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For the second year in a row, CIGNA has received the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles Platinum Award from the National Business Group on Health, a national non-profit organization of large employers. This is the fourth consecutive year that CIGNA has been recognized. With the Platinum Award designation, CIGNA was honored for its commitment and dedication to promoting a healthy workplace and encouraging a healthy lifestyle for its employees and families.

“With our increased commitment to our Healthy Life workplace strategy, employee health and wellness have become engrained in our culture,” said John Murabito, executive vice president of human resources. “We have a wealth of programs and personal support to help employees and their families take control of their health and

adopt healthier lifestyles, and we will continue to educate and encourage employees to become active participants in their health.”


CIGNA joins companies such as Dell, Pepsi Co. and Campbell Soup Company as one of 17 Platinum Award winners this year. In all, 63 employers were recognized with awards as the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles at the Joint Summit sponsored by the National Business Group on Health’s Institute on the Costs and Health Effects of Obesity and the Institute on Health Care Costs and Solutions.

“CIGNA has excelled in setting the benchmark for health and wellness programs nationally,” says LuAnn Heinen, vice president, National Business Group on Health. “Whether it’s continuously seeking improvement through testing new approaches; maintaining a strong focus on localizing the strategy both geographically and through individualization of healthy life programs; or relying on metrics to ensure results and outcomes are achieved, CIGNA is a leader in its commitment to employee health and wellness.”


About CIGNA

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