INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) announced today that senior management is scheduled to appear at the UBS 2006 Global Healthcare Services Conference on February 14, 2006.

The presentation is expected to begin at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. All interested parties are invited to listen to the webcast of the presentation by visiting http://www.wellpoint.com and selecting the "Investor Info" link. Following the call, a webcast replay will be available at http://www.wellpoint.com through February 28, 2006.

To listen to the live webcast, please visit WellPoint's website at least 15 minutes early to download and install any necessary audio software. Individuals who listen to the presentation will be presumed to have read WellPoint's most recent filings with the SEC, including but not limited to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the reporting periods of 2005.

About WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint, Inc. is the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in terms of membership in the United States. WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross 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 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 http://www.wellpoint.com .

SOURCE WellPoint, Inc.

CONTACT: Investor Relations: Wayne S. DeVeydt, +1-317-488-6390, or Media: James P. Kappel, +1-317-488-6400, both of WellPoint, Inc.