The brazen killing of Thompson on Dec. 4 ignited a broad conversation about the frustrations of navigating the US healthcare system.

The new CEO of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare takes the helm of a company whose former leader was killed in December.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. promoted the head of its Medicare health plan business to lead the company’s broader insurance division, filling the job previously held by slain executive Brian Thompson. Tim Noel,

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

The company said Thursday that Tim Noel will be CEO of UnitedHealthcare, replacing Brian Thompson, who was killed in New York City in December.

UnitedHealthcare named Tim Noel as its new chief executive after the killing of Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk in December. Noel has been serving as head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare.

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

UnitedHealth Group named Tim Noel the new CEO of the company's insurance division, UnitedHealthcare, after the targeted killing of former CEO Brian Thompson.

UnitedHealthcare names new CEO after Brian Thompson’s murder - Company veteran Tim Noel will take the position after Thompson was fatally gunned down in New York street in December

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 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.