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Top 10 health insurance companies in the US
In the US, there are a host of private healthcare insurance specialists. However, life/annuity and property/casualty insurers also write this coverage, often referred to as accident and health insurance, as outlined by the Insurance Information Institute.
In 2018, the accident and health insurance industry’s direct written premiums reached $1.1 trillion, up by 57.3% from 2009. The largest 10 insurers collectively wrote 51.8% of the total US market, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
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Based on NAIC’s 2018 data, here are the top 10 accident and health insurance groups:
1. UnitedHealth
Direct Written Premiums: $156.9 billion
Market Share: 14.2%
A diversified health and well-being company, UnitedHealth Group’s core capabilities are clinical expertise, advanced technology, and data and health information.
UnitedHealth Group serves clients and consumers in the US and more than 130 other countries through two distinct platforms: UnitedHealthcare provides healthcare coverage and benefits services, while Optum provides information and technology-enabled health services. The group invests more than $3.5 billion in technology and innovation and processes approximately 1.1 trillion transactions annually.
2. Kaiser Foundation
Direct Written Premiums: $93.2 billion
Market Share: 8.5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. operates as a non-profit healthcare organization. The organization offers allergy, audiology, cardiology, dermatology, oncology, hospice, laboratory, nephrology, occupational therapy, pain management, pediatric rehabilitation, and pharmacy services. The company serves patients in the US.
3. Anthem, Inc.
Direct Written Premiums: $67.2 billion
Market Share: 6.1%
Anthem, Inc. is a health benefits company that is committed to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. Anthem, through its affiliated companies, serves more than 78 million people, including over 41 million within its family of health plans. It aims to be the most innovative, valuable, and inclusive partner.
The group’s affiliated health plans have created various HMOs, PPOs, network-based dental products, various hybrid and specialty products, and health plan services that combine the attributes consumers find attractive with effective cost control techniques. Individual members and employer groups can select from basic and comprehensive plans to meet their specific needs. A wide range of related specialty products and other services is also available, including flexible spending accounts and COBRA administration.
4. Humana
Direct Written Premiums: $56 billion
Market Share: 5.1%
Humana’s cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by providing personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing that each person, family, and community’s healthcare needs continue to evolve, Humana creates innovative solutions and resources to help people live their healthiest lives on their terms – when and where they need it.
5. CVS
Direct Written Premiums: $55.4 billion
Market Share: 5.0%
CVS Health is a healthcare innovation company with a purpose to help people on their path to better health. Through its health services, plans, and community pharmacists, it pioneers a new approach to total health.
CVS has more than 9,800 retail locations, nearly 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a pharmacy benefits manager with about 93 million plan members, a diversified healthcare benefits company serving about 22.2 million medical members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.
6. HCSC
Direct Written Premiums: $36.9 billion
Market Share: 3.4%
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a mutual legal reserve company, is the largest customer-owned healthcare insurance company in the US. The company serves more than 16 million members across five states – Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas – and employs more than 23,000 people in over 60 local offices.
HCSC offers a wide variety of life and health insurance products and related services through its affiliates and subsidiaries, including Dearborn Group, Dental Network of America, HCSC Insurance Service Company, Medecision, Availity, Prime Therapeutics, and TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
7. Centene Corp
Direct Written Premiums: $36.3 billion
Market Share: 3.3%
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a diversified, multinational healthcare company providing a portfolio of services to government-sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on uninsured and underinsured individuals. It operates in 32 states and three international markets and has more than 15 million managed care members.
Centene operates local health plans and provides a range of health insurance solutions. Also, it contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to offer specialty services, ranging from behavioral health, dental benefits, life and health, and pharmacy benefits management to care management software, correctional healthcare services, in-home health services, managed vision, specialty pharmacy, and telehealth services.
8. Cigna Health
Direct Written Premiums: $29.3 billion
Market Share: 2.7%
Cigna Corporation is a global health service organization with more than 165 million customer and patient relationships in over 30 countries and jurisdictions. Its insurance plans and products include healthcare insurance for individuals and families, dental insurance plans, Medicare plans, Medicare supplemental plans, other supplemental insurance, and international health insurance.
9. WellCare
Direct Written Premiums: $20.5 billion
Market Share: 1.9%
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. focuses on delivering government-sponsored managed care services to individuals, families, children, and seniors with complex medical needs primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, as well as individuals in the health insurance marketplace. WellCare serves about 6.4 million members nationwide as of Sept. 30, 2019.
10. Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Direct Written Premiums: $18.5 billion
Market Share: 1.7%
Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company, exclusively focuses on government-sponsored healthcare programs for qualified individuals and families. The company contracts with state governments and serves as a health plan providing a wide range of quality healthcare services to individuals and families.
Molina provides health plans in California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico. The company also offers a Medicare product and has been selected in many states to join in dual demonstration projects to manage the care for those eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.
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Sweet Stray Dog Rescued After A Wrong Turn Still Waiting For A Home A Year LaterWhile driving to the animal shelter, Valia and Marcia took a wrong turn. It was a mistake that ended up saving Basu, a stray dog on the outskirts of Athens.
“It wasn’t me who rescued Basu, it was Marcia,” says Valia. “She had adopted Sophie [a rescue dog] a year ago from Save a Greek Stray, and she visited us from Holland this June.”
“While we were driving to the shelter, I took a wrong turn and there he was, next to the highway, wandering alone next to the cars, lost, sick and scared.”
“Living in Greece and bumping into stray dogs in every corner, hardens you to the point where you become too thick skinned to genuinely care – so if it were up to me, I probably wouldn’t have even seen the dog.”
“But Marcia comes from a country where strays are simply…not there, so the sight is clearer and her heart more pure. And she saw him. And she made me stop. She got out of the car to feed him, and this was a challenge, since once he saw her, he started walking towards the opposite direction.”
“Since he was walking between the highway and a busy street, the chances of him being too scared from the chase, and running off to the street were too high, so I got out of the car too. After a few treats the little one started wagging his tail and reluctantly getting the treats from Marcia’s hand, and it was only then when I realized that we were about to rescue a dog that a few minutes later would have been ran over by a car.”
“We took Basu to the shelter, where he was treated for leishmaniasis and trained. Basu is an excellent student, living proof that all dogs, no matter what they have been through, no matter what their past is, they can turn into everything you want them to be, if you are patient and consistent enough.”
“I thought he would be adopted in no time due to his size and his character, but I was wrong. And here we are today, a year and a half later, with Basu wasting his time at the shelter, while he could make an excellent pet dog for a family out there.”
“It’s such a shame. For Marcia and for me, Basu is a huge loose end. We just want to see him get adopted, and have a colorful life, just as he deserves.”
Watch the video below to see more of sweet Basu and contact Save a Greek Stray if you would like to adopt Basu or support them.
“It wasn’t me who rescued Basu, it was Marcia,” says Valia. “She had adopted Sophie [a rescue dog] a year ago from Save a Greek Stray, and she visited us from Holland this June.”
“Living in Greece and bumping into stray dogs in every corner, hardens you to the point where you become too thick skinned to genuinely care – so if it were up to me, I probably wouldn’t have even seen the dog.”
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“But Marcia comes from a country where strays are simply…not there, so the sight is clearer and her heart more pure. And she saw him. And she made me stop. She got out of the car to feed him, and this was a challenge, since once he saw her, he started walking towards the opposite direction.”
“We took Basu to the shelter, where he was treated for leishmaniasis and trained. Basu is an excellent student, living proof that all dogs, no matter what they have been through, no matter what their past is, they can turn into everything you want them to be, if you are patient and consistent enough.”
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“I thought he would be adopted in no time due to his size and his character, but I was wrong. And here we are today, a year and a half later, with Basu wasting his time at the shelter, while he could make an excellent pet dog for a family out there.”
“It’s such a shame. For Marcia and for me, Basu is a huge loose end. We just want to see him get adopted, and have a colorful life, just as he deserves.”
Watch the video below to see more of sweet Basu and contact Save a Greek Stray if you would like to adopt Basu or support them.
Top 10 health insurance companies in the US
In the US, there are a host of private healthcare insurance specialists. However, life/annuity and property/casualty insurers also write this coverage, often referred to as accident and health insurance, as outlined by the Insurance Information Institute.
In 2018, the accident and health insurance industry’s direct written premiums reached $1.1 trillion, up by 57.3% from 2009. The largest 10 insurers collectively wrote 51.8% of the total US market, according to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).
Listen in: Sign up for our IB Talk podcasts to get the most in-depth insurance discussions
Based on NAIC’s 2018 data, here are the top 10 accident and health insurance groups:
1. UnitedHealth
Direct Written Premiums: $156.9 billion
Market Share: 14.2%
A diversified health and well-being company, UnitedHealth Group’s core capabilities are clinical expertise, advanced technology, and data and health information.
UnitedHealth Group serves clients and consumers in the US and more than 130 other countries through two distinct platforms: UnitedHealthcare provides healthcare coverage and benefits services, while Optum provides information and technology-enabled health services. The group invests more than $3.5 billion in technology and innovation and processes approximately 1.1 trillion transactions annually.
