Gary St. Hilaire (Credit: Capital Blue Cross)
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey has picked Gary St. Hilaire to succeed Kevin Conlin as the company's next president and chief executive officer.
Conlin, who is now the Newark, New Jersey-based carrier's chairman, president and CEO, will continue to be the company's chairman, Horizon Blue said today.
St. Hilaire has been the president of Capital Blue Cross in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania since 2010.
Capital Blue provides health coverage for about 1 million people in central and eastern Pennsylvania.
Horizon Blue provides coverage for about 3.8 million people and says it wants to shift from a nonprofit charitable health insurance company charter to a not-for-profit mutual holding company charter.
