WellPoint’s Board Welcomes Robert Dixon, Jr. as New Director

INDIANAPOLIS, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP)
announced today that Robert L. Dixon, Jr. has been named to its Board of
Directors. Dixon has a proven track record as a leader, having served on the
executive staff of two major international corporations.

Currently Senior Vice President and Global Chief Information Officer at PepsiCo,
Inc., Dixon is utilizing his decades of experience to lead a global team in
business and information solutions (BIS), which encompasses all global
information technology and key partnerships on the enterprise business process
transformation.

“We are pleased to welcome Robert to our Board of Directors,” said Angela Braly,
chair, president and CEO of WellPoint. “His extensive experience in the
information technology and consumer products industries will bring valuable
insight to our Board, especially as we continue to engage more directly with
health care consumers.”

Prior to joining PepsiCo, Dixon spent 30 years in a variety of senior positions
in manufacturing, brand management and information technology with Procter &
Gamble (P&G).

A graduate of The Georgia Institute of Technology, Dixon was inducted into its
Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2002.

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.