CIGNA CORP
10-K/A, 1996-11-21
FIRE, MARINE & CASUALTY INSURANCE
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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                  FORM 10-K/A
   
                                AMENDMENT NO. 3
    

(MARK ONE)
 
       [X]       ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
             OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [FEE REQUIRED]
 
                  FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
                                       OR
 
       [ ]     TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED]
 
                FOR THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM                TO
 
                         COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-8323

                               CIGNA CORPORATION
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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                   DELAWARE                                        06-1059331
        (State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
        incorporation or organization)                        Identification No.)

 ONE LIBERTY PLACE, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA                     19192-1550
   (Address of principal executive offices)                        (Zip Code)
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       REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE (215) 761-1000
 
          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:
 
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                                              NAME OF EACH EXCHANGE ON
      TITLE OF EACH CLASS                         WHICH REGISTERED
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  Common Stock, Par Value $1;              New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
        Preferred Stock                     Pacific Stock Exchange, Inc.
        Purchase Rights                  Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
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          SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:
 
                                      None
 
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports
required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such
filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   X  .     No      .
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       AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
                            ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995

The undersigned registrant hereby amends ITEM 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT
SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1995 for the sole purpose of including two
attachments to Exhibit 10.24 inadvertently omitted by the printer during its
electronic transmission.
    
                                    PART IV
 
Item 14. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES, AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K
 
     A. (1) The following financial statements have been incorporated by
            reference from the pages indicated below of CIGNA's 1995 Annual
            Report:
 
            Consolidated Statements of Income and Retained Earnings for the
            years ended December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993--page 24.
 
            Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1995 and 1994--page
            25.
 
            Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December
            31, 1995, 1994 and 1993--page 26.
 
            Notes to Financial Statements--pages 27 through 45.
 
            Report of Independent Accountants, Price Waterhouse LLP--page 46.
 
        (2) The financial statement schedules are listed in the Index to
            Financial Statement Schedules on page FS-1.
 
        (3) The exhibits are listed in the Index to Exhibits beginning on page
            E-1.
 
     B. During the last quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, the
registrant filed (1) a Report on Form 8-K dated October 2, 1995, regarding an
increase in net reserves for asbestos-related and environmental pollution claims
and other exposures and the restructuring of the domestic property and casualty
companies, and (2) a Report on Form 8-K dated October 31, 1995 containing a copy
of a news release reporting its third quarter 1995 results.
 
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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 3 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:  November 21, 1996
    

                                               CIGNA Corporation

                                               By: /s/ Thomas J. Wagner
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                                                   Thomas J. Wagner
                                                   Executive Vice President
                                                   and General Counsel
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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS
 
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10.24      Redacted version of Agreement dated        Filed herewith.
           May 24, 1995, between Mr. Isom and
           the registrant
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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.24

                    SPECIAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

         This Agreement is dated May 24, 1995, and is between Gerald A. Isom,
who resides at 95 Fairview Rd., Penn Valley PA 19072, (referred to as
"Executive") and CIGNA Corporation, 1650 Market Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19192, a Delaware corporation (referred to as "CIGNA").

         Executive and CIGNA, intending to be legally bound and in consideration
of the promises in this Agreement, mutually agree as follows:


1.       DEFINITIONS.  The following definitions apply to terms used in this
Agreement:

(a)      "ADEA" means the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as
         amended.

(b)      *

(c)      "CIGNA Company" and "CIGNA Companies" means CIGNA and/or one or
         more of its majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates.

(d)      "CIGNA Severance Plan" means the CIGNA Severance Pay Plan and the CIGNA
         Corporation Severance Benefits Plan for Members of the Executive Group.

(e)      *

(f)      *

(g)      *

(h)      "Company Information" means any knowledge, information or materials
         about any Company products, services, know-how, customers, business
         plans, or confidential information about financial, marketing, pricing,
         compensation and other proprietary matters relating to a Company,
         whether or not subject to trademark, copyright, trade secret or other
         protection, whether or not



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*REPRESENTS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY
WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

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         developed, devised or otherwise created in whole or in part by the
         efforts of the Executive, and whether or not a matter of public
         knowledge (unless as a result of authorized disclosure).

(i)      *

(j)      "Effective Date" means the close of business on the date which is seven
         (7) calendar days after the date Executive signs this Agreement.

(k)      "INA" means the Insurance Company of North America.
         *

(l)      "PC Business" means CIGNA's Domestic Property and Casualty operations.

(m)      "Phantom Share(s)" means one or more shares of phantom stock described
         in the Special Incentive Compensation Program which is Attachment A to
         this Agreement.

(n)      "Releasees" means CIGNA, its successors, subsidiaries, affiliates,
         incorporated and unincorporated, past and present, and each of them, as
         well as its and their directors, officers, agents, servants and
         employees, past and present, and each of them.

