Cigna will lay off 60, reassign 56 in Nashville office

by Barbara Mathieson | August 4, 2009 at 04:08 am

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A new wave of layoffs is hitting the economy in Nashville. I've heard that unemployment benefits have been extended. Where is all this money coming from?

By Getahn Ward • THE TENNESSEAN • August 4, 2009

Cigna Government Services will lay off 60 employees at its Nashville operations after losing a contract under which it processed and paid claims for Medicare. An additional 56 employees will be reassigned.

"The business moved on, so we're adjusting by contracting some employees and also saying goodbye to some employees," said Joe Mondy, a Cigna spokesman. The employees whose jobs were eliminated will work another 30 days. They'll get severance packages and job placement help, the company said.

The downsizing leaves the Cigna Government Services subsidiary with about 1,000 employees here, Mondy said.