Stock Exchange Listing: NYSE CI
Number of Employees: 33,000 (internationally)
Location:
Main Headquarters: Philadelphia, PA and Bloomfield, CT
300 field offices nationwide

Overview

A Business of Caring means getting involved helping out in the communities, sponsoring good causes and promoting ways to help people help themselves. For more than 125 years, the CIGNA companies have been helping people lead healthier, more secure lives. CIGNA Corporation's subsidiaries are leading providers of employee benefits in the United States. Their products and services include managed and indemnity health care coverage; group life, accident and disability insurance; retirement services; and investment management. They also offer life insurance and employee benefits in selected international markets.

Technology/Product Description:

Products and services include:

CIGNA Financial Services - Discount brokerage services for investors and planning help for individuals participating in a retirement plan that are now retiring or leaving their jobs.

CIGNA Group Insurance - Life, accident and disability insurance products and services for employees or association members primarily through their employers or associations.

CIGNA HealthCare - Managed medical and dental care services, including integrated indemnity and group life and health insurance for employees primarily offered through their employer.

CIGNA IntegratedCare - Offers fully integrated medical and disability management products and services for employers and their employees, nationwide.

CIGNA International - Employee benefits, insurance and financial services, including health care, pensions and life, for groups and individuals in selected markets around the world.

CIGNA Retirement & Investment Services - Retirement planning hints for individuals and retirement and investment management services for employers.

CIGNA offers a multitude of opportunities, whether you're looking to make a strategic career move, or are starting fresh out of college. Listed below are some of CIGNA's key hiring areas:
*Accounting & Financial *Actuarial *Administrative *Claims *Health Care *Human Resources *Information Systems *Legal *Sales & Marketing *Underwriting

CIGNA's Technology

If we strive to be the best in business, we need the best in technology to support our efforts. Consider these CIGNA systems stats: CIGNA was ranked among the top 500 information management companies in the country in 1997 by Information Week. Named to CIO's 1997 "100 World Leaders" list. Named in ComputerWorld's 1997 100 best places to work for systems professionals. We run 470 LANs nationwide supporting 37,000 desktop computer users. One of the world's largest LAN systems under one roof is housed in our Philadelphia corporate headquarters. CIGNA completed an industry first with an international data migration from a Japanese processing environment to our host system in the U.S. CIGNA manages a voice and data network of connections linking 37,000 workstations and telephones in 1,700 locations throughout the U.S. CIGNA's two data centers handle 10 million complex on-line transactions each day using the latest technology such as Amdahl and IBM mainframe computers, an array of disk storage devices and automated robotic tape storage systems. We can store up to 5 trillion characters of information on-line, which is the equivalent of approximately six pages of typed information for every person in the United States. For off-line storage, we have more than 400,000 magnetic tape cartridges. We operate a global network that connects CIGNA's domestic offices to facilities in 70 countries.

Operating Environments: AIX, MVS, OS/2, UNIX, Windows (NT & 95)

Developmental Technologies: AION, C & C++, CICS, Microfocus COBOL, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, Workbench, Java, HTML, Java Script, VB Script, Internet/Intranet

Database Technologies: DB2, DB2/2, IMS/DL1, DLI, SQL Server, Paradox, MS Access

Advanced Technologies: Asynchronous Learning, Decision Support, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), Electronic Meetings, Imaging, IVR (Interactive Voice Response), Joint Application Designs

Environment/Benefits:

CIGNA's Benefits Program is comprehensive in scope. Its flexibility lets you personalize benefits to meet your needs. Regular employees (full-time or part-time) can get these benefits:

Core Benefits
*Medical *Dental *Pension Plan *Matched 401(k) Plan *Term Life Insurance *Group Universal Life Insurance *Long Term Care Insurance *Short- and Long-Term Disability *Business Travel Accident Insurance *Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance *Health Care and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts

Other Benefits
*Flexible Work Arrangements *Tuition Reimbursement *Health & Wellness Programs *On-Site Day Care (at some major locations) / Referral Assistance *Referral Assistance/Counseling for balancing work/life responsibilities *Employee Suggestion Award Program *Relocation Assistance (for some positions) *Healthy Babies Program *Adoption Reimbursement *Scholarships

For more detailed information on our benefits, please visit: www.cigna.com/general/working/atcigna/benefits.html

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