Anthem Annual Report Wins Gold in International Competition

Anthem Annual Report Wins Gold in International Competition 


INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 21  /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Inc.'s 2003 summary annual
report has won a gold award at the 18th Annual International ARC Awards -- the
world's largest and most respected annual report competition.  This is the
second consecutive year that Anthem has been internationally recognized, having
won a silver award for its 2002 annual report.

The ARC Awards honor overall excellence in annual reports.  Panels of
international judges -- top-level investor relations executives, financial
executives, writers, designers and photographers from agencies and corporations
-- selected winners from nearly 1,800 entries submitted by some 800 different
companies from 24 countries.  In addition to gold awards, companies could
receive silver, bronze and honors awards.  Criteria used to choose winners
include cover and inside design, writing, financial presentation and how well
the spirit of the company is reflected in the annual report.

"The theme of our 2003 summary annual report is 'A Time for Quality.' We're
pleased that our efforts to communicate clearly and through creative design how
Anthem delivers quality to our members, communities and the medical
professionals with whom we collaborate has been recognized for its own
quality," said Anthem Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Larry
Glasscock.

The ARC Awards are sponsored by Mercomm, Inc., the world's only independent
awards organization founded with the mission to advance the standards of
excellence in the fields of corporate communications.  The ARC Awards are
considered the most highly respected and prestigious by peers in the industry.

Anthem's mission is to improve the health of the people it serves. Anthem, Inc.
is an Indiana-domiciled publicly traded company that, through its subsidiary
companies, provides health care benefits to more than 12.6 million people. 
Anthem is the fourth 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. More
information about Anthem is available at http://www.anthem.com/ . 

DATASOURCE: Anthem Inc.



CONTACT:  Deborah New of Anthem Inc., [phone]



Web site:  http://www.anthem.com/ 

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