WellPoint Named as a 2011 BEST DIVERSITY COMPANY

INDIANAPOLIS, July 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) has been
recognized by the readers of Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information
Technology as a 2011 BEST DIVERSITY COMPANY. WellPoint ranked at the top of the
list for its support of minorities and women, attention to work/life balance and
commitment to supplier diversity.

“Flexibility is particularly important within the diverse technical community.
Promoting a work environment and corporate culture that values work-life balance
is an essential component of our efforts to foster the advancement and success
of women and minorities in our organization,” said Andrew Lang, WellPoint’s
chief information officer.

Diversity/Careers magazine readers and website visitors voted in March and April
of 2011 in the fifth annual Best Diversity Companies Readers’ Survey. Their
votes identified corporations, government agencies and other organizations – all
U.S. employers of technical professionals – that are doing the best work for
diversity. The voters’ choices were based on their perceptions, formed by their
own experiences, their conversations with others, or what they have read.
Readers were asked to affirm the status of organizations that were previously
recognized as BEST DIVERSITY COMPANIES. Voters were also given the opportunity
to include new organizations whose diversity initiatives were particularly
striking.

According to Brenda Burke, WellPoint’s director of supplier diversity, “We seek
to include diverse suppliers in each bidding opportunity, and our supplier
diversity program has continued to grow each year. To achieve this growth,
WellPoint supports diverse-owned business advocacy groups and facilitates
introductions and mentoring between diverse-owned suppliers and leaders within
the company.”

“At WellPoint, our inclusive culture encourages employees to bring new ideas to
work,” said Linda Jimenez, chief diversity officer and VP – diversity and
inclusion. “By sharing diverse perspectives, we can work together to develop
innovative health information technology that helps improve the lives of our
members and the health of our communities.”

For more information about the 2011 BEST DIVERSITY COMPANIES go
towww.diversitycareers.com.

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 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’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.