On Wednesday, CIGNA Corporation (NYSE:CI)’s shares declined -2.58% to $150.44.
Cigna Corporation (CI) and Providence-Swedish Health Alliance ACO in Western Washington have launched a collaborative care initiative that aims to improve patient access to health care, enhance care coordination, and achieve the aim of improved health, affordability and patient experience.
Cigna Collaborative Care is the company’s approach to accomplishing the same population health aims as accountable care organizations, or ACOs. The program with Providence Swedish Health Alliance will benefit more than 7,100 individuals covered by a Cigna health plan who receive care from more than 1500 ACO providers.
In places where it’s been introduced, Cigna Collaborative Care is assisting to improve the health of Cigna customers while effectively managing medical costs. The programs are assisting to close gaps in care, such as missed health screenings or prescription refills, reinforcing the appropriate use of hospital emergency rooms, increasing the number of preventive health visits and improving follow-up care for people transitioning from the hospital to home.
Cigna Corporation, a health services organization, provides insurance and related products and services in the United States and internationally. The company’s Commercial segment offers insured and self-insured customers medical, dental, behavioral health, and vision, in addition to prescription drug benefit plans, health advocacy programs, and other products and services. Its Government segment offers Medicare Advantage plans to seniors in 16 states and the District of Columbia, Medicare Part D plans in 50 states and the District of Columbia, and Medicaid plans.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s shares dropped -1.61% to $429.70.
Amazon (AMZN) declared the introduction of popular video game characters that can be customized as part of the 3D Printed Products store (www.amazon.com/3dp). To start, the new “Personalize Now” widget will allow customers to customize more than 35 of their favorite characters across Smite, Primal Carnage and Infinity Blade. Customers can now access millions of unique design combinations sold by Sandboxr that can be created with the personalization tools.
Personalization options comprise:
- Smite: More than 30,000 ways to create customized characters.
- Primal Carnage: More than 12,500 customized set framed poses and character options.
- Infinity Blade: Over 12 million combinations to personalize the characters with unique poses, armor configurations, weapons and accessories.
Here’s how it works: Customers start by selecting the game character they wish to personalize and launching the personalization widget. Next, customers can explore an almost infinite number of poses, animation designs, accessories and more depending on the game character to put their individual style on the character. With the 3D product preview function, customers can rotate 360 degrees a virtual model of the character to tailor their creation from every angle. After the character is personalized and the customer has finished the checkout process, the item is 3D printed on-demand and shipped directly to the customer. The cost to customize a character starts as low as $29.99, with larger customized characters ranging from $49.99 to $89.99.
Amazon.com, Inc. operates as an online retailer in North America and internationally. It operates in two segments, North America and International. The company serves consumers through retail Websites, such as amazon.com and amazon.ca, which primarily comprise merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers. It also offers programs that enable sellers to sell their products on company’s Websites, and their own branded Websites; and programs, which allow authors, musicians, filmmakers, app developers, and others to publish and sell content.
At the end of Wednesday’s trade, XL Group plc (NYSE:XL)‘s shares dipped -1.33% to $37.36.
XL Group plc (XL) Catlin’s Cyber & Technology insurance business in North America is adding additional computer forensic and legal resources to its network of prequalified breach response specialists to assist clients respond quickly and cost effectively to breach incidents. XL Catlin’s newest breach response partners comprise Mandiant, a FireEye company to provide computer forensics services and Hunton & Williams LLP, Venable LLP, Troutman Sanders LLP, Alston & Bird, and Davis Wright Tremaine LLP to provide additional legal counsel resources.
According to the 2015 10th Annual Cost of a Data Breach study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, the average merged total cost of a single data breach is $3.8 million, indicating a 23% enhance since 2013. The study also reports that the cost incurred for each lost or stolen record containing sensitive and confidential information raised six percent from a merged average of $145 to $154.
XL GROUP Public Limited Company, an insurance and reinsurance company, provides property, casualty, and specialty products to industrial, commercial, and professional firms; and insurance companies and other enterprises worldwide. The company operates in two segments: Insurance and Reinsurance. The Insurance segment offers property, primary and excess casualty, environmental liability, excess and surplus lines, construction, and surety insurance products, in addition to property and casualty programs.
Dana Holding Corporation (NYSE:DAN), ended its Wednesday’s trading session with -5.01% loss, and closed at $19.14.
Dana Holding Corporation (DAN) will release its 2015 second-quarter financial results on Thursday, July 23, 2015. A press release will be issued at about 7 a.m. EDT, followed by a conference call and webcast at 9 a.m. EDT. Members of the company’s senior administration team will be accessible at that time to talk about the results and answer related questions.
Participants may listen to the audio portion of the conference call either through audio streaming online or by telephone. Slide viewing is accessible online via a link offered on the Dana investor website: www.dana.com/investors.
Dana Holding Corporation manufactures and sells driveline, sealing, and thermal-administration products for vehicle manufacturers in North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia Pacific. The company operates in four segments: Light Vehicle Driveline Technologies, Commercial Vehicle Driveline Technologies, Off-Highway Driveline Technologies, and Power Technologies. The Light Vehicle Driveline Technologies segment offers front axles, rear axles, driveshafts, differentials, torque couplings, and modular assemblies for use in light trucks, sport utility vehicles, crossover utility vehicles, vans, and passenger cars.
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