(o)      *

(p)      "SAR(s)" means one or more stock appreciation rights described in the
         Special Incentive Compensation Program which is Attachment A to this
         Agreement.

(q)      "Suitable Employment" means a job that, solely in the opinion of the
         Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA or his designee, is at a level and
         breadth of responsibility similar to that of Executive's job with a
         CIGNA Company * , without reduction in total compensation opportunity,
         and at an office location that does not require the Executive to
         relocate his primary residence in a manner that would meet the Internal
         Revenue Code requirements for deductibility of moving expenses.

(r)      *

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2.       EXECUTIVE'S RESPONSIBILITIES.

(a)      *  Executive will devote his full efforts to:

         (1)      The responsibilities of his current position or, at the
                  discretion of the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA, the
                  responsibilities of a different position; and

         (2)      Any additional responsibilities which the Chief Executive
                  Officer of CIGNA may assign to Executive *
(b)      *


3.       REGULAR COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS.  *  Executive will continue to:

(a)      receive a base salary, in bi-weekly installments, at an annual rate of
         no less than the rate in effect on the date of this Agreement;

(b)      be eligible to participate in the regular incentive compensation
         programs, such as the Management Incentive Plan, Strategic Performance
         Plan and the CIGNA Long Term Incentive Plan, that apply to those
         employees in Executive's Salary Grade, in accordance with the terms of
         those plans, and to accrue benefits under the Supplemental Pension
         Benefit arrangement described in and subject to the provisions of
         Attachment B; and

(c)      be eligible to participate in CIGNA employee benefit and deferred
         compensation plans and fringe benefit programs in accordance with the
         terms of those plans and on the same basis as employees of other CIGNA
         Companies that participate in those plans, except as provided in
         paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Agreement.


4. SPECIAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM. Executive will be eligible to
participate in the Special Incentive Compensation Program described in
Attachment A to this Agreement.


5. CIGNA SEVERANCE PAY. Executive agrees that, * the benefits and payments under
the Special Incentive Compensation Program shall replace any severance pay
benefits to which Executive might otherwise become entitled under the CIGNA
Severance Plan should his employment with any CIGNA Company * be terminated * .
Accordingly, * , Executive shall have no right to any benefits to which he might
otherwise have become entitled under the CIGNA Severance Plan *.

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6.       BENEFITS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT.

(a)      Notwithstanding paragraph 5, if:

         (1)      *

         (2)      Executive remains employed by a CIGNA Company until  *  ;

         (3)      *

         (4)      Executive's employment with CIGNA Companies is terminated
                  because * ; and

         (5)      by signing a written release satisfactory to CIGNA, Executive
                  releases Releasees from liability for any claims arising, from
                  and after the date Executive signs this Agreement, out of
                  Executive's employment with CIGNA Companies and the
                  termination of that employment;

         then CIGNA will provide Executive with the job elimination benefits
         listed in subparagraph 6(b). *

(b)      If Executive meets the conditions under subparagraph 6(a), CIGNA will
         provide him with:

         (1)      continued Basic Life Insurance Plan coverage for one year
                  after his termination of employment date at the same rates, if
                  any, charged to active employees of CIGNA Companies that
                  participate in the plan;

         (2)      the opportunity to make a COBRA election for continued group
                  medical and group dental coverages, for Executive and his
                  eligible, covered dependents, under the Signature Benefits
                  program for a period of up to three (3) years following his
                  termination of employment, subject to the period of coverage
                  rules under ERISA section 602(2) and the Signature Benefits
                  program, at the same rates charged to active employees for one
                  year after Executive's termination of employment date and at
                  the same rates charged to other persons who have elected COBRA
                  coverage thereafter;

         (3)      severance pay in an amount, if any, equal to the excess of (A)
                  the amount of Basic and Supplemental Severance Pay Executive
                  would be entitled to receive under the CIGNA Severance Plan
                  for termination * over (B) the total value of payments and
                  benefits actually paid to Executive (before any applicable
                  withholding) under the Special Incentive Compensation Program;
                  and

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         (4)      advance payment, in accordance with subparagraph 6(d), of all
                  or part of the amounts due Executive under the Special
                  Incentive Compensation Program.

(c)      The total value referred to in subparagraph 6(b)(3)(B) shall be the sum
         of the Initial Payment, Second Payment, Final Payment, Vesting Date SAR
         Values, Vested Option Spread and CSAR cash payments under the Special
         Incentive Compensation Program.

