WellPoint Announces Appearances at Upcoming Conferences

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP)
announced today that senior management is scheduled to present at the following
conferences:

— Stifel Nicolaus 2011 Healthcare Conference on September 8, 2011, at 9:10
a.m. Eastern Daylight Time; and
— Morgan Stanley 2011 Global Healthcare Conference on September 13, 2011,
at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

All interested parties are invited to listen to the live webcasts of the
presentations by visiting www.wellpoint.com and selecting the “Investors” link.
Following the presentations, webcast replays will be available at
www.wellpoint.com for two weeks.

To listen to the live webcasts, please visit WellPoint’s website at least 15
minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. Individuals
who listen to the presentations will be presumed to have read WellPoint’s most
recent filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, and its Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2011.

About WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint works to simplify the connection between Health, Care and Value. We
help to improve the health of our members and our communities, and provide
greater value to our customers and shareholders. WellPoint is the nation’s
largest health benefits company in terms of medical membership, with 34 million
members in its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 69 million
individuals served through its subsidiaries. As an independent licensee of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, WellPoint serves members as the Blue
Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for
Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30
counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as the Blue
Cross Blue Shield licensee in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding
counties and as the Blue Cross or Blue Cross Blue Shield licensee in selected
upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs
of Washington, D.C.), and Wisconsin. In a majority of these service areas,
WellPoint’s plans do business as Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue
Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, or
Empire Blue Cross (in the New York service areas). WellPoint also serves
customers throughout the country as UniCare. Additional information about
WellPoint is available at www.wellpoint.com.