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NBT Bank Recognized with 2025 Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation

NORWICH, N.Y. — Cigna Healthcare selected NBT Bank as a recipient of its 2025 gold level Healthy Workforce Designation for demonstrating a strong commitment to improving the health and vitality of its employees through a workplace well-being program.

“At NBT Bank, we believe supporting the well-being of our employees is essential to delivering the best possible experience for our customers,” NBT Bancorp President and CEO Scott Kingsley said. “We are proud to be recognized with the Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation, as it reflects our ongoing commitment to fostering a workplace where our employees can thrive.”

NBT is committed to supporting employees’ overall health and well-being by providing tools and resources that educate, engage, and empower them, including an employee assistance program and financial wellness support. The company also fosters connection and inclusion through initiatives like Wellness Champions, NBT Communities, and the Inclusion Roundtable, helping create a more engaged and supportive workplace.

“Employers that prioritize workforce vitality — by addressing workplace stress, promoting healthy behaviors, and fostering a sense of competence, autonomy, and connection — are supporting employee well-being and driving organizational success,” said Bryan Holgerson, president of Cigna Healthcare U.S. “As a company committed to creating better healthcare experiences and outcomes, we’re proud to recognize and celebrate employers who are building cultures of well-being across all dimensions of vitality.”

The Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation evaluates organizations based on the core components of their well-being program, including workforce insights, strategy and culture, health equity and social determinants of health, dimensions of vitality, and engagement and experience. Organizations recognized with this designation set the standard of excellence for organizational health and vitality.

Cigna Healthcare’s selection of NBT Bank with the gold level designation reinforces the company’s efforts and progress in 2025 toward nurturing a healthy work culture.