(d)      CIGNA will make the advance payments under subparagraph 6(b)(4) to
         Executive in biweekly installments beginning immediately after the date
         of Executive's termination of employment. Each installment payment will
         equal Executive's annual base salary rate in effect immediately before
         his termination of employment divided by twenty-six (26). These
         biweekly payments shall continue until the earlier of (1) the date the
         twenty-sixth (26th) installment payment has been made or (2) the date
         the total accumulated installment payments equal one million five
         hundred and twenty-two thousand and two hundred and fifty dollars
         ($1,522,250) (which is the value of 4,030 restricted shares plus 10,000
         Phantom Shares at seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per share and 47,000
         SARs at ten dollars ($10.00) per SAR). Any remaining amounts due
         Executive under the Special Incentive Compensation Program and any
         severance pay that might be due to Executive under subparagraph
         6(b)(3), after the biweekly advances have been made under this
         subparagraph 6(d), will be paid in a lump sum * .


7. PAYMENTS AFTER EXECUTIVE'S DEATH. If Executive dies after his termination of
employment, but before payment of all amounts due under subparagraphs 6(b)(3)
and (4), CIGNA will make any remaining payments to Executive's surviving spouse
or, if he has no surviving spouse, to his estate.


8. RELEASE AND WAIVER OF CLAIMS. Executive, for himself, his executors,
administrators, heirs and assigns:

(a)      agrees that no charge, complaint, claim or lawsuit of any kind will be
         filed against Releasees in connection with any claim released by this
         Agreement; and

(b)      acknowledges full and complete satisfaction of, and releases and
         discharges Releasees from, any and all claims, demands and causes of
         action of whatever kind or nature, whether known or unknown to or
         suspected or unsuspected by Executive, which Executive now owns or
         holds or has at any time owned

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         or held against any Releasees arising out of or by reason of
         Executive's employment with any CIGNA Company.

This release includes but is not limited to claims under ADEA. This release
shall not, however, preclude Executive's right to pursue any claims arising (1)
under this Agreement and the Special Incentive Compensation Program or (2) under
any employee benefit programs other than the CIGNA Severance Plan (which plan is
addressed by paragraph 5 of this Agreement).


9.       NON-DISCLOSURE.

(a)      Executive shall not use for his own benefit (or for the benefit of any
         other person or entity unrelated to a CIGNA Company), and shall not,
         without the advance, express, written consent of the Chief Executive
         Officer of CIGNA or his designee, make known to any person, any
         information about: * or the provisions of this Agreement.

(b)      Executive shall not at any time during or after the term of his
         employment with a Company (other than in the good faith performance of
         the duties and responsibilities of his position with that Company)
         reveal or make known to any person (other than the Company) or use for
         his own benefit (or for the benefit of any other person or entity
         unrelated to the Company) any Company Information made known (whether
         or not with the knowledge and permission of the Company) to Executive
         by reason of his employment by a Company; provided however, that after
         such knowledge, information and materials have become public knowledge,
         Executive shall have no further obligation under this paragraph 9(b)
         with respect to such information so long as Executive was in no manner
         responsible, directly or indirectly, for causing or permitting such
         information to become public knowledge without the consent of the
         Company.

(c)      Executive shall retain all Company Information which he may acquire or
         develop during the term of his employment with a Company in trust for
         the sole benefit of that Company.


10.      COVENANT TO REPORT. All written materials, records and documents made
by Executive or coming into his possession during the term of his employment
with a Company and concerning the business or affairs of any Company shall be
and remain the property of that Company and, upon the termination of Executive's
employment with the Company or upon the request of the Company, Executive shall
promptly deliver such materials to the requesting Company. Executive agrees to
render to the applicable Company such reports of the activities undertaken by

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Executive or conducted under Executive's direction during the term of his
employment as the Company may request.


11.      COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE.

(a)      Executive agrees that, from the date he signs this Agreement until * ,
         he will not, within any part of the United States where any Company is
         either engaged in the property and casualty insurance business and
         related businesses or has, within the twelve (12) month period before *
               , been actively planning to engage in such businesses:

         (1)      engage directly or indirectly, in any capacity (including but
                  not limited to owner, sole proprietor, partner, shareholder
                  (unless his holding is for investment purposes only and is
                  limited to less than 1% of the total combined voting power of
                  all shares), employee, agent, consultant, officer or director)
                  in any business which competes with the PC Business;

         (2)      solicit or attempt to solicit any customers of the PC Business
                  on behalf of such competing business, without prior written
                  consent of the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA or his
                  designee * ; or

         (3)      employ, engage for hire, solicit the employment or engagement
                  for hire, or otherwise attempt to employ or engage for hire,
                  by or on behalf of any such competing business, without the
                  prior written consent of the Chief Executive Officer of CIGNA
                  or his designee * , any person who within the prior twelve
                  (12) month period has been an officer or employee of any
                  company engaged in the PC Business, unless such officer or
                  employee has been involuntarily terminated by that company.

