WellPoint Reports 38% Jump in Fourth Quarter Earnings
On Wednesday, health insurer WellPoint -- parent company of California's Anthem Blue Cross -- announced that it exceeded analysts' expectations with a net income of $464.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. The Q4 earnings represent a 38% increase from the $335.3 million it earned during the final quarter of 2011.
- "WellPoint's 4th Quarter Profit Jumps" (Terhune, Los Angeles Times, 1/24).