WellPoint

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This building in Woodland Hills, California is home to Blue Cross of California's services for large employers

WellPoint, Inc. Template:NYSE is America's largest health insurer.Template:Fact WellPoint, Inc. was formed in late 2004 from the merger of Anthem and WellPoint Health Networks.

The company owns the Blue Cross Blue Shield companies in 14 states. In 11 states, the company uses the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield brand (Maine, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Virginia, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, Nevada). Other WellPoint "Blues" are Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (southern New York) and Blue Cross of California.

WellPoint also operates non-Blue insurance companies Unicare and HealthLink; Lumenos, a consumer-driven healthcare company; and Medicare services company National Government Services (previously AdminaStar Federal, United Government Services and Empire Medicare Services).

WellPoint's management team includes Chairman and CEO Larry C. Glasscock (Retired - Effective June 1, 2007; Angela Braly will be the new CEO effective June 1, 2007), and CFO David C. Colby. William Henry Trotter Bush, uncle of President George W. Bush, serves on the board of directors.The company is headquartered at Monument Circle in Indianapolis, IN, which was Anthem's pre-merger headquarters. WellPoint's pre-merger headquarters were in Thousand Oaks, CA.

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