(Bloomberg) -- All six of the major health insurers topped Wall Street expectations in the second quarter as the industry distanced itself from turmoil in Washington.
Cigna Corp. was the final insurer in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to report on Friday. Its earnings came in higher than analysts anticipated and the company raised its profit outlook for the year.
For-profit health plans, among them UnitedHealth Group Inc., Aetna Inc. and Humana Inc., are benefiting from their decisions to largely retreat from the Affordable Care Act’s markets after posting losses.
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