Q3: Top Health Insurance Company Earnings Reports

With politicians on both sides of the aisle calling for insurance reforms, health insurance companies have really been feeling the squeeze over the last few months. Between CEOs earning exorbitant salaries and news of frequent patient policy cancellations, the public, and many within the healthcare industry itself, are expressing outrage over the huge profits that health insurance companies continue to enjoy, and are increasingly casting the insurance industry as the villians in the health reform debate. 

But just how well are these companies really doing? Now that the third-quarter earnings report season is upon us, it's time to take a closer look. Which companies fared well? Which ones are merely treading water? We dug into the earnings reports of some of the largest insurers to find out more:

• UnitedHealth Group (UNH)


• WellPoint (WLP)


• Aetna (AET)


• Humana (HUM)


• AFLAC (AFL)


• Health Net (HNT)


• CIGNA (CI)