Cigna Completes Express Scripts Deal

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Cigna said Tuesday, in a disclosure filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, that it had now received regulatory approval for the $54 billion deal from the state of New Jersey.

"All required regulatory approvals now have been received," Cigna said in the disclosure notice.

Cigna and Express Scripts announced their deal in March.

Cigna is based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, and now has about 74,000 employees. Express Scripts has been based in St. Louis.

Cigna noted in the "About Cigna" section of the press release announcing the deal closing that it has four operating subsidiaries with the word "insurance" in their names, and that it sells a variety of insurance products. The company did not mention health insurance or health plans anywhere else in the deal completion announcement. The announcement did not mention insurance agents or brokers.

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