Health insurer Cigna Corp., which is getting millions in incentives to move corporate headquarters and add jobs to Connecticut, is recruiting 251 workers for operations in Texas and its current home state of Pennsylvania.
Cigna said its Pittsburgh office will hold job fairs Tuesday and Aug. 31 to fill 164 new positions for nurses, behavioral clinicians, health educators, personal advocates and others in its Integrated Personal Health and Your Health First teams.
Meanwhile, its Plano, Texas, office is holding a Thursday job fair to fill 87 new slots on its teams there. Spokeswoman Gloria Barone said the Texas and Pennsylvania hirings are unrelated to the “First Five” iniative recently announced with Connecticut.
Last week, Cigna, which has a claims headquarters in Bloomfield, and state officials announced a plan for the health giant to tap state incentives to move its corporate offices and add at least 200 jobs to Connecticut within two years.
Spokeswoman Gloria Barone said the new hirings are unrelated to the recent “First Five” initiative announced jointly with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.
Barone said Cigna is constantly ramping up and adding staff in its markets worldwide.