(b)      The provisions of subparagraph 11(a) will be of no force or effect if
         Executive's employment is terminated and:

         (1)      The termination is a Termination upon a Change of Control, as
                  defined in the CIGNA Corporation Severance Benefits Plan for
                  Members of the Executive Group, and * ;

         (2)      *  ; or

         (3)      The termination is initiated by CIGNA Companies * ; however,
                  this subparagraph 11(b)(3) shall not apply if the termination
                  is either (A) on account of the Executive's misconduct, as
                  described in published

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                  Company statements of policies governing employees' conduct,
                  or (B) pursuant to a written severance agreement that does not
                  explicitly terminate Executive's obligations under
                  subparagraph 11(a) of this Agreement.


12.      JUDICIAL REMEDIES.

(a)      Executive acknowledges that an affected Company will have no adequate
         remedy at law if Executive violates the terms of paragraphs 9, 10 or
         11. In such event, CIGNA, * shall have the right, in addition to any
         other rights it may have, to obtain in any court of competent
         jurisdiction injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened
         breach of specific performance of this Agreement.

(b)      If the scope of the restrictions on the Executive under paragraph 11
         are found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unreasonably broad
         and unenforceable, it is the intent of the parties that the court not
         void the restrictions but reformulate them so they are reasonable and
         enforceable, while adhering as closely as possible to the original
         scope of the restrictions.


13.      RECOVERY. If the Executive violates any of the provisions of paragraphs
9, 10 or 11:

(a)      CIGNA shall have no obligation to pay Executive (or Executive's
         surviving spouse) any amounts described in the Special Incentive
         Compensation Program or in paragraph 6 of the Agreement; and

(b)      If Executive has already received any values, benefits or payments
         under the Special Incentive Compensation Program or under paragraph 6
         of the Agreement, Executive agrees that the amount of such values,
         benefits or payments shall be repaid to CIGNA as follows:

         (1)      CIGNA shall immediately offset such amounts from any payments
                  which may still be owing to the Executive, including any
                  payments under any nonqualified deferred compensation or
                  supplemental pension arrangement; and

         (2)      If such offset is insufficient, Executive agrees to repay any
                  remaining amounts to CIGNA within thirty (30) days of receipt
                  of CIGNA's written demand for such repayment. If CIGNA must
                  commence any arbitration or other legal action to enforce
                  Executive's obligations under this

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                  subparagraph 13(b), Executive further agrees to pay CIGNA its
                  costs and attorneys' fees in such action.


14. LIMITED SCOPE. This Agreement is not a contract of employment for any
specified term, and nothing herein is intended to, nor shall be construed as,
changing the nature of Executive's employment from an at-will relationship. This
Agreement is limited to the terms and conditions set forth herein and does not
otherwise address any of the other rights of any CIGNA Company as Executive's
employer.


15. CHOICE OF LAW. The Agreement is made and entered into in the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and at all times and for all purposes shall be interpreted,
enforced and governed under its laws.


16. ARBITRATION. Without in any way affecting the terms of paragraph 12 above,
it is agreed that any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement or the Special Incentive Compensation Program shall be settled
exclusively by arbitration in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in accordance with the
Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and
judgment upon the award rendered by the Arbitrator(s) may be entered in any
court having jurisdiction thereof.


17. SEVERANCE PLAN. References in this Agreement to the CIGNA Severance Plan
shall mean such plan(s) as amended through the Effective Date of this Agreement,
and shall not mean any subsequent versions of such plan, or any successor plan,
unless the Executive agrees in writing that such subsequent version or successor
shall be applicable.


18. SUCCESSORS. CIGNA's rights and obligations under this Agreement will inure
to the benefit of and be binding upon CIGNA's successors and assigns. Executive
may not assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement.


19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between
Executive and CIGNA with respect to the matters addressed herein and fully
replaces and supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings between
them related to such matters. Any amendment to this Agreement must be in writing
and signed by both CIGNA and Executive.

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20. EXECUTIVE'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT. By signing this Agreement, Executive admits that
he:

(a)      has read this Agreement;

(b)      understands it is a legally binding agreement and that he was advised
         to review it with legal counsel of his choice;

(c)      has had, or has had the opportunity to take, at least twenty-one (21)
         days to discuss it with legal counsel of his choice before signing; and
         that if he signs before the end of such period, he does so of his own
         free will and with the full knowledge that he could have taken the full
         period;

(d)      realizes and understands that it applies to and covers all claims,
         demands, and causes of action, including those under ADEA, against
         CIGNA or Releasees or any of them, whether or not Executive knows or
         suspects them to exist at the present time; and

(e)      understands (1) the terms of this Agreement, (2) that it is not part of
         an exit incentive or other employment termination program being offered
         to a group or class of employees, and (3) that his/her signing this
         Agreement is done voluntarily and with the full understanding of its
         consequences and has not been forced or coerced in any way.

