PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 15, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIGNA Corporation announced that its Board of Directors today increased the company's stock repurchase authority by $500 million. With the new authority, CIGNA has approximately $722 million of repurchase authority remaining.
CIGNA Corporation , headquartered in Philadelphia, and its subsidiaries constitute one of the largest publicly-owned providers of health care, disability, life and accident insurance benefits in the United States and selected markets around the world. Web site: http://www.cigna.com/.