Health & Fitness
Health and Fitness
Health and Fitness
Thu, June 3, 2010 CIGNA Names Bert Scott to Lead U.S. Commercial Markets
BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--CIGNA Corporation President and Chief Executive Officer David M. Cordani today announced the appointment of Bertram aBerta L. Scott as president, U.S. Commercial, CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI).
"His strategic vision, combined with his ability to deliver strong results and a market-leading customer experience, are just what is needed to help ensure CIGNAleads in our targeted markets and continues togrow in this rapidly changing economic and legislative environment."
In this newly created position, Scott will have executive leadership responsibility for the companya™s U.S. products; marketing; national accounts; regional, individual, select and senior segments.
Scott brings nearly four decades of success in driving growth for health and financial services businesses. Most recently, he served as executive vice president and chief institutional development and sales officer of TIAA-CREF in New York, a Fortune 100 financial services company with $426 billion in combined assets under management (3/31/10), and a leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields.
aBert is an experienced leaderwith the skills and passion to deliver for the tens of millions of Americans who depend on CIGNA. He clearly understands and believes inour approachtohealth improvement -- physical, behavioral, and financial,a said Cordani. aHis strategic vision, combined with his ability to deliver strong results and a market-leading customer experience, are just what is needed to help ensure CIGNAleads in our targeted markets and continues togrow in this rapidly changing economic and legislative environment.a
Scott began his career in 1975 with Prudential Insurance Company, where he held a number of health care and group insurance sales and marketing roles of increasing responsibility, attaining the position of vice president, managed care in 1994. In 1996, he became president and chief executive officer of the Horizon/Mercy Health Plan, a joint Medicaid managed care program between Mercy Health Plan of Pennsylvania and Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey. Scott joined TIAA-CREF in 2000 as president of its life insurance business, and later served as the companya™s executive vice president for product management and strategy implementation.
Scott holds a bachelora™s degree in business administration from DePaul University and participated in advanced business management programs at Harvard University, Columbia University and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a global medical technology company that develops, manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. He is also member of the board of trustees of DePaul University, a member of the board of trustees of University of North Carolina Charlotte, and a member of the board of directors of the Foundation For The Carolinas.
About CIGNA
CIGNA (NYSE:CI), a global health service company, is dedicated to helping people improve their health, well being and sense of security. CIGNA Corporation's operating subsidiaries provide an integrated suite of medical, dental, behavioral health, pharmacy and vision care benefits, as well as group life, accident and disability insurance, to approximately 46 million people throughout the United States and around the world. To learn more about CIGNA, visit [ www.cigna.com ]. To sign up for email alerts or an RSS feed of company news, log on to [ http://newsroom.cigna.com/rss/ ]. Also, follow us on Twitter at [ @cigna ], visit CIGNAa™s YouTube channel at [ http://www.youtube.com/cignatv ] and listen to CIGNA's podcast series with healthy tips and information at [ http://www.cigna.com/podcasts ] or by searching "CIGNA" in iTunes.
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