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, who was most recently chief executive of UnitedHealth’s Medicare division, will become CEO of the UnitedHealthcare business, the company said in an emailed statement.
Thompson was fatally shot in New York outside the company’s investor conference last month. The killing set off a dayslong manhunt and raised security concerns across the business world. The outcry about health insurance practices that followed the shooting boosted scrutiny on UnitedHealth and ...
