
assets in this cap-weighted fund. Other investments include managed-care firms such as UnitedHealth Group UNH and WellPoint WLP , biotech companies such as Amgen AMGN, and medical-device firms such as Medtronic MDT and Covidien COV. The fund
margin headwind.It is essential for WellPoint to stay ahead of shifting medical cost trends. Given WellPoint 's slim margins, a sudden acceleration ..... regulatory oversight of premium increases. WellPoint may find it harder in the future to pass
managers, and hospitals. MCOs are more prominent in this index, with behemoths such as UnitedHealth Group UNH, WellPoint WLP , and Aetna AET among the fund's top-five holdings. Industry-leading PBMs such as Express Scripts and Catalyst
market share against larger competitors, but this robust membership growth refutes that thesis. In contrast, both WellPoint WLP and Aetna AET lost fee-based commercial membership in the most recent selling season. It has been a mixed quarter
May 2 - Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A-' rating to WellPoint , Inc .'s ( WellPoint ) proposed issuance of $1.75 billion of senior unsecured notes. Fitch has also affirmed the long-term Issuer...
May 2 (Reuters) - Moody's rates WellPoint 's senior notes Baa1
May 2 (Reuters) - WellPoint Inc on Wednesday sold $1.75 billion of notes in a two-part sale, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank were the joint...
May 2 - Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today that it assigned its 'A-' senior unsecured debt rating to WellPoint Inc .'s (NYSE:WLP) planned debt issuance, which is expected to consist of a...
unique retail-PBM combination. Express Scripts' results received a major boost during this time from the acquisition of WellPoint 's NextRx PBM subsidiary. It is difficult to isolate the earnings contribution of this acquisition, but Express Scripts
the fact that other companies in this sector recently reported better-than-expected earnings. Companies like Wellpoint ( WLP ) and United Health ( UNH ) beat expectations and set the bar high for Aetna. The company reported a profit of