Deals
Anthem and Cigna Don’t Get Along, But They’ll Never Tell
- U.S. seeks letters between health insurers’ in-house lawyers
- Anthem says deal to produce increased synergies of $2.6B-$3.4B
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Anthem Inc. and Cigna Corp. are refusing to provide letters between the two insurers that the U.S. government contends will show that they get along so poorly that they wouldn’t be able to effectively merge.
In federal court papers filed Thursday, Anthem said that Department of Justice prosecutors seeking to block the deal shouldn’t have access to letters between Anthem and Cigna’s lawyers where they disagree about aspects of the $48 billion takeover by Anthem.