DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,687

CONNECTICUT GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
CIGNA HEALTHCARE SERVICE OPERATIONS
COLUMBUS, OHIO

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on July 10, 2006, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Connecticut General
Life Insurance Company (CGLIC), Cigna Healthcare Service
Operations, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The workers perform health
insurance claim review/processing and customer service work.
The petitioners were working out of their homes in Bossier
City, Louisiana, Waskom, Texas, and Coushatta, Louisiana, reporting
to the subject firm in Columbus, Ohio, not Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania as indicated on the petition.
The Department issued a negative determination regarding
eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance and
alternative trade adjustment assistance for workers of CIGNA
Healthcare Service Operations, Columbus, Ohio on May 9, 2006 (TA-W-
59,225). The notice was published in the Federal Register on May
24, 2006 (71 FR 29984).
The investigation revealed that Connecticut General Life
Insurance Company (CGLIC), Cigna Healthcare Service Operations,
Columbus, Ohio, does not produce an article within the meaning of
Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must be
a relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The workers of
the subject firm that provide support for insurance claims and
processing do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group cannot
be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Connecticut General
Life Insurance Company (CGLIC), Cigna Healthcare Service
Operations, Columbus, Ohio, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974,
and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 26th day of July 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance