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Empresas y finanzas

Health insurer Anthem to buy Cigna in $54.2 billion deal


    (Reuters) - Anthem Inc said on Friday it would buy Cigna Corp in a deal valued at $54.2 billion, creating the largest U.S. health insurer.

    CIGNA (CI.NY)hareholders will get $103.40 per share in cash and 0.5152 ANTHEM (ANTM.NY)hares.

    The deal comes three weeks after Aetna Inc struck a deal to buy Humana Inc for $37 billion and is part of an industry-wide consolidation of the health insurance industry following the roll-out of the Obama government's healthcare reform law.

    (Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)