Established in 1946 in Greenville, SC, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina is a mutual insurance company now headquartered in Columbia, SC. We have major offices in Columbia, Florence, Surfside Beach, Greenville, Charleston and Camden, SC; Dallas, Texas; Columbus, Ohio and Augusta, GA – all serving multiple lines of business. The BlueCross BlueShield division of the company offers health insurance to individuals and small groups. It also provides administrative services for larger, self-funded group health plans in South Carolina. We offer individual insurance and small group plans (Blue SpectrumSM), large group insured health plans and administrative services only, Medicare supplements, Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription plans. Subsidiary companies offer products related to other types of insurance, such as property, life and mental health and substance abuse benefits. The largest subsidiaries administer federal Medicare contracts. Some subsidiaries are technology-focused. One enables other companies to outsource their claims processing to BlueCross’ data center. Another markets swipe card technology to the health care industry. For all lines of business, 850 million claims and 13.4 billion transactions were processed in 2009. The only South Carolina-owned and operated health insurance carrier, BlueCross is a major supporter of community and charitable causes in all of its locations. It supports health care related research, education and service in South Carolina through the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina Foundation. BlueCross is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. In December of 2009, A.M. Best reaffirmed our financial rating of A+ (Superior). For the latest rating, access www.AMBest.com.
