Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS - The former chief executive of WellPoint Inc.'s predecessor company resigned Thursday from the health insurer's 17-member board of directors.
L. Ben Lytle, 59, retired from the Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. in 1999. Anthem acquired California-based WellPoint Health Networks Inc. in 2004 to become the nation's largest health insurer.
Officials said Lytle left the board to devote more time to his role as chief executive of AXIA Health Management in Tempe, Ariz.
Lytle joined the company in 1977. He was Anthem's chairman of the board until 2003 and has since been the company's chairman emeritus.
"He had the vision to help create a strategic plan more than a decade ago which focused on improving the health of the people we serve," Larry Glasscock, chairman, president and chief executive of WellPoint said in a statement. "This mission continues to guide our overall strategy yet today."
WellPoint has about 34 million members in 14 states.
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