2. Kaiser Foundation
Direct Written Premiums: $93.2 billion
Market Share: 8.5%
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. operates as a non-profit healthcare organization. The organization offers allergy, audiology, cardiology, dermatology, oncology, hospice, laboratory, nephrology, occupational therapy, pain management, pediatric rehabilitation, and pharmacy services. The company serves patients in the US.
3. Anthem, Inc.
Direct Written Premiums: $67.2 billion
Market Share: 6.1%
Anthem, Inc. is a health benefits company that is committed to improving lives and communities and making healthcare simpler. Anthem, through its affiliated companies, serves more than 78 million people, including over 41 million within its family of health plans. It aims to be the most innovative, valuable, and inclusive partner.
The group’s affiliated health plans have created various HMOs, PPOs, network-based dental products, various hybrid and specialty products, and health plan services that combine the attributes consumers find attractive with effective cost control techniques. Individual members and employer groups can select from basic and comprehensive plans to meet their specific needs. A wide range of related specialty products and other services is also available, including flexible spending accounts and COBRA administration.
4. Humana
Direct Written Premiums: $56 billion
Market Share: 5.1%
Humana’s cultural foundation is aligned to helping members achieve their best health by providing personalized, simplified, whole-person healthcare experiences. Recognizing that each person, family, and community’s healthcare needs continue to evolve, Humana creates innovative solutions and resources to help people live their healthiest lives on their terms – when and where they need it.
5. CVS
Direct Written Premiums: $55.4 billion
Market Share: 5.0%
CVS Health is a healthcare innovation company with a purpose to help people on their path to better health. Through its health services, plans, and community pharmacists, it pioneers a new approach to total health.
CVS has more than 9,800 retail locations, nearly 1,100 walk-in medical clinics, a pharmacy benefits manager with about 93 million plan members, a diversified healthcare benefits company serving about 22.2 million medical members, a dedicated senior pharmacy care business serving more than one million patients per year, expanding specialty pharmacy services, and a standalone Medicare Part D prescription drug plan.
6. HCSC
Direct Written Premiums: $36.9 billion
Market Share: 3.4%
Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), a mutual legal reserve company, is the largest customer-owned healthcare insurance company in the US. The company serves more than 16 million members across five states – Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas – and employs more than 23,000 people in over 60 local offices.
HCSC offers a wide variety of life and health insurance products and related services through its affiliates and subsidiaries, including Dearborn Group, Dental Network of America, HCSC Insurance Service Company, Medecision, Availity, Prime Therapeutics, and TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
7. Centene Corp
Direct Written Premiums: $36.3 billion
Market Share: 3.3%
Centene Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a diversified, multinational healthcare company providing a portfolio of services to government-sponsored healthcare programs, focusing on uninsured and underinsured individuals. It operates in 32 states and three international markets and has more than 15 million managed care members.
Centene operates local health plans and provides a range of health insurance solutions. Also, it contracts with other healthcare and commercial organizations to offer specialty services, ranging from behavioral health, dental benefits, life and health, and pharmacy benefits management to care management software, correctional healthcare services, in-home health services, managed vision, specialty pharmacy, and telehealth services.
8. Cigna Health
Direct Written Premiums: $29.3 billion
Market Share: 2.7%
Cigna Corporation is a global health service organization with more than 165 million customer and patient relationships in over 30 countries and jurisdictions. Its insurance plans and products include healthcare insurance for individuals and families, dental insurance plans, Medicare plans, Medicare supplemental plans, other supplemental insurance, and international health insurance.
9. WellCare
Direct Written Premiums: $20.5 billion
Market Share: 1.9%
WellCare Health Plans, Inc. focuses on delivering government-sponsored managed care services to individuals, families, children, and seniors with complex medical needs primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage and prescription drug plans, as well as individuals in the health insurance marketplace. WellCare serves about 6.4 million members nationwide as of Sept. 30, 2019.
10. Molina Healthcare, Inc.
Direct Written Premiums: $18.5 billion
Market Share: 1.7%
Molina Healthcare, a Fortune 500 company, exclusively focuses on government-sponsored healthcare programs for qualified individuals and families. The company contracts with state governments and serves as a health plan providing a wide range of quality healthcare services to individuals and families.
Molina provides health plans in California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Puerto Rico. The company also offers a Medicare product and has been selected in many states to join in dual demonstration projects to manage the care for those eligible for Medicaid and Medicare.