on Obamacare and the health needs of aging baby boomers. The deal, subject to...
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