The South Asian population is one of the fastest growing ethnic groups within the United States. The community is diverse – comprised of individuals with roots in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – and faces a number of health care disparities.

Cigna has been named #24 on DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity. To celebrate this prestigious award, we look at some of Cigna's achievements and how we are fostering a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable business culture and building healthier communities for those we serve.

In this exclusive interview, Katya Andresen, chief digital and analytics officer at Cigna, talks through some of the barriers for digital transformation in health care, why the time is ripe for opportunities, and how Cigna is betting on a test-and-learn, consumer-centric culture to accelerate innovation.

Working women – and all women – needed support before the pandemic, and the events of the last two-plus years have increased those needs, sometimes greatly. Providing the resources their employees need is a win-win for workers and employers alike.

In honor of Autism Acceptance Month, which is observed each April in the United States, we bring you the story of a Cigna employee living with autism: Jennifer, a patient care advocate for Express Scripts Pharmacy.