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Authorizing Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Cigna as Kane County’s Group Health and Dental Benefit Provider for 2026
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WHEREAS, Kane County provides health and dental benefits for all eligible County employees, retirees, disabled employees, and COBRA participants; and
WHEREAS, the Human Resources Department annually reviews the benefits programs and providers with Assured Partners, the County’s group benefit broker to determine the best claim administrator for the County’s self-insured health and dental plan; and
WHEREAS, after careful review of all relevant information with regard to cost and benefit, it is in the best interests of Kane County and its employees that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois be the health insurance claims administrator for the County’s self-insured health plan and Cigna will be the dental insurance claims administrator for the County’s dental plan for the 2026 calendar year.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois and Cigna are authorized to act as claims administrator for the County’s medical and dental plans for January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Kane County Board is hereby authorized to sign agreements consistent with the terms set forth herein.
Passed by the Kane County Board on July 8, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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