In addition, Executive understands and acknowledges * that Executive will not be
entitled to any payments or benefits under any CIGNA Company plans or programs
that become payable or available * .


21. CANCELLATION PERIOD. Executive shall have a period of seven (7) days from
the date he signs this Agreement to revoke and cancel it. Any revocation and
cancellation must be in writing, signed by Executive and received by Kenneth
Bottoms, Corporate Compensation, One Liberty Place OLP-53, 1650 Market Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19192-1530, before the close of business on the
seventh (7th) calendar day following the date Executive signs this Agreement.
Consequently, the Agreement shall have no force and effect until the Effective
Date.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the persons named below have signed this Agreement
and Release on the dates shown below.


                                       CIGNA Corporation


       12-18-95                        /s/ W.H. Taylor
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         Date                          By:  Wilson H. Taylor
                                       President and Chief Executive Officer



       9-29-95                         /s/ G.A. Isom
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         Date                          Gerald A. Isom

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                                  ATTACHMENT A

                     SPECIAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROGRAM
                               FOR GERALD A. ISOM


A. GENERAL. To the extent that the conditions described in your Special
Incentive Compensation Agreement (the "Agreement") are met, CIGNA will pay you
special incentive compensation, made up of several different parts, including
the Share Value (see paragraph B). The Share Value comes from Restricted Stock
granted to you * and Phantom Shares granted to you under this Program. See
paragraph G. See paragraphs H and I for other benefits available under the
Program.

The total amount of incentive compensation available under the Program has no
upper limit and is directly related to the value realized by CIGNA shareholders
over time. *

 Therefore, if the conditions under the Agreement are met, CIGNA will provide,
as described below, a minimum Share Value of $75.00 per share, and a minimum SAR
value of $10.00 per SAR.

CIGNA will pay you the Share Value in three installments:  *

 See paragraphs C through F. Paragraph K contains some key definitions that
apply to the Program.


B. SHARE VALUE.

         1.       "Share Value" means the total value of:

                  a.       All the shares of Restricted Stock which you own * ;
                           and

                  b.       All the Phantom Shares granted to you under paragraph
                           G below.

         2.       "  *   Share Value" means the sum of:

                  (a)      The number of shares of Restricted Stock which you
                           own * multiplied by the higher of (1) the Fair Market
                           Value * or (2) $75.00; and

                  (b)      The number of Phantom Shares granted to you under
                           paragraph G multiplied by $75.00.
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C. PAYMENT TARGETS. The Share Value will be paid in three installments, and each
installment will approximate a target amount.

         1.       The "Initial Payment Target" will be 50% of the * Share Value.

         2.       The "Second Payment Target" will be:

                  (a)      25% of the  *   Share Value; plus

                  (b)      50% of the number of Phantom Shares granted to you
                           under paragraph G multiplied by any amount by which
                           the Market Closing Price * exceeds $75.00.

         3.       The "Final Payment Target" will be:

                  (a)      25% of the  *  Share Value; plus

                  (b)      50% of the number of Phantom Shares granted to you
                           under paragraph G multiplied by any amount by which
                           the Market Closing Price * exceeds $75.00.


D. INITIAL PAYMENT. If you * employed by a CIGNA Company * and meet the other
requirements of the Agreement, then CIGNA will give you the first installment of
Share Value. This Initial Payment will be equal to the Initial Payment Target
and will be made as follows.

         1.       Restricted Stock Vesting.

                  (a)      Effective as of * a number (see paragraph D.1(c)) of
                           the shares of Restricted Stock that you then own will
                           become vested and nonforfeitable (that is, the shares
                           will vest early). These shares are "Vested Shares."

                  (b)      To ensure that the per share value you receive from
                           the Vested Shares is no less than $75.00, * CIGNA
                           will make a cash payment to you equal to the number
                           of Vested Shares under paragraph D.1(a) multiplied by
                           any amount by which the Fair Market Value * is less
                           than $75.00.

                  (c)      The number of shares of Restricted Stock that become
                           Vested Shares will be the highest number of shares
                           that you have so long as the * Vested Share Value
                           (see paragraph K.1) does not exceed the Initial
                           Payment Target.

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                  (d)      If you have any shares of Restricted Stock that do
                           not become Vested Shares under paragraph D.1(a), they
                           will be forfeited * . However, you will immediately
                           receive one Class B Phantom Share (see paragraph G)
                           for each share of Restricted Stock which you forfeit.

         2.       Initial Target Shortfall.

                  (a)      If there is an Initial Target Shortfall (see
                           paragraph K.3), some of your Phantom Shares will be
                           vest early. That is, a number (as calculated under
                           paragraph D.2(b)) of Phantom Shares granted to you
                           under paragraph G will vest * instead of a year or
                           two later. Within 60 days * CIGNA will pay you the
                           Vesting Date Share Value (see paragraph G.2) of these
                           early vesting Phantom Shares.

