PHOENIX (Dec. 16, 2010) – UnitedHealthcare of Arizona announced it will bring together its 1,700 local employees into two Phoenix locations – the CityScape building at 1 East Washington St. and the Liberty Cotton Center at 4425 E. Cotton Center Blvd.

The move will consolidate UnitedHealthcare's six existing office locations in the Phoenix area, bringing employees together to increase collaboration and efficiency and helping revitalize the important downtown business district. As one of the state's largest health and well-being companies serving more than 1.2 million Arizonans, UnitedHealthcare employs a broad work force in Phoenix, including senior leadership, information technology specialists, claims processors and clinical teams.

"This relocation reinforces UnitedHealthcare's commitment to this region as both an employer and community partner," said Benton Davis, CEO-Western States, UnitedHealthcare. "Moving our office to downtown Phoenix has long been our preference, and we are proud to further contribute to the city's development efforts."

About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare provides a full spectrum of consumer-oriented health benefit plans and services to individuals, public sector employers and businesses of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. The company organizes access to quality, affordable health care services on behalf of approximately 25 million individual consumers, contracting directly with more than 650,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000 hospitals to offer them broad, convenient access to services nationwide. UnitedHealthcare is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.