Tim Noel is the new UnitedHealthcare CEO following the Dec. 4 targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan.

UnitedHealthcare has named a new CEO, after the December shooting death of former CEO Brian Thompson in New York City.

UnitedHealth Group has tapped Tim Noel to be CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the company announced Thursday. The appointment of a new leader for the insurance subsidiary comes seven weeks after the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson ahead of a company event in New York last month. Thompson had been UnitedHealthcare CEO since 2021.

UnitedHealthcare has a new chief executive seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City.

UnitedHealthcare has appointed Tim Noel, a long-standing company veteran, as its new CEO, following the tragic killing of former top executive Brian Thompson in December. The announcement comes at a time of heightened scrutiny of the US healthcare industry, with renewed debates on systemic reform and rising operational costs.

UnitedHealthcare named company veteran Tim Noel as its CEO, seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was killed in New York. Noel joined the company in 2007 and was most recently the head of its Medicare and retirement unit,

Company veteran Tim Noel will take the position after Thompson was fatally gunned down in New York street in December

The largest U.S. insurer promoted company executive Tim Noel to replace Thompson, whose death sparked a national outcry over the health care industry.