Four health insurers earned a spot on the latest list of the 250 best-managed companies, as ranked by the Drucker Institute.
The "Management Top 250" ranking has been published annually since 2017 through a partnership between The Wall Street Journal and the Drucker Institute, which is part of Claremont (Calif.) Graduate University.
For 2024, 842 large, publicly traded companies were evaluated using 35 individual metrics across five categories: customer satisfaction, employee engagement and development, innovation, social responsibility and financial strength. Scores range from 0 to 100 with a mean of 50.
The four best-managed payers of 2024:
UnitedHealth Group
Overall rank: 105
Score: 60.9
Humana
Overall rank: 152
Score: 58
Cigna Group
Overall rank: 156
Score: 57.8
Elevance Health
Overall rank: 162
Score: 57.6