Anthem, Inc. Announces Appearance at Upcoming Conferences.

Business Editors

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2003

Anthem, Inc. (NYSE: ATH), today announced that senior management is scheduled to appear at the following conferences:

Lehman Brothers 6th Annual Global Healthcare Conference on March 4, 2003. The presentation is expected to begin at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All interested parties are invited to listen to this presentation on the Internet by visiting www.anthem.com and selecting the Investor Relations link.

Raymond James & Associates 24th Annual Institutional Investors Conference on March 5, 2003. The presentation is expected to begin at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. All interested parties are invited to listen to this presentation on the Internet by visiting www.anthem.com and selecting the Investor Relations link.

Anthem, Inc. is an Indiana-domiciled publicly traded company that, through its subsidiary companies, provides health care benefits to more than 11 million people. Anthem is the fifth largest publicly traded health benefits company in the United States and an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. Anthem is the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Colorado, Nevada, Maine and Virginia, excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. As of December 31, 2002, Anthem had assets of $12.3 billion and operating revenue of $13.0 billion. More information about Anthem is available at www.anthem.com.