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Company type | Non-Profit, Private company |
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Industry | Insurance and Healthcare Solutions |
Founded | April 27, 1944Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | in
Headquarters | , U.S. |
Key people | Patrick J. Geraghty (
President and
CEO) Thurman Justice ( CFO) Charles Joseph ( General Counsel) Gary Anderson ( CIO) |
Products | Health Insurance |
Revenue | US$30 billion [1] (2022) |
US$1 billion [2] (2018) | |
Number of employees | ~18,000 [3] (2023) |
GuideWell, formally GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (holding company for Florida Blue), is a mutual insurance holding company primarily focused on health insurance in Florida. It was created in 2013 by a reorganization initiated by Florida Blue, a member company of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. [4] By health insurance premiums written, it is 10th largest in providing health insurance in the United States with about $15b in health insurance sales. [5]: 70
It originally formed out of Florida Hospital Service Corporation founded in 1944, which became Blue Cross of Florida, and Florida Medical Services Corporation in 1946, which became Blue Shield of Florida.[ citation needed] These merged in 1980 into Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, [6] which was renamed Florida Blue in 2012. [7]
The holding company controls corporations operating in insurance, health care providers, consumerism, and government. [8]