Cigna and Oscar to Offer Joint Small Business Health Insurance

Health insurers Cigna Corp. and Oscar are teaming up to provide health insurance to small businesses, the companies said Monday.

The companies will enter a handful of markets in the U.S. with a product branded as “Cigna + Oscar” in 2020, aimed mostly at employers with less than 50 workers, said Julie McCarter, vice president of product solutions at Cigna. She declined to say what states the product would be sold in.

The product will combine Oscar’s customer-friendly digital health tools with Cigna’s provider network, said Joel Klein, chief policy and strategy officer at Oscar. Cigna will be the ...