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Golden Rule Insurance Company

Logo: uhone.com3

American private health insurance company

Golden Rule Insurance Company, based in Indianapolis, is a provider of short-term personal health insurance plans in the United States. It has been a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group since November 2003. The company was named after the Golden Rule.2 It was founded by J. Patrick Rooney.1 Its chief executive is Patrick F. Carr (since 2012).1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1940Founded1
  • Industryhealth insurance, insurance industry1
  • HeadquartersIndianapolis1
  • Founded inLawrenceville1
  • Websitewww.uhone.com

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Golden Rule Insurance Company, based in Indianapolis, is a provider of short-term personal health insurance plans in the United States. It has been a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group since November 2003. The company was named after the Golden Rule.2

Corporate structure

Golden Rule Insurance Company is part of a group headed by UnitedHealth Group. 27 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • Golden Rule Insurance Company Indianapolis
    • Quality Software Services Subsidiary · Columbia, Maryland, United States
    • ARIZONA PHYSICIANS IPA, INC. Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    • Collaborative Care Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OPTUM BANK, INC. Subsidiary · Draper, Utah, United States
    • Optum Technology, LLC Subsidiary · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
    • Optum, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OptumHealth Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OptumRx Administrative Services, LLC Subsidiary · Texas, United States
    • OptumRx Group Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OptumRx Holdings I, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Oxford Health Insurance, Incorporated Subsidiary · Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • OXFORD HEALTH PLANS (NY), INC. Subsidiary · Shelton, Connecticut, United States
    • Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. Subsidiary · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
    • UHC of California Subsidiary · Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • UHIC Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Unimerica Life Insurance Company of New York Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • United Behavioral Health Subsidiary · San Francisco, California, United States
    • United HealthCare Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY PLAN, INC. Subsidiary · Southfield, Michigan, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
      • UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company - AARP CT Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • UnitedHealthCare of Alabama, Inc. Subsidiary · Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF NEW YORK, INC. Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • UnitedHealthcare, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by J. Patrick Rooney in 1940, in Lawrenceville.1

The company was founded on November 16, 1940, by Michael Andrew Rooney in his house in Lawrenceville, Illinois.

In 1976, J. Patrick Rooney became CEO upon the death of his father. In the 1980s, he moved the company from Lawrenceville, Illinois to Indianapolis. He retired from the company in 1996.

In 1981, the company sued the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and the Illinois Department of Insurance, claiming that the ETS examination for Illinois insurance agents discriminated against members of minority groups. The parties reached a settlement.

In August 1991, the company announced that it would pay half of the tuition for 500 low-income children in Indianapolis.

The company was acquired by UnitedHealth Group in 2003.

The current CEO is Patrick Francis Carr, who started in 2012.

From Wikipedia’s article on Golden Rule Insurance Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Golden Rule Insurance Company, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Patrick F. Carr2012–now
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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 2012New chief executive Patrick F. Carr becomes CEO1
  2. 2003Acquired Acquired by UnitedHealth Group1
  3. 1940Founded Founded in Lawrenceville1

Sources

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