The Oracle of Omaha just took a $1.6 billion stake in the battered healthcare giant, sending shares soaring 9% after hours.

Health-insurance giant said it was making a number of governance changes, including the appointment of a new lead independent ...

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UnitedHealth Group shares popped Friday after Berkshire Hathaway announced it purchased 5 million shares of the insurance giant.

Year to date, the stock has fallen by nearly 45%, which is by no means normal for the healthcare stock. In fact, this is the worst it has performed since the Great Recession, when it tumbled by more ...

Chairman Stephen Hemsley will become CEO, effective immediately, the Minnesota company said. Hemsley was UnitedHealth Group CEO from 2006 to 2017. He will remain chairman of the company’s board.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. and other health insurers have been preparing for the health care overhaul for a few years now, but the massive law's future is clouded by next month's presidential ...

A month later, CEO Andrew Witty abruptly resigned for unspecified personal reasons, and former CEO Stephen Hemsley returned to the job. The stock plummeted again.

UnitedHealth Group said on Thursday it will replace its finance chief John Rex with an external hire, Wayne DeVeydt, adding ...

“UnitedHealth Group has embarked on a rigorous path back to being a high-performing company fully serving the health needs of individuals and society broadly,” CEO Stephen Hemsley said in a ...

UnitedHealth Group plans to exit most of its exchange markets by next year, according to CEO and President Stephen Hemsley, in prepared remarks for a first quarter earnings call Tuesday morning. "Next ...