arter ed ▁in ▁Harris burg , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁United ▁States . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁dent al ▁ins ur ers ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁The ▁company ▁currently ▁ins ures ▁more ▁than ▁ 8 . 9 ▁million ▁members ▁world wide . ▁The ▁corpor ation ▁also ▁oper ates ▁regional ▁offices ▁covering ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁Pennsylvania , ▁Maryland , ▁Virginia , ▁North ▁Carolina , ▁Alabama , ▁Florida , ▁Georgia , ▁Michigan , ▁New ▁York , ▁California , ▁Washington , ▁Oregon , ▁Arizona , ▁New ▁Mexico , ▁Colorado , ▁and ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Company ▁history ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁Comp an ies , ▁Inc . ▁( “ U CC I ” ) ▁was ▁originally ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Pennsylvania ▁Blue ▁Sh ield . ▁ ▁The ▁company ▁was ▁established ▁as ▁a ▁wh olly ▁owned ▁subs idi ary ▁of ▁High mark ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁Over ▁time , ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁acquired , ▁and ▁today ▁oper ates , ▁eleven ▁subs idi ary ▁companies ▁lic ensed ▁to ▁trans act ▁health ▁ins urance ▁and / or ▁dent al ▁managed ▁care ▁in ▁all ▁ 5 0 ▁states , ▁the ▁District ▁of ▁Columbia , ▁Gu am ▁and ▁Puerto ▁Rico . ▁ ▁United ▁Con cord ia ▁also ▁maintain s ▁third ▁party ▁administrator ▁lic enses ▁and ▁util ization ▁review ▁agent ▁cert ifications ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁states . ▁ ▁These ▁lic enses ▁support ▁United ▁Con cord ia ' s ▁fully ▁ins ured ▁group ▁and ▁individual ▁dent al ▁products ▁and ▁permit ▁it ▁to ▁admin ister