UnitedHealth ordered to pay $165M for deceiving costumers

Jan. 7—BOSTON — UnitedHealth Insurance and affiliated companies were ordered to pay $165 million in restitution for engaging in deceptive sales schemes against Massachusetts residents, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell announced.

Campbell said Monday her office has obtained a favorable order from Suffolk Superior Court against three UnitedHealth insurance companies, HealthMarkets, Inc. and its subsidiaries, The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company, and HealthMarkets Insurance Agency, Inc. f/k/a Insphere Insurance Solutions, Inc., requiring them to pay over $50 million in restitution for Massachusetts consumers and over $115 million in civil penalties for misleading consumers. Each of the defendants is owned by UnitedHealth Group, she said.

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