Pie chart with dollar image With about 79% of private employers with 500 or more employees self-funding their health-care benefits, Verily is betting it can grab a piece of a very large pie. (Image: Shutterstock)

(Bloomberg) –Verily, the Alphabet Inc. life sciences unit that's previously targeted mosquito-borne illness and launched Covid-19 testing programs, is getting into the health insurance business.

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