CIGNA HealthCare Expands North Texas Sales Team

DALLAS, July 8, 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- CIGNA HealthCare has added Randy Bailey and Rick Grizzle as new business managers to its North Texas sales team. Combined, the two bring more than 40 years of industry experience to the marketplace.

“I am pleased that these two talented individuals have joined our team to help us continue to grow our presence in North Texas,” said Joe Braley, vice president of sales for CIGNA HealthCare in North Texas. “North Texas has tremendous new business opportunities for the company. The capabilities that we can offer employers through our new CIGNATURE product suite mean employers have even more opportunities to custom-design their benefits plans. Randy and Rick will use their extensive experience to help customers build plans that match their goals and meets their specific needs.”

Bailey comes to CIGNA from M-Plan, the largest regional health plan in Indiana. He has worked in the employee benefits business for ten years and in the insurance field for 17 years, including tenure with Arnett Health Plans and Northwestern Mutual Life. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Butler University.

Grizzle has more than 14 years of experience in the health care arena that includes management roles with CIGNA HealthCare in contracting and provider relations. He has also worked in hospital administration. Grizzle holds a master of health administration degree from Washington University in St. Louis and a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Oklahoma.

CIGNA HealthCare is one of the oldest and largest managed care and employee benefits providers in Texas. CIGNA HealthCare provides managed care and employee benefit services to nearly 800,000 members in Texas. “CIGNA HealthCare” refers to various operating subsidiaries of CIGNA Corp. Products and services are provided by these subsidiaries and not by CIGNA Corp.

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Contact: Gwyn Dilday, CIGNA HealthCare, +1-818-500-6370 orgwyn.dilday@cigna.com

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