Health insurance

Cigna, Humana shares fall after report health-care giants could merge

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The Cigna Group headquarters in Bloomfield, Connecticut, on Oct. 27, 2023. BlooJoe Buglewicz | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Cigna and Humana slid Wednesday after a report that the two health-care giants are in talks to merge. A Cigna spokesperson did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment on the report from The … Read more

Regulators would never approve it

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Jim Cramer urged Humana (HUM) not to pursue a merger with rival health insurer Cigna (CI), questioning the merits of a potential business combination and the likelihood of it passing U.S. antitrust review. Cigna and Humana could reach an agreement on a stock-and-cash transaction by the end of the year, The Wall Street Journal reported … Read more