Florida Blue, the state’s Blue Cross Blue Shield plan, has been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s 2021 Best Large Employers.

Forbes’ list of the top 500 large employers is broken down by industry and location. Florida Blue (ranked 45th overall) was the highest ranked large employer in the Insurance industry category. The second highest insurance company in the category was ranked no. 275.

Within Florida, more than a dozen large organizations made this year’s list, with Florida Blue ranking third of those companies that have headquarters in the state behind two of Florida’s travel and leisure leaders.

Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to anonymously survey 50,000 Americans working for U.S. businesses with at least 1,000 employees. The respondents were asked to rate how likely they’d be to recommend their employer to others and to nominate organizations other than their own.

According to Forbes, in addition to individual employee recommendations and nominations, each participant evaluated their employer on 24 criteria. These drivers provided a unique perspective of the employer and enabled Forbes to evaluate the companies on more generalized criterial, such as work atmosphere, development opportunities and compensation.