                  (b)      The number of Phantom Shares that vest early under
                           paragraph D.2(a), if any, will be the highest
                           possible number so long as the total Vesting Date
                           Share Value of the early vesting Phantom Shares does
                           not exceed the Initial Target Shortfall.


E. SECOND PAYMENT. If you are continuously employed * from the date you sign the
Agreement until * and you continue to meet the other requirements of the
Agreement, then CIGNA will give you the second installment of Share Value. This
Second Payment will be equal to the Second Payment Target, will be made within
sixty (60) days after * and will be calculated as follows.

         1.       Phantom Shares.

                  (a)      A number of the Phantom Shares granted to you under
                           paragraph G will become vested * and CIGNA will pay
                           you the Vesting Date Share Value (see paragraph G.2).

                  (b)      The number of Phantom Shares that will vest under
                           paragraph E.1(a) will be the highest possible number,
                           up to 50% of the number of Phantom Shares that are
                           granted to you under paragraph G and that remain
                           after any early vesting and payment of Phantom Shares
                           under paragraph D.2(a), so long as the Vesting Date
                           Share Value of all the Phantom Shares that vest under
                           paragraph E.1(a) does not exceed the Second Payment
                           Target.

         2.       Class B Phantom Shares.

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                  (a)      If the Vesting Date Share Value of the Phantom Shares
                           that vest under paragraph E.1(a) is less than the
                           Second Payment Target, then some or all of the Class
                           B Phantom Shares, if any, that you get under
                           paragraph D.1(d) will vest, and CIGNA will pay you
                           the Vesting Date Share Value of these vested Class B
                           Phantom Shares.

                  (b)      The number of Class B Phantom Shares that will become
                           vested under paragraph E.2(a) will be the highest
                           possible number so long as the Vesting Date Share
                           Value of all the Phantom Shares that vest under
                           paragraph E.1(a) and Class B Phantom Shares that vest
                           under paragraph E.2(a) does not exceed the Second
                           Payment Target.


F. FINAL PAYMENT. If you are continuously employed * from the date you sign the
Agreement until * and you continue to meet the other requirements of the
Agreement, then CIGNA will give you the final installment of Share Value. This
Final Payment will be made within 60 days after * and will be made as follows:

         1.       Any remaining unvested Phantom Shares granted to you under
                  paragraph G and unvested Class B Phantom Shares, if any, that
                  you get under paragraph D.1(d) will become vested as of * .

         2.       CIGNA will pay you the Vesting Date Share Value of the Phantom
                  Shares and Class B Phantom Shares that become vested under
                  paragraph F.1.


G.       PHANTOM SHARES; CLASS B PHANTOM SHARES.

         1.       As of the Effective Date of the Agreement, CIGNA will grant
                  you 10,000 Phantom Shares. You may receive Class B Phantom
                  Shares under paragraph D.1(d). Phantom Shares and Class B
                  Phantom Shares will become vested, and the Vesting Date Share
                  Value of Phantom Shares and Class B Phantom Shares will be
                  paid to you, under paragraphs D, E and F.

         2.       Subject to possible adjustments under paragraph G.3, the
                  Vesting Date Share Value of each Phantom Share and Class B
                  Phantom Share will be equal to the sum of:

                  (a)      the greater of the Market Closing Price on the
                           applicable vesting date or $75.00;

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                  (b)      the dividends actually declared and paid on one share
                           of CIGNA Common Stock from May 24, 1995 to the
                           applicable vesting date; and

                  (c)      simple interest on the dividend amounts in paragraph
                           G.2(b) from the actual dividend payment date to the
                           applicable vesting date, such interest to be computed
                           and credited annually at the rate of return then in
                           effect for the Savings and Investment Plus Plan Fixed
                           Income Fund, or a successor fund.

         3.       *

                  (a)      the amount in paragraph G.2(a) will be adjusted to
                           include the Market Closing Price on the applicable
                           vesting date of the number of shares of stock (or of
                           a fractional share) * ; and

                  (b)      the amount in G.2(b) will include any dividends paid,
                           * to the applicable vesting date, on the number of
                           shares of stock (or of a fractional share) * .


H.       STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS.

         1.       As of the Effective Date of the Agreement, CIGNA will grant
                  you 47,000 SARs.

         2.       If you are continuously employed * from the date of the
                  Agreement until * and you meet the other requirements of the
                  Agreement, then 50% of your SARs will vest on, and CIGNA will
                  pay you the Vesting Date SAR Value (see paragraph H.4) within
                  60 days after, * .

