BNET Industries
Market Cap:$27.7B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$61.2B
- Public
- US
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WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership in the United States. WellPoint is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through UniCare.
Number of Employees 42,900
Contact Information
120 Monument Cir
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-4906
(317) 488-6255
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers: 524114
Recent Events
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Managed Care Stocks Rally As Goldman Sachs Sees Group As Attractive (CI, HNT, UNH)
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AMA Suit Against UnitedHealth Nears End
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Express Scripts acquires WellPoint's NextRx subsidiaries
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HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on Dec. 1
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Express Scripts acquires NextRx subsidiaries of WellPoint
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Analyst Upgrades for November 24th
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BRIEF-RESEARCH ALERT-JP Morgan raises Cigna, WellPoint to overweight
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Oppenheimer & Co. reiterates WellPoint Inc. at 'outperform'
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Cigna will keep its PBM business
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Medco Net Rises 13%, Boosts Target
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WellPoint Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results
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WellPoint's Pat Murphy Named to Treasury & Risk Magazine's '40 Under 40'
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WellPoint Honored With BlueWorksR Award for Journey Forward, an Initiative to Provide Coordinated
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Moody's affirms Wellpoint, units
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2nd UPDATE: Express Scripts: Extortionist Has Even More Data
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Cigna, other health insurers, trade lower as debate continues
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Health insurers trade mixed as debate continues
News & Analysis
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A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of WellPoint, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries; Revises Outlook to Stable
- 2008-03-20
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings FSR, issuer credit ratings ICR and debt ratings of WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint (Indianapolis, IN) (NYSE: WLP) and its insurance subsidiaries. The outlook for some of these ratings has been revised to stable from positive.
A.M. Best Assigns Debt Rating to WellPoint, Inc.'s Senior Unsecured Notes
- 2007-06-05
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "a-" to $1.5 billion senior unsecured notes issued on June 5, 2007 by WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint (Indianapolis, IN) [NYSE: WLP]. The rating outlook is positive.
A.M. Best Takes Various Rating Actions on WellPoint, Inc
- 2006-11-06
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength ratings FSR to A Excellent from A- Excellent and the issuer credit ratings ICR to "a+" from "a-" for Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc. and Empire HealthChoice, Inc. HMO, subsidiaries of WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) (Indianapolis, IN). The outlook...
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Forthcoming Senior Unsecured Notes to Be Issued by WellPoint Inc
- 2006-01-05
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "a-" to the forthcoming senior unsecured notes to be issued by WellPoint Inc. WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) (Indianapolis, IN) in three tranches for a total of $2.7 billion. The tranches are expected to be issued in increments of 5,...
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to the Former Subsidiaries of WellChoice, Inc.; Takes Various Rating Actions on WellPoint Inc
- 2005-12-29
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating FSR of A- Excellent and issuer credit rating ICR of "a-" to Empire HealthChoice Assurance, Inc. and Empire HealthChoice, Inc. HMO, former subsidiaries of WellChoice, Inc. (New York, NY). The rating outlook is positive. Additionally, A.M. Best has...
A.M. Best Comments on WellPoint, Inc.'s Proposed Acquisition of WellChoice, Inc
- 2005-09-27
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has commented that WellPoint, Inc.'s WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) (Indianapolis, IN) proposed acquisition of WellChoice, Inc. WellChoice (NYSE: WC) (New York, NY) for $6.5 billion will further strengthen the reach of the largest health care company within the northeast when completed. WellChoice serves over five...
A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Forthcoming Senior Unsecured Notes to Be Issued by WellPoint Inc
- 2004-12-09
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "a-" to the forthcoming senior unsecured notes to be issued by WellPoint Inc. WellPoint (NYSE: WLP) (Indianapolis, IN) in four tranches for a total of $1.6 billion. The tranches are expected to be as follows: $300 million 3.75%...
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