Chattanooga Sales Office
CIGNA HealthCare
1111 Market Street, BR6A
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Brent Wick
Vice President of Sales, Mid South South
423.321.4714
800.852.7616, Ext 64714
brent.wick@cigna.com
Kenny Davis
New Business Manager
(423) 321.5918
800.852.7616, Ext 65918
Kenny.Davis@cigna.com
Knoxville Sales
CIGNA HealthCare
1000 Corporate Center , Suite 500
Franklin, TN 37067
Shawn Hughes
Vice President of Sales, Mid South North
1000 Corporate Centre Drive
Suite 500
Franklin, TN 37067
(615) 595-3219
Shawn.Hughes@cigna.com
Bill Collins
New Business Manager
800.852-7616, Ext 64689
Bill.Collins@cigna.com
Diana McClurg
New Business Manager
(888) 244-6264, Ext 75804
Diana.McClurg@cigna.com
Nashville Sales Office
CIGNA HealthCare
1000 Corporate Center , Suite 500
Franklin, TN 37067
Shawn Hughes
Vice President of Sales, Mid South North
(615) 595-3219
Shawn.Hughes@cigna.com
Randy King
New Business Manager
(615) 595-3374
Randy.King@cigna.com
C.J. Shah
New Business Manager
(615) 595-3383
CJ.Shah@cigna.com
Beth Turner
New Business Manager
(615) 595-3956
Elizabeth.Turner@cigna.com
Memphis Sales Office
CIGNA HealthCare
3400 Players Club Parkway
Suite 140
Memphis, TN 38125
Brent Wick
Vice President of Sales, Mid South South
1111 Market Street, BR6A
Chattanooga, TN 37402
423.321.4714
800.852.7616, Ext 64714
brent.wick@cigna.com
Bart Alley
New Business Manager
(901) 748-4105
Bart.Alley@cigna.com
Dan Cottrell
New Business Manager
(901) 748-4106
Dan.Cottrell@cigna.com
Katie Collier
New Business Manager
(901) 748.4141
Katie.Collier@cigna.com
Mike Friedman
New Business Manager
(901) 748-4107
Mike.Friedman@cigna.com
John W. Sorrow, President and General
Manager
John W. Sorrow is the President of CIGNA HealthCare’s
Mid South Health Plan (Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas
and Mississippi). John was promoted to this position
in 2004. Since then, John has led the Mid South Health
Plan to the number one region (out
of 19) in the country in membership growth in 2006,
and finished number two (out of 19)
the other two years in overall health plan performance.
John currently serves as Chief Executive Officer
for Mid South Administrative Group, a CIGNA HealthCare
company based in Memphis, TN. John has held various
health plan executive roles with increasing responsibility
over the last 10 years with CIGNA. Prior to joining
CIGNA in Memphis in 1996, John held roles in sales,
underwriting and actuarial science with Blue Cross
Blue Shield of Tennessee, where he began his career
in 1990.
John holds an MBA from the University of Tennessee
at Chattanooga. As part of his MBA, John studied
abroad in Great Britain and Australia, comparing
health care delivery systems of those countries
to the United States. John also earned a BBA majoring
in Risk Management and Insurance from the University
of Georgia. The Chattanooga Times Free Press recently
named John to their list of Top 40 Young Executives “40
under 40”.
Based in Chattanooga, John currently serves on
the Executive Board of Directors for the Tennessee
Life and Health Guarantee Association. John was
also nominated this month to serve on Tennessee
Governor Phil Bredesen’s eHealth Advisory
Council. John is active in the community raising
corporate funds for Siskin Children’s Institute,
is a member of Chattanooga Rotary, and a part of
the Georgia Educational Enhancement Fund and the
Chattanooga Athletic Scholarship Fund.
Brent Wick, V.P. Sales for Chattanooga, Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi
Brent began his career in the healthcare industry with ACMG, a TPA. In
1996, Brent joined Healthsource and moved to the Tri-Cities region to assist
with marketing small group products. He then moved to Chattanooga in
1998 after CIGNA acquired Healthsource. Brent eventually took responsibility
for CIGNA’s Chattanooga, Memphis, Arkansas and Mississippi markets as
Vice President of Sales.
Brent holds a Bachelor of Accounting degree
from the University of South Florida.
Shawn Hughes – V.P. Sales for Nashville, Knoxville and Kentucky
Shawn has over twelve years experience in the insurance industry, including
the last six years with CIGNA. He most recently served as Regional Director
in Underwriting before being named Vice President of Sales. Shawn also
worked as an underwriter with US Healthcare and Guardian.
