Mara Lee
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A Trusted Helper For A Refugee Family That’s Starting Anew
WEST HARTFORD — It was 3 a.m. when Dawne Quinn was called on to drive Fatima Alfajer to Hartford Hospital. → Read More
Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini's Compensation Surged In 2016
Aetna Chairman and CEO Mark Bertolini received $41 million in compensation last year, with $38.2 million of → Read More
Aetna To Withdraw From Iowa Obamacare Market
Aetna will not sell individual plans eligible for Obamacare s → Read More
While Most Cities Add People Greater Hartford Population Dips
The Greater Hartford region shrank by about 3,100 people from mid-2015 to mid-2016, one of the fastest population losses in the country, according to the U.S → Read More
Connecticut Job Market Treading Water
The Connecticut job market is not rebounding, the latest figures suggest, as employers around the state had 1,600 fewer jobs in February than they had the m → Read More
Anthem: Collaborations With Doctors Are Better Than Cigna’s
Anthem says that all health insurers' core product "is access to a medical network at discounted rates," and that antitrust regulators are wrong to assume t → Read More
Cigna CEO Received $21.9 Million in 2016
Cigna Corp. CEO David Cordani's compensation totaled $21.9 million in 2016, less than half what he received in 2015. The value of restricted stock aw → Read More
Connecticut Added No Jobs in 2016
Connecticut had its worst job growth of the last seven years as government cutbacks swamped private sector growth. The state finished 2016 with 200 fewer jo → Read More
Cigna Tells Federal Government Its Ideas For Health Care Reform
Cigna said the Trump administration's "market stabilization" regulatory changes to the Affordable Care Act are a "good first step." Cigna addressed the idea of how to convince Americans to keep paying for health insurance even when they don't have it through a job. Cigna's comment, written by David Schwartz, head of global policy, said the late enrollment penalty could be paired with a reduction… → Read More
Cigna Joins Anthem's Appeal Of Blocked Merger
Anthem's appeal of a federal judge's decision to block its purchase of Cigna is moving forward this month, a → Read More
Affordable Care Act Overhaul May Cost Connecticut
Connecticut could pay a significant price if the latest plan to repeal-and-replace the Affordable Care Act is → Read More
Insurance Commissioner To Recuse Herself From Anthem-Cigna Review
Insurance Commissioner Katharine L. Wade will recuse herself from her role overseeing Anthem's proposed $48 billion purchase of Cigna , although the way she announced the decision caused some confusion at the meeting of a state ethics panel. → Read More
Cigna CEO Encourages Incentives For Healthy Living
Running alongside an amputee in the Boston Marathon is less intense than the usual triathlons Cigna CEO David Cordani does, but there's still discomfort in walking and running for more than six hours across 26.2 miles. → Read More
A Youth Movement For State's Insurers
Rachel Stein, in her last year at Pennsylvania's Lehigh University with a double major of accounting and business information systems, landed job offers from PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Manhattan and Cigna in Bloomfield. → Read More
Advocates: Now Is The Time For Paid Family Leave
HARTFORD — It's shameful that the United States is the only developed country that doesn't offer paid maternity leave, and Connecticut should remedy that locally, advocates said Wednesday at a press conference at the Capitol. → Read More
Connecticut's Private Sector Back To Pre-Recession Jobs Numbers
Four years and nine months after the state started adding jobs after the deep cuts during the recession, Connecticut's private sector has finally returned to the employment numbers it had almost eight years ago. → Read More
Tesla Not Giving Up on Lobbying Effort In Connecticut
MILFORD — Thwarted last year in its efforts to sell Tesla cars in Connecticut, the company's lobbyists are saying: 'We'll be back.' → Read More
Forum Examines Job Opportunities For Hartford Residents
MANCHESTER — At a forum hosted by the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving Friday morning, panelists discussed how Hartford residents find better jobs. → Read More
UnitedHealth CEO On Obamacare: 'We Cannot Sustain These Losses'
UnitedHealth Group, the nation's largest health insurer, told investors Thursday that losses from its 550,000 customers on Obamacare exchanges are expected to hit $650 million this year and next. → Read More
U.S. Job Market Soared in October While Connecticut Faltered
Businesses and government cut jobs in Connecticut last month, for a net decline of 2,200 jobs. Cities, towns, public schools and casinos accounted for 1,100 of the losses, according to a report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor. → Read More