Major insurers make drastic change as they ramp up security measures after brazen shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson [Video]

01:59 EST 06 Dec 2024, updated 11:14 EST 06 Dec 2024

Health insurance companies have started removing images of their leadership teams from their websites following the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. 

The 50-year-old was murdered on Wednesday morning when a masked gunman unloaded several rounds outside of the Hilton Hotel in Midtown, Manhattan. 

Thompson was named UnitedHealthcare CEO in 2021 and earned a reported $10 million a year, and for several years prior he ran the Medicare business within UnitedHealthcare.

His company took down his image and other executives’ photos on Wednesday, while CVS Health removed pictures of all of their top executives on Thursday. 

Robert D’Amico, founder of Sierra One Consulting who has previously worked for the FBI, said the removal showed they had been listening to security experts. 

D’Amico said: ‘These companies are hearing what experts like me have been saying about how easy it is to identify and then find their executives.’

Glen Kucera, president …