WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Fourth Quarter Results On January 25, 2012

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) will release fourth quarter 2011 financial results on January 25, 2012 at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time ("EST"). Management will review these results and its outlook during a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST that same morning. The conference call should be accessed at least 15 minutes prior to its start with the following numbers:

An access code is not required for the January 25, 2012, conference call.  The access code for the replay is 228586.  The replay will be available from 11:00 a.m. EST on January 25, 2012, until the end of the day on February 8, 2012. The call will also be available through a live webcast at www.wellpoint.com under "Investors." A webcast replay will be available following the call.

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 one of the nation's largest health benefits companies, with 34 million members in its affiliated health plans, and a total of more than 66 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.

SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.