WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter Results On...

WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss First Quarter Results
On April 23, 2008

INDIANAPOLIS, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc.
(NYSE: WLP) will release first quarter 2008 financial results on April 23,
2008, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Management will review these
results and its outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same
morning. The conference call should be accessed at least 15 minutes prior to
its start with the following numbers:

888-423-3268 (Domestic) 800-475-6701 (Domestic Replay)
651-291-5254 (International) 320-365-3844 (International Replay)
An access code is not required for the April 23, 2008, conference call.
The access code for the replay is 908942. The replay will be available from
1:45 p.m. EDT on April 23, 2008, until the end of the day on May 7, 2008. The
call will also be available through a live webcast at www.wellpoint.com under
"Investor Info." A webcast replay will be available following the call.
New Reportable Segments
The Company also announced that it has posted to the "Investor Info"
section of www.wellpoint.com schedules with 2007 reportable segment
highlights, as reclassified to conform to the Company's 2008 reportable
segment structure.
Contacts:

Investor Relations
Michael Kleinman, 317-488-6713

Media
Shannon Troughton, 317-488-6789

About WellPoint, Inc.
WellPoint's mission is to improve the lives of the people it serves and
the health of its communities. WellPoint, Inc. is the largest health benefits
company in terms of commercial membership in the United States. Through its
nationwide networks, the company delivers a number of leading health benefit
solutions through a broad portfolio of integrated health care plans and
related services, along with a wide range of specialty products such as life
and disability insurance benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental,
vision, behavioral health benefit services, as well as long term care
insurance and flexible spending accounts. Headquartered in Indianapolis,
Indiana, WellPoint is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue
Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for
California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the
Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, New York (as Blue Cross Blue Shield
in 10 New York City metropolitan and surrounding counties and as Blue Cross or
Blue Cross Blue Shield in selected upstate counties only), Ohio, Virginia
(excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and
through UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at
www.wellpoint.com.
SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.

Investor Relations: Michael Kleinman, +1-317-488-6713, or Media: Shannon
Troughton, +1-317-488-6789, both of WellPoint, Inc.