Please let us know if you have feedbackCigna’s employer-sponsored plans reaped higher profits than expected in the second quarter after hiking premiums, spurring the company to raise its earnings outlook for 2026. Two weeks ago, UnitedHealth blamed that independent dispute resolution process, or IDR, for unexpectedly high costs in its employer-sponsored plans in the second quarter. Cigna has been doubling down on its core employer-sponsored business, announcing this spring that it plans to exit the ACA exchanges after this year. The ACA exit will free up some modest capital, which Cigna could reinvest to expand its employer-sponsored business. Without the GLP-1 pressures in Evernorth the company probably would have raised the outlook higher, Evanko said.