BNET Industries
Market Cap:$25.5B
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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Fitch Affirms WellPoint's L-T IDR at 'A'; Outlook Stable
- 2007-07-26
CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Long Term Issuer Default Rating IDR of WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint at 'A'. In addition, Fitch has affirmed the existing Insurer Financial Strength IFS ratings of WellPoint's operating subsidiaries at 'AA-', and has assigned new IFS ratings to several additional operating subsidiaries. A full...
WellPoint expands in Northeast region with WellChoice buy.(News)
- 2005-10-03
Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ INDIANAPOLIS-Large national employers are expected to benefit from WellPoint Inc.'s acquisition of WellChoice Inc. because the deal gives them another option for health care coverage. The acquisition of fellow for-profit Byline: GLORIA GONZALEZ INDIANAPOLIS-Large...
Fitch Places WellPoint on Rating Watch Negative
- 2005-09-27
CHICAGO -- Fitch has placed most of the ratings of WellPoint, Inc. WellPoint and its subsidiaries on Rating Watch Negative. At the same time, Fitch has affirmed Wellpoint's commercial paper rating at 'F2' and has withdrawn WellPoint's 'BBB+' subordinated debt rating as the company no longer has subordinated debt outstanding....
WellPoint buys Lumenos in drive for CDHP market.(News)
- 2005-05-09
Byline: RUPAL PAREKH INDIANAPOLIS-The nation's largest health insurer, WellPoint Inc., moved last week to further strengthen its foothold in the consumer driven health care market through its purchase of CDHP pioneer Lumenos Inc. The $185 milli Byline: RUPAL PAREKH ...
WellPoint Appoints Two New Presidents to Oversee Senior Services and Dental Operations
- 2005-02-15
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE:WLP), the nation's largest health benefits company, announced today that it has hired Susan E. Rawlings as president, Senior Services and Derek S. Bridges as president, WellPoint Dental. Rawlings is responsible for all the senior business including operations, Medicare Advantage products and marketing plans...
Deal to create new HMO giant; Anthem, WellPoint merger to add scale, broaden reach.(News)
- 2003-11-03
Byline: JUDY GREENWALD INDIANAPOLIS-The new managed care company to be formed by the $16.4 billion merger between Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. and Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based WellPoint Health Network will provide large employers with an addition Byline: JUDY GREENWALD INDIANAPOLIS-The new managed...
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