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5 December 2024Insurance

Insurance CEO shot dead in New York in ‘targeted attack’

Brian Thompson, the chief executive officer (CEO) of US insurer UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot by a masked gunman outside the Hilton Midtown in Manhattan early Wednesday (December 4) in what police are calling a “pre-planned, targeted attack”.

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