WellPoint’s Laura Hancock Receives CIO Magazine’s and CIO Executive Council’s Ones to Watch Award

INDIANAPOLIS, May 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Laura Hancock, WellPoint’s vice
president, operational excellence, is a recipient of the 2011 CIO Ones to Watch
awards from IDG’s CIOMagazineand CIO Executive Council.

This honor is given to 25 rising stars in information technology (IT) who bring
leadership, innovation and value to their organization and are primed to become
future CIOs. Hancock accepted her award at the CIO Ones to Watch awards ceremony
on May 2, 2011, during CIOMagazine’sLeadership Event.

“Laura is well deserving of this honor. Her focus on delivering business value,
along with her expertise, leadership and dedication, are a true asset to our
organization,” said Lori Beer, executive vice president of WellPoint’s
Enterprise Business Service.

“The Ones to Watch honorees bring an impressive range of leadership skills to
their companies,” says CIO Editor in Chief Maryfran Johnson. “We see in this
next wave of future CIOs a broader business perspective that’s so vital to
innovation and growth.”

All Ones to Watch honorees must be nominated or endorsed by a practicing CIO.
Nominations were submitted between May and November 2010 and reviewed by a
judging panel of leading CIOs.

AboutWellPoint

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 70 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 does 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.