Cigna Agrees to Class Settlement Over Provider List Confusion

Cigna Health & Life Insurance Co. reached a class-wide settlement in a family’s lawsuit saying the insurer breached its fiduciary duties by failing to maintain an up-to-date list of in-network medical providers.

The parties reached a preliminary agreement after a mediation session with a retired judge and plan to file details of the deal for court approval by Sept. 19, they said in a status report docketed Monday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. The filing didn’t include details about the terms of the settlement.

The year-old lawsuit was filed by Andrew and Andrea Hecht, ...