         3.       If you are continuously employed * from the date of the
                  Agreement until * and you meet the other requirements of the
                  Agreement, then the remaining 50% of your SARs will vest on,
                  and CIGNA will pay you the Vesting Date SAR Value within 60
                  days after * .

         4.       Subject to possible adjustment under paragraph H.5, the
                  Vesting Date SAR Value of each SAR will be equal to the
                  greater of (a) $10.00 or (b) the Market Closing Price on the
                  applicable vesting date minus $75.00.

         5.       *

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I.       STOCK OPTIONS.

         1.       If you * employed by a CIGNA Company until * and meet the
                  other requirements of the Agreement, then, * any of your
                  Options (see paragraph K.5) that have not yet vested (not yet
                  become exercisable) will immediately vest * . These Options
                  will be referred to as "Vested Options."

         2.       If, within the 95-day period * , any Vested Options expire
                  under the terms of the applicable plan before you exercise
                  them, CIGNA will make a cash payment to you, * equal to the
                  Vested Option Spread (see paragraph K.9).

         3.       You shall have conditional stock appreciation rights
                  ("CSARs"), as described in paragraph I.4, if you:

                  (A)      *  employed by a CIGNA Company  *  ;

                  (B)      meet the other requirements of the Agreement;

                  (C)      own any Options that vested * and expire within 90
                           days * without having been exercised; and

                  (D)      could not have exercised those Options and then
                           immediately sold the acquired shares, solely because
                           of restrictions imposed on you by federal securities
                           law or CIGNA policy relating to transactions in CIGNA
                           securities.

         4.       You (or your surviving spouse or, if you have no surviving
                  spouse, your estate) may exercise CSARs at any time during the
                  period beginning * and ending * . CSARs will expire if you do
                  not exercise them during this period. Within 30 days after you
                  exercise a CSAR, you will receive a cash payment equal to (1)
                  the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of a share of CIGNA
                  Common Stock minus the exercise price of the expired Option
                  that was replaced by the CSAR, (2) multiplied by the number of
                  shares of CIGNA Common Stock for which the expired Option was
                  exercisable, (3) less applicable withholding.

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J.       MISCELLANEOUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PROVISIONS.

         1.       The Phantom Shares, SARs, CSARs and all related rights will
                  expire and become void at the close of business on December
                  31, 1996, * . CIGNA retains the sole discretion to postpone
                  this expiration date by action of the CIGNA Board of Directors
                  or a committee of that Board.

         2.       You will immediately forfeit all of the Phantom Shares, SARs,
                  CSARs and related rights if, * your employment with CIGNA
                  Companies is terminated for reasons that, without regard to
                  paragraph 5 of the Agreement, would make you ineligible for
                  severance pay benefits under the CIGNA Severance Plan (reasons
                  that include but are not limited to voluntary resignation and
                  termination for misconduct).

         3.       You will immediately forfeit all remaining Phantom Shares,
                  SARs and CSARs if, * before a vesting date, your employment *
                  is terminated for reasons that * would result in a forfeiture
                  of the Phantom Shares, SARs and CSARs.

         4.       No Phantom Shares, SARs or CSARs may be transferred, assigned
                  or otherwise alienated by you, and any attempted transfer,
                  assignment or alienation of Phantom Shares, SARs or CSARs
                  shall be void.

         5.       If you die or become totally and permanently disabled * before
                  a vesting date, CIGNA's Chief Executive Officer shall, in his
                  sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make any
                  payments for the Phantom Shares, SARs and CSARs that are
                  granted to you under this Program.

         6.       Any payments under this Program shall be subject to applicable
                  withholding. If you die before a payment that is due under
                  this Program is made, then the payment will be made to your
                  surviving spouse or, if you have no surviving spouse, to your
                  estate.

         7.       Except for the vesting of shares of Restricted Stock or the
                  realization of income upon exercise of an option to purchase
                  shares of CIGNA Common Stock, you may defer any payments under
                  this Program to a later date. To defer any payments, you must
                  make, and submit to CIGNA's Corporate Compensation Department
                  * a written election to defer payments. To be effective, the
                  election to defer must be in a form and upon terms and
                  conditions acceptable to CIGNA.

         8.       CIGNA Corporation will administer this Program, and it
                  reserves the sole right to interpret the provisions of the
                  Program, to determine what

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                  payments you will receive and when, and to make any
                  determinations or findings of fact required to administer the
                  Program. Any decisions regarding the Program made by CIGNA
                  Corporation, through its Chief Executive Officer or his
                  designee, will be binding on you (and your spouse and estate).


K. DEFINITIONS. The following definitions, in addition to those in the Agreement
and elsewhere in this Program description, apply to the terms used in this
Program.

         1.       " *  Vested Share Value" means the sum of:

                  (a)      the Fair Market Value of all the Vested Shares under
                           paragraph D.1(a); and

                  (b)      the cash payment under paragraph D.1(b).

