Facts and figures

Facts

• CIGNA can trace its roots back to 1792 with the founding of the Insurance Company of North America (INA), the first publicly traded insurance company in America.
• In 1865, the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CG) was formed in Hartford. Nearly 120 years later, in 1982, CG and INA merged to form CIGNA.
• CIGNA sells medical, dental, behavioural health, pharmacy, vision, life, accident and disability benefit plans and insurance.
• For year-end 2008, CIGNA Corporation had consolidated shareholders' equity of € 3.6 billion and revenues from continuing operations of € 19.1 billion.
• CIGNA Corporation and its subsidiaries constitute one of the largest investor-owned employee benefits organisations in the United States.
• CIGNA companies offer products and services to approximately 47 million people around the globe.
• CIGNA International does business in 27 countries and jurisdictions and services expatriates in more than 170 countries around the world.

Figures

• 28,000 employees all over the world.
• Presence in 27 countries.
• 150,000 direct marketing policies sold each month in Asia Pacific and Europe.
• Turnover of over 19 billion US dollars.
• Ranked 139 in the Fortune 500 list of the largest US corporations.
• More than 47 million customers all over the world.