UnitedHealth Group Inc.

• D.C. exchange attracts 4 big players

  By Allison Bell  |  May 20, 2013

  The District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority announced that four insurers have agreed to sell health insurance through its Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act exchange system.

• Analyst raises ratings on Humana, UnitedHealth

  By Associated Press  |  May 6, 2013

  Shares of UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Humana Inc. climbed Monday, after a J.P. Morgan analyst said the insurers should be able to grow their Medicare Advantage enrollment despite looming reimbursement cuts.

• WellPoint’s first quarter beats expectations

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 24, 2013

  WellPoint Inc.'s first-quarter earnings rose about 3 percent to trump analysts' expectations, as the nation's second largest health insurer saw a revenue gain from an acquisition. It also raised its 2013 net income forecast.

• UnitedHealth reports first-quarter numbers this week

  By Tom Murphy  |  April 17, 2013

  UnitedHealth Group Inc. will give investors and analysts an initial look at how 2013 is developing for health insurers when it reports first-quarter results on Thursday.

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  Nevada jury orders HMO to pay $500M in hepatitis case

  By Ken Ritter  |  April 10, 2013

  A Nevada jury ordered the state's largest health management organization to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a civil negligence lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak.

• Nevada jury considers $2.5 billion hepatitis case

  By Ken Ritter  |  April 9, 2013

  With billions of dollars on the line, a Nevada jury is deliberating whether the state's largest health management organization should pay punitive damages in a negligence lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak called the largest in U.S. history.

• Insurer stocks continue climb

  By The Associated Press  |  April 2, 2013

  Shares of several health insurers climbed in pre-market trading Tuesday, a day after the federal government released final Medicare Advantage rate data for next year that points to less severe funding cuts than investors originally had feared.

• Insurers await final 2014 Medicare Advantage rates

  By The Associated Press  |  April 1, 2013

  Health insurance stocks were mixed Monday as investors and analysts await final word from the federal government on Medicare Advantage rates for 2014.

• Analysts predicts Medicare Advantage earnings slip

  By The Associated Press  |  March 7, 2013

  A Goldman Sachs analyst says forecasts for some health insurer earnings per share next year could slide as much as 10 percent if steep Medicare Advantage funding cuts materialize.

• WellPoint board OKs dividend hike

  By Tom Murphy  |  February 21, 2013

  WellPoint Inc. said it plans to raise the quarterly dividend it pays shareholders by 30 percent, an announcement that comes about week after the health insurer's stock started slipping after it named a new CEO.