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Company Intelligence Reprinted from HEALTH PLAN WEEK, the industry's leading source of business, financial and regulatory news of health plans, PPOs, and POS plans. Most Blues Plans Far Exceed Required Risk-Based Capital (RBC) Levels Blues Plans in Competitive Markets Total Capital in 2008 Required Capital (100% RBC) Percentage of Required RBC Excess Cash Over 575% of RBC Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona $653,272,596 $41,737,311 1,565% $413,283,058 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida $2,239,737,709 $260,037,895 861% $744,519,813 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City $550,145,736 $60,562,085 908% $201,913,747 Blue Cross and Blue Shield or Kansas $572,836,193 $58,475,904 980% $236,599,745 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana $764,455,286 $79,278,051 964% $308,606,493 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina $1,451,983,480 $154,198,769 942% $565,340,558 Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania $562,619,175 $78,510,190 717% $111,185,583 Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island $414,834,748 $55,857,112 743% $93,656,354 BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina $1,482,188,159 $166,326,814 891% $525,808,979 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee $903,888,939 $101,394,383 891% $320,871,237 Blue Shield of California $2,397,761,000 $222,687,000 1,077% $1,117,310,750 Capital BlueCross $1,023,630,531 $151,155,630 677% $154,485,659 CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (D.C., Md. and Va.) $1,490,740,822 $214,974,228 693% $254,639,011 Health Care Service Corp. (Ill., N.M., Texas and Okla.) $6,204,885,495 $599,591,325 1,035% $2,757,235,376 Highmark Inc. $3,821,302,589 $631,251,049 605% $191,609,057 Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield $1,689,297,770 $331,639,148 509% -$217,627,331 Independence Blue Cross $2,946,403,027 $811,818,977 363% -$1,721,556,091 SOURCE: Oppenheimer & Co. based on statutory filings. April 2009.