Shawn holds an Economics degree and Mathematics minor from Millersville University. He
is also a member of Tennessee Health Underwriters and an active participant
with HC21.
Chattanooga
Kenny Davis, New Business Manager
Kenny has 14 years of sales and account management experience in the healthcare
industry, spending most of his career in the East Tennessee market. He
joined CIGNA in 2003.
Kenny graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Finance. He is a board member of the Chattanooga
Association of Health Underwriters.
Knoxville
Bill Collins, New Business Manager
(Knoxville / Tri-Cities)
Bill is a native of East Tennessee and has been with CIGNA for eight years,
all within the Sales Department. He has won numerous Sales awards including
two back-to-back CIGNA Gold Circle Awards. Bill handles groups with 400
to 5,000 eligible employees in the Knoxville and Tri-Cities area of Tennessee.
Bill holds a B.A. in Microbiology from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville
as well as an A.S. in Biology from Roane State Community College.
Diana McClurg, New Business Manager (Knoxville)
Diana began her career in the insurance industry with Tennessee First Health
as a Marketing Rep and then as Customer Service Rep. Healthsource purchased
Tennessee First Health and Diana became an Account Manager. CIGNA purchased
Healthsource in 1998 and Diana was promoted to a New Business Manager in
2002. She is located in the Knoxville area and is responsible for handling
new business opportunities for employer groups with 50 to 400 benefit eligible
employees.
Diana is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor of Science
degree in Marketing Education.
Nashville
Randy King, New Business Manager (Nashville)
Randy began his career in the group benefits industry in 1991 with Acordia
as a Large Group Sales Representative in Jacksonville Florida, where his training
included one year of large group underwriting. Randy has sold group benefit
programs for over 15 years to employers ranging in size from 50 to 10,000 employees. He
has been with CIGNA since 1999 and joined the Nashville team in January 2006
after transferring from CIGNA’s South Florida Office.
Randy graduated in 1990 from Florida State University with a B.S. in Risk
Management and Insurance.
Chintan (C.J.) Shah, New Business Manager (Nashville)
C.J. began his career at CIGNA Healthcare in 1999 as a Large Group Underwriter. After
spending two and one-half years in Underwriting and two years as a Presale
Specialist role, C.J. became a New Business Manager. Since then he has
established himself as a responsive sales representative in the Nashville Sales
Office.
Chintan is a graduate of Tennessee State University.
Elizabeth (Beth) Turner, New Business Manager (Nashville)
Beth Turner has ten years of experience in the employee benefits industry. Beth
joined CIGNA in January 2006. Prior to joining CIGNA, her experience
included Cowan Benefit Services, Inc., a brokerage firm, where she was an Account
Manager responsible for client relationships, strategic consulting, benefit
design and implementation, employee communications and utilization data analysis
for large multi-site employers. Specifically, she is familiar with the
issues and challenges associated with developing, communicating and administering
benefit plans. Beth began her career as a New Business Representative
with Aetna in 1996, where her experience included various levels of increasing
responsibility in new business sales with Aetna.
Beth is a graduate of Murray
State University with a Bachelors of Science degree. She
is a member of the Middle Tennessee Association of Health Underwriters, Middle
Tennessee Employee Benefits Council and the National Association of Health
Underwriters.
Memphis
Bart Alley, New Business Manager
Bart has over 20 years experience in the healthcare industry, both as a Financial
Underwriter and a New Business Manager. Bart works with producers
and prospects with 51 to 199 eligible employees.
Katie Collier, New Business Manager
Katie rejoined CIGNA in 2007 after serving as an account manager with Mercer
Employee Benefits and Willis, both in New York. Previously, she was
with CIGNA in both project management and service roles.
Katie holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Tennessee. Katie
is responsible for group sales of 50-500 eligible employees.
Daniel Cottrell, PAHM, New Business Manager
Daniel has more than a decade of successful healthcare experience. He
began his career with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee in 1996 and achieved
that organization’s highest accolades in each of his five years. In
2001, Dan joined Willis of Tennessee and served as a HealthCare Consultant
to middle market employers until he joined CIGNA in 2005.
Dan was educated at California University and also has his PAHM professional
designation. With CIGNA, Dan provides healthcare financing solutions
to large middle market employers, brokers and consultants in Mississippi, Arkansas
and West Tennessee.
