Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO David Klein will retire at the end of this year.
The health care company made the announcement Tuesday. Klein’s replacement will be named in April.
As CEO of Excellus BCBS and its parent organization the Lifetime Healthcare Companies, Klein oversees a $5.6 billion enterprise that provides health insurance coverage to more than 1.8 million people.
He joined Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in 1972 as a senior sales and marketing executive before climbing the ladder to his current position as CEO in 2003.
The full announcement is contained in a press release on the Excellus BCBS website.