Company Profile
Company Overview
WellPoint is one of the nation’s largest health benefits companies, with 34 million members in its affiliated health plans and more than 65 million individuals served through its subsidiaries. One in nine Americans receives coverage for their medical care through WellPoint's affiliated plans. We offer a broad range of medical and specialty products.
Company History
WellPoint, Inc. was formed when WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Anthem, Inc. merged in 2004 to become the nation's leading health benefits company.
WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits company in terms of commercial membership in the United States. Through its networks nationwide, the company delivers a number of leading health benefit solutions through a broad portfolio of integrated health care plans and related services, along with a wide range of specialty products such as life and disability insurance benefits, dental, vision, behavioral health benefit services, as well as long term care insurance and flexible spending accounts.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association serving members in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin; and specialty plan members in other states through UniCare.