WellPoint Inc. News

Indiana-Based Insurer WellPoint to Change Name to Anthem

WellPoint, one of the biggest players on the health care overhaul’s new insurance exchanges, wants to switch its corporate name back to the Anthem brand its customers know by the end of this year. The nation’s second-largest health insurer said …

Anthem to Return $7.8M to Missouri Policyholders in Market Conduct Settlement

The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it reached a regulatory settlement with Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co. and HMO Missouri Inc., subsidiaries of Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Missouri, which are part of WellPoint Inc. As part of the settlement, these …

WellPoint to Buy Amerigroup for $4.46 Billion

Health insurer WellPoint Inc. will buy rival Amerigroup Corp. for about $4.46 billion to create a company that will serve 4.5 million beneficiaries of Medicare and Medicaid health care programs. The $92-per-share cash offer, which represents a premium of 43 …