CIGNA Corp. has completed a previously announced acquisition of Great-West Healthcare.
CIGNA, Philadelphia, paid $1.5 billion in cash for the Greenwood Village, Colo., business, which is part of Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company.
Great-West Life & Annuity is a unit of Great-West Lifeco Inc., Winnipeg, Manitoba., which in turn, is a unit of Power Corp. of Canada, Montreal.
In addition to paying $1.5 billion in cash for the health business, CIGNA subsidiaries will be retaining $400 million in capital to support the acquired business, CIGNA says.
