PHILADELPHIA, April 28, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The board of directors of CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.025 per common share. The dividend is payable July 12, 2004 to shareholders of record on June 14, 2004.

This dividend reflects the change in dividend policy announced by CIGNA on February 6, 2004 in anticipation of the completion of the sale of the company's retirement benefits business. That sale was completed on April 1, 2004.

CIGNA Corporation (NYSE: CI), headquartered in Philadelphia, and its subsidiaries constitute one of the largest publicly owned providers of health care, disability, life and accident insurance benefits in the United States and selected markets around the world. Web site: http://www.cigna.com.

SOURCE  CIGNA Corporation
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    /Contact:  Wendell Potter, CIGNA, +1-215-761-4450,
Wendell.potter@cigna.com/
    /Company News On-Call:  http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/165050.html/
    /Web site:  http://www.cigna.com /
    (CI)

CO:  CIGNA Corporation
ST:  Pennsylvania
IN:  HEA INS
SU:  DIV

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