Greg Gallagher Named Managing Director, Large Group Midwest Division For UNICARE

Business Wire, July 1, 2004

CHICAGO -- Greg Gallagher has joined UNICARE Life & Health Insurance Company (UNICARE) as managing director of the company's Large Group Division. Gallagher will be responsible for managing health benefit programs for employers and other groups with 50 or more employees or members in the Midwest.

Most recently, Gallagher was large group sales director at Humana Health Plans where he was responsible for health benefit programs for employers and other groups with 300 or more employees. During his 14-year career, Gallagher has also served as sales director for both Principal Healthcare of Illinois and Rush Prudential Health plans.

"Greg's extensive experience and admirable career successes in the health benefits industry will be a great asset to UNICARE," says John Cole, senior vice president, sales, UNICARE. "We are very pleased to have Greg join the company and bring his expertise to the organization."

Gallagher attended West Chester University in West Chester, Pennsylvania, receiving a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts/Speech Communications. He is a resident of Chicago, Illinois.

UNICARE serves 1.6 million medical members and is the national operating subsidiary of WellPoint Health Networks Inc., the nation's second largest publicly traded health care company. WellPoint serves the health care needs of more than 15.3 million medical members and approximately 46 million specialty members. WellPoint offers a broad spectrum of quality network-based health products including open access PPO, POS and hybrid products, HMO and specialty products. Specialty products include pharmacy benefit management, dental, utilization management, vision, mental health, life and disability insurance, long term care insurance, flexible spending accounts, COBRA administration, and Medicare supplements. UNICARE can be found on the web at www.unicare.com.