Companies step up security in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Companies are closing headquarters, scrubbing their websites of top executives’ photographs and increasing armed security details for key leaders following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

Companies are closing headquarters, scrubbing their websites of top executives’ photographs and increasing armed security details for key leaders following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Health insurer Medica temporarily closed its Minnetonka, Minnesota, headquarters as a safety precaution, a spokesperson told CNN. “We closed the HQ out of an abundance of caution following the shooting” of Thompson, the spokesperson said in an email. CVS and other health care companies have removed photographs of CEOs and other executive leaders from their websites after Thompson’s killing early Wednesday morning outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan. It’s common for top executives of major corporations to have personal security provided by their companies. But companies in a wide range of industries are racing to enhance security measures for executives in the wake of the killing. “The reach-out from companies in the last two days has been very urgent,” Glen Kucera, the head of Allied Universal’s enhanced protection services unit, told CNN. “It’s been eye-opening to a lot of companies in how they go about protecting their executives.” A manhunt is underway for the shooter. The words “delay” and “depose” were found on a live round and shell casing, according to law enforcement sources. The killing has unleashed a flurry of rage and frustration from social media users over denials of their medical claims.