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Cigna Names Eric Palmer CEO of Evernorth Business

September 23, 2021 at 06:30 am EDT

By Matt Grossman

Cigna Corp. has named Eric Palmer the incoming chief executive of its Evernorth health-services business.

Mr. Palmer will become Evernorth's CEO on Jan. 1. He was previously serving as the division's chief operating officer. Before that, he was Cigna's finance chief. Bloomfield, Conn.-based Cigna launched the Evernorth brand a year ago.

He will succeed Evernorth's current chief executive, Tim Wentworth, who plans to retire by the end of the year.

Write to Matt Grossman at matt.grossman@wsj.com

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Eric Palmer

Presently, Eric P. Palmer holds the position of President & Chief Operating Officer for Evernorth and Executive Vice President of Cigna Corp., EVP & Chief Financial Officer at Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. (Investment Portfolio) and Chief Financial Officer & Director at Cigna Holding Co. (both are subsidiaries of Cigna Corp.). Mr. Palmer is also on the board of Express Scripts Holding Co. and Member of The American Academy of Actuaries. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa.

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