         2.       "Fair Market Value" means the value of CIGNA Common Stock as
                  determined under Section 2.1 of the CIGNA Stock Plan.

         3.       "Initial Target Shortfall" means any amount by which the *
                  Vested Share Value is less than the Initial Payment Target.

         4.       "Market Closing Price" means the closing price quoted on the
                  New York Stock Exchange, as reported in the Wall Street
                  Journal, for one share of CIGNA Common Stock on an applicable
                  date. If the New York Stock Exchange is closed or no
                  transactions in CIGNA Common Stock occur on an applicable
                  date, then the applicable date shall become the next
                  immediately following date on which the New York Stock
                  Exchange is open and transactions in CIGNA Common Stock occur.

         5.       "Options" means any nonqualified options on shares of CIGNA
                  Common Stock which (1) were granted to you * under the CIGNA
                  Executive Stock Incentive Plan, the CIGNA Stock Plan or the
                  CIGNA Long-Term Incentive Plan, and (2) have not expired or
                  been exercised * .

         6.       "Restricted Stock" means shares of CIGNA Common Stock which
                  have been (or are) granted to you under the terms of the CIGNA
                  Executive Stock Incentive Plan, the CIGNA Stock Plan or the
                  CIGNA Long-Term Incentive Plan and which are (or will be)
                  subject to restrictions on sale or other transfer.

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         7.       "SAR(s)" means one or more stock appreciation rights described
                  in paragraph H.

         8.       *

         9.       "Vested Option Spread" means an amount equal to (a) the
                  highest Market Closing Price during the 12-week period *
                  multiplied by the number of the shares of CIGNA Common Stock
                  which may be purchased by exercise of the Vested Option minus
                  (b) the aggregate exercise price of the Vested Option (that
                  is, the cost to purchase all the shares of CIGNA Common Stock
                  represented by a Vested Option). In computing the Vested
                  Option Spread, the excess of the Market Closing Price in 9(a)
                  over the exercise price of any Vested Option in 9(b) will be
                  at least $10.00, regardless of the actual difference.

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                                  ATTACHMENT B
                   to SPECIAL INCENTIVE COMPENSATION AGREEMENT

                          SUPPLEMENTAL PENSION BENEFIT
                               for Gerald A. Isom


CIGNA will pay you a Supplemental Pension Benefit ("SPB") as follows:

a.       CIGNA will credit toward your SPB $100,000 for each Year of Credited
         Service you accumulate under the CIGNA Pension Plan. The CIGNA Pension
         Plan definition of, and rules for counting, Years of Credited Service
         shall apply to this SPB.

b.       Your right to the SPB will be fully vested and nonforfeitable. The SPB
         will be paid in addition to any other pension benefits you may earn
         under any other CIGNA retirement plan or program.

c.       CIGNA will use your total accrued SPB amount as of the SPB start date
         to purchase a single premium, immediate, guaranteed annuity from a life
         insurance company that CIGNA will select. CIGNA will use the annuity
         benefits to make periodic payments to you beginning on the SPB start
         date. CIGNA will be the sole owner of any such annuity, and neither you
         nor your surviving spouse shall have any rights under the annuity
         contract.

d.       The SPB start date will be the earlier of:

         (1)      The first of the month following your sixty-fifth (65th)
                  birthday; or

         (2)      The first of the month following the date you terminate
                  employment with CIGNA Companies *

e.       If, as of the SPB start date, you have been married for at least twelve
         (12) months, the SPB shall be in the form of actuarially reduced
         monthly payments for your life in order to provide a contingent
         surviving spouse benefit (equal to 50% of the level of monthly payments
         made to you) for your surviving spouse (assuming you are married to the
         same person on the SPB start date and the date you die). If you have
         not been married for at least twelve (12) months on the SPB start date,
         the SPB shall be in the form of a unreduced monthly payments for your
         life.

f.       If you die before the SPB start date, have been married for at least
         twelve months before you die and are survived by your spouse, CIGNA
         will use the total accrued SPB to make lifetime monthly payments to
         your surviving spouse beginning as of the first of the month following
         your death. If you die before the SPB start date and have not been
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         before you die or are not survived by your spouse, CIGNA will pay the
         accrued SPB in a lump sum to your estate.

g.       Neither this SPB nor any related rights may be transferred, assigned or
         otherwise alienated by the you, and any attempted transfer, assignment
         or alienation of SPB rights shall be void. The SPB shall not be funded
         in any way from the assets of any qualified retirement plan. CIGNA
         shall pay the SPB annuity premium out of its general assets as of the
         SPB start date. You, your surviving spouse and your estate shall be
         general, unsecured creditors of CIGNA to the extent of any SPB
         obligations.


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