Cigna signs with Startup America
Cigna Corp. reached a deal to provide health insurance and mentoring for the some 10,400 companies in the Startup America Partnership, which a year ago launched a Startup Connecticut affiliate that has attracted more than 200 members.
“Cigna wants to do its part to support the entrepreneurial spirit that fuels our economy,” said David Guilmette, president of the Bloomfield-based company”™s global employer segment. “As Cigna has grown and innovated over the years, we now have the opportunity to be at the forefront of helping young, promising companies do the same. The startup companies we help today are tomorrow”™s Fortune 500 companies.”
At no charge, Cigna will develop a health and wellness education program for the Startup America member companies, with topics including health care reform and alternative insurance options. Cigna added it will seek out ways to mentor or do business with Startup America companies, and for ways to meet, mentor and do business with startup companies.
Startup America members can purchase Cigna”™s regular medical and dental offerings.
“We know how important mentoring, education, and health insurance benefits are to startups, and we”™re excited to bring Cigna on board as a new partner to help our members,” said Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and a former executive with Norwalk-based Priceline.com Inc. “Cigna believes, as we do, that entrepreneurship is a core American value and critical to the country”™s long-term economic success.”