The Top 25 Health Insurance Companies
The largest U.S. health insurers collected some $650 billion in premiums in 2009, the latest year for which data were available in early 2011. The top 25, ranked below by market share, accounted for nearly two-thirds of the total. Data were provided by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, whose members direct the state agencies that license insurance companies.
| Rank | Insurer |
|---|---|
#1 |
Unitedhealth Group |
#2 |
Wellpoint Inc. Group |
#3 |
Kaiser Foundation Group |
#4 |
Aetna Group |
#5 |
Humana Group |
#6 |
HCSC Group |
#7 |
Coventry Corp. Group |
#8 |
Highmark Group |
#9 |
Independence Blue Cross Group |
#10 |
Blue Shield of CA Group |
#11 |
Cigna Health Group |
#12 |
BCBS of MI Group |
#13 |
Health Net of California, Inc. |
#14 |
BCBS of NJ Group |
#15 |
BCBS of FL Group |
#16 |
Regence Group |
#17 |
BCBS of MA Group |
#18 |
Carefirst Inc. Group |
#19 |
Wellcare Group |
#20 |
HIP Ins. Group |
#21 |
Metropolitan Group |
#22 |
Unumprovident Corp. Group |
#23 |
Universal Amer Fin Corp. Group |
#24 |
Lifetime Healthcare Group |
#25 |
BCBS of NC Group |
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