Upon completion of the acquisition, WellPoint will become one of the largest providers and administrators of dental benefits in the country with significant growth opportunities nationwide. Both ...

If its recent flurry of acquisitions survives regulatory scrutiny and emerges intact, WellPoint Health Networks Inc. will have the nation’s third-largest enrollment among publicly traded managed-care ...

In a deal that would create the nation’s largest for-profit health insurer, Thousand Oaks-based WellPoint Health Networks Inc. agreed Monday to be acquired by Anthem Inc. of Indianapolis for $14.3 ...

WellPoint Health Networks Inc. went public in 1993 and was the nation’s first conversion of a nonprofit Blue Cross to a for-profit structure. To fuel its own growth and tremendous success to date the ...

Indiana-based WellPoint, the largest health insurer in the U.S., has reached a deal to purchase New York-based WellChoice for $6.5 billion in cash and stock, the AP/Philadelphia Inquirer reports ...

Regulators in states affected by Anthem Inc.'s proposed $16.5 billion acquisition of WellPoint Health Networks Inc. say they are closely monitoring California, where Insurance Commissioner John ...

WellPoint Inc. touts as the company’s biggest strength its dominant market share in its health insurance markets. But now the officers of the company are working to branch out beyond health insurance.

Shares of WellPoint Inc. fell 4.7 percent this morning after the Indianapolis health insurer announced strong fourth-quarter financial performance but also said it failed to attract as many new ...

Acquisition Advances the Companies’ Capabilities to More Effectively and Efficiently Serve the Growing Medicaid Population, Including the Expanding Dual Eligible, Seniors and Persons with Disabilities ...

WellPoint (WLP), the largest health benefits company in the U.S., grew even larger last week with the completion of its purchase of WellChoice. The closing of the $6.5-billion deal, which was ...

CHICAGO – Health insurer WellPoint Inc. (WLP) on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy WellChoice Inc. (WC) for nearly $6.5 billion in cash and stock, in a deal that would give WellPoint a stronger ...

INDIANAPOLIS - Building on what it has learned over the past few years in numerous patient-centered medical home pilots, WellPoint announced in late January plans to increase primary care physician ...