Topic: UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Managed care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. wrapped up 2009 with a third-straight quarterly profit increase, but it starts 2010 still hampered by high unemployment, which hurts its biggest insurance segment. The Minnetonka, Minn., insurer said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose 30 percent, due in part to premium increases and ...
Managed care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. reported a 30 percent jump in fourth-quarter profit Thursday, due in part to a big legal charge it took in the last quarter of 2008. The Minnetonka, Minn., insurer also said its commercial enrollment losses have slowed, and its Medicare and Medicaid businesses grew by ...
Managed care company UnitedHealth Group Inc. saw its third-quarter profit jump 13 percent, as growth in several businesses helped balance another enrollment decline and fight off a touch of swine flu. The Minnetonka, Minn.-based insurer said Tuesday it also saw revenue rise 8 percent, with enrollment in its Medicare ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - UnitedHealth Group Inc <UNH.N> posted stronger-than-expected second-quarter profit on Tuesday, helped by growth in the insurer's plans for elderly and low-income Americans and in its drug benefit business, and its shares rose 2 percent. The largest U.S. health insurer by market value also held down administrative costs better than analysts ...
UnitedHealth Group Inc. topped analyst expectations when it reported a slightly smaller first-quarter profit Tuesday, but company leaders say the sour economy is offsetting some of the gains the health insurer made. Declining enrollment in employer-sponsored plans and rising enrollment in less-profitable government-sponsored and senior plans also ...
Humana Inc. said Wednesday it expects to lose 308,000 Medicare and Medicaid prescription drug members after raising its price, and Wall Street applauded the move — and said another health insurer could follow suit. Late Tuesday, Humana disclosed that it expects to lose all its auto-assigned members eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid on Jan. 1, because its prices were ...
