Wellpoint Chairman To Retire, CEO To Lead Board

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February 3, 2010 Wednesday 6:33 AM EST

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HEADLINE: WellPoint chairman to retire, CEO to lead board

BYLINE: Simon Kennedy

LONDON (MarketWatch) — Health benefits company WellPoint Inc. (wlp) said Wednesday that its Chairman Larry Glasscock will retire effective March 1. The company said President and CEO Angela Braly will be appointed as chair of the board from that date. Braly has been CEO since 2007, before that she was an executive vice president at the group. Glasscock has been chairman since November 2005 and served as president and CEO from 1999 to 2007.

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