HealthMarkets' Agency Marketing Group Wins Stevie(R) Award for Insurance Sales Organization...

HealthMarkets' Agency Marketing Group Wins Stevie(R) Award for Insurance Sales Organization of the Year

NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, Texas--(Business Wire)--HealthMarkets Inc. (http://www.healthmarkets.com) announced today
that its Agency Marketing Group (AMG) was presented with a Stevie
Award for Insurance Sales Organization of the Year in the second
annual Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards last night.

The awards were jointly presented by Selling Power magazine, the
leading sales management publication with 145,000 subscribers in 67
countries, and The Stevie(R) Awards, which have been hailed as "the
business world's own Oscars" (the New York Post , April 27, 2005).

More than 400 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually
every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40
categories this year, including Best Run Sales Organization of the
Year, National VP of Sales of the Year, and Sales Training Program of
the Year.

AMG was also named as a finalist in four other categories
including the Sales Incentive Program of the Year, Sales Meeting of
the Year, Sales Training Program of the Year and Hiring and Recruiting
Program of the Year categories. In addition, HealthMarkets' Lead
Marketing Group (LMG) was a finalist in the Demand Generation Program
of the Year and Sales Lead Management System of the Year categories.

"I'm thrilled that AMG's hard work and successes in 2007 were
recognized by this esteemed award," said Troy McQuagge, President,
HealthMarkets Agency Marketing Group. "Our organization has worked
diligently to implement enhancements that have benefited our agents
and ultimately our customers. Being awarded this honor demonstrates
the commitment that we have to achieving great results for our agents,
employees and company."

Details about The Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards and the
list of Stevie Award winners and Finalists in all categories are
available at www.stevieawards.com/sales.

About HealthMarkets

HealthMarkets, headquartered in North Richland Hills, Texas, is a
provider of health and life insurance products to individuals,
families, the self-employed and small businesses. HealthMarkets offers
products and services through its licensed insurance subsidiaries. The
Company's offerings include individual and self-employed health
insurance, small employer group health insurance, life insurance and
reinsurance. Through its Consumer Guided Health Insurance plans,
HealthMarkets seeks to provide affordable and accessible health
coverage to individuals and small businesses. For more information,
visit http://www.healthmarkets.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION
REFORM ACT OF 1995: Some of the matters discussed in this news release
may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to certain
risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Such forward-looking statements
are intended to be identified in this document by the words
"anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "objective,"
"plan," "possible," "potential" and similar expressions. Actual
results may vary materially from those included in the forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those included in the forward-looking statements
include, but are not limited to, general economic conditions; the
continued ability of the Company to compete for customers and insureds
in an industry where many of its competitors may have greater market
share and/or greater financial resources; the Company's ability to
accurately estimate medical claims and control costs; changes in
government regulation that could increase the costs of compliance or
cause the Company to discontinue marketing its products in certain
states; the Company's failure to comply with new or existing
government regulations that could subject it to significant fines and
penalties and/or result in restrictions on its operations; changes in
the relationship between the Company and the membership associations
that make available to their members the health insurance and other
insurance products issued by the Company's insurance subsidiaries;
changes in the laws and regulations governing so-called "association
group" insurance (particularly changes that would subject the issuance
of policies to prior premium rate approval and/or require the issuance
of policies on a "guaranteed issue" basis); significant liabilities
and costs associated with litigation; failure of the Company's
information systems to provide timely and accurate information;
negative publicity regarding the Company's business practices and/or
regarding the health insurance industry in general; the Company's
inability to enter into or maintain satisfactory relationships with
networks of hospitals, physicians, dentists, pharmacies and other
health care providers; failure of the Company's regulated insurance
company subsidiaries to maintain their current ratings by A.M. Best
Company, Fitch and/or Standard & Poor's; and the other risk factors
set forth in the reports filed by the Company from time to time with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.

About The Stevie Awards

Hailed as "the business world's own Oscars" by the New York Post
(April 27, 2005), Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The
American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The
Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Selling Power Sales
Excellence Awards. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the
people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in
the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at
www.stevieawards.com.

About Selling Power

Selling Power is the world's leading sales management magazine
with more than 145,000 subscribers in 67 countries. Learn more at
www.sellingpower.com.

Sponsors of the 2007 Selling Power Sales Excellence Awards include
Employee Continuum, Heartland Payment Systems, infoUSA's
Salesgenie.com, and Richardson.

HealthMarkets Corporate Communications
Donna Ledbetter
(817) 255-5405
Donna.Ledbetter@healthmarkets.com
www.HealthMarkets.com
or
For HealthMarkets
Doug Holt
(312) 596-3487
Doug.Holt@bm.com

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