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Cigna acquires FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited

Global health services company Cigna (NYSE:CI) has finalised the acquisition of FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited following regulatory approval from the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) in late October.

Image of FirstAssist logoFirstAssist Insurance Services and FirstAssist Legal Protection will be part of Cigna International's Health, Life & Accident (HL&A) division.

Following the purchase of FirstAssist by Cigna, the arrangement between Great Lakes Reinsurance (UK) PLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Munich Re) and FirstAssist has been renewed. Great Lakes will remain the fronting insurer for FirstAssist's  travel, protection and accident policies offering continuity for clients and policyholders.

"The deal enhances Cigna's presence in Europe and enables us to offer an expanded range of products and services to our customers across our businesses in Europe and Asia Pacific." said Jason Sadler, Chief Executive Officer, Global Health Life & Accident, Cigna International.

"As part of Cigna, we now have access to a broader range of health, life and accident products which we will offer to affinity clients with the same levels of flexibility and innovation that have helped us achieve our success so far. A broader product range, combined with our extensive expertise in managing customers of affinity brands,  better positions us to develop exciting customer propositions for our clients," said Alistair Hardie, Chief Executive Officer, FirstAssist Insurance Services.

About FirstAssist Insurance Services

FirstAssist Insurance Services Limited (FISL) is one of the UK's leading providers of tailored, flexible white-label specialist insurance solutions and has previously been named as one of the UK's fastest growing companies in the Sunday Times 'Buyout Track 100.' FISL has five key areas of insurance expertise: travel, protection, budget health, legal protection, and small business, protecting nearly three million policy holders in the UK. Driven as a specialist business by an entrepreneurial, commercial management team, FISL provides a unique range of products and marketing solutions for banks, insurers, affinity organizations, corporations, intermediaries, and small- and medium-sized enterprises. To learn more about FirstAssist, visit www.firstassistinsurance.co.uk.

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