{"id":134411,"date":"2024-12-07T17:08:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134411"},"modified":"2024-12-07T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T10:08:49","slug":"companies-step-up-security-in-wake-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134411","title":{"rendered":"Companies step up security in wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO killing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\">New York<\/span><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rca5000m26qk80mw4yac@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Companies are closing headquarters, scrubbing their websites of top executives\u2019 photographs and increasing<em> <\/em>armed security details for key leaders following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/us\/live-news\/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-news-12-6-24\/index.html\">the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup00063b6m52px4fy0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Health insurer Medica temporarily closed its Minnetonka, Minnesota, headquarters as a safety precaution, a spokesperson told CNN. \u201cWe closed the HQ out of an abundance of caution following the shooting\u201d of Thompson, the spokesperson said in an email.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup00083b6mg9bgs6i4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CVS and other health care companies have removed photographs of CEOs and other executive leaders from their websites after Thompson\u2019s killing early Wednesday morning outside a hotel in midtown Manhattan.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rfzh00003b6m3xdak2vx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It\u2019s 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.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup00093b6mo1gkal1x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe reach-out from companies in the last two days has been very urgent,\u201d Glen Kucera, the head of Allied Universal\u2019s enhanced protection services unit, told CNN. \u201cIt\u2019s been eye-opening to a lot of companies in how they go about protecting their executives.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5wcwz000v3b6mqam4qcf9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A manhunt is underway for the shooter. The words <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/05\/us\/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killed-what-we-know-hnk\/index.html\">\u201cdelay\u201d and \u201cdepose\u201d<\/a> were found on a live round and shell casing, according to law enforcement sources. The killing has unleashed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/06\/business\/insurance-claim-denials-unitedhealthcare-ceo\/index.html\">a flurry of rage and frustration<\/a> from social media users over denials of their medical claims.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000b3b6mkl2swaib@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Kucera said companies have taken a variety of measures since the killing. Some are asking for armed security personnel for executives as they travel and commute to work<em> <\/em>from their homes. Other companies are stepping up their monitoring of threats on social media platforms.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d60nnj00113b6msmf8lh2i@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Some of these measures are short-term, but Kucera expects a permanent impact from the killing. Investors and companies\u2019 boards of directors will demand more periodic risk assessments for high-risk executives, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000d3b6m7nyh1uxm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dozens of companies have expanded armed security protection for C-suite executives, including permanent security presences, in response to the killing, said Dale Buckner, the CEO of Global Guardian, which provides executive protection for a wide range of industries. Buckner said that in the first several hours following the shooting, 47 companies contacted Global Guardian requesting additional executive security.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000e3b6msgctd7fs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThis is a bellwether moment and a shift,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000f3b6m1sztpgyn@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Buckner said that executives often travel with armed security protection when they go overseas, but such security details have been growing in the United States in recent years. Around-the-clock armed security personnel at executives\u2019 homes has also been increasing.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000g3b6mif8vzl1s@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After the attack, UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare, laid out security plans for employees.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000h3b6mf9u24uod@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe\u2019re ensuring the safety, security and wellbeing of our employees,\u201d said Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Group, in an email sent to employees on Thursday and obtained by CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000i3b6m4py82000@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The health insurance company is fully cooperating with law enforcement as the search for the shooter continues, the email said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000j3b6myqz39hr6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cSeveral support mechanisms\u201d are being put in place for employees, Witty said. \u201cWe have increased security at our campuses in Minnesota, in addition to sites in Washington, DC, and New York City areas.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000k3b6m6wfxox34@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            That includes temporarily barring visitors from entering administrative campuses, he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d7c7zc00003b6mvu5gxoq1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            As an added precaution, some health insurance companies have made their executive staff less visible on their sites.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d7jciv000d3b6m2m3zpkq5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Like UnitedHealthcare, which removed its executive page, Elevance Health, the parent company of Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield and affiliated plans, removed a page listing senior leadership on Friday. That\u2019s according to nonprofit internet archive Wayback Machine, which documents when web URLs are removed or instructed to redirect users to a different page. Elevance Health<em> <\/em>did not respond to CNN\u2019s request for a comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d7p7t3000i3b6muasb8spi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CVS, which owns Aetna, told CNN it removed photos of executives after the UnitedHealth CEO\u2019s killing, but it left many of their bios up. CVS declined to comment further.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4dbpgcr00013b6mtyysr5n2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Centete opted for the same move, though it\u2019s not clear when it decided to remove photos of executives between Friday and two months ago, when photos of executives were last documented as being on the page, according to Wayback Machine records. The company didn\u2019t respond to CNN\u2019s request for a comment.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d7fj2r000a3b6m3cc3rxg7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Still, even as health insurance companies removed information about executives from their sites, many executives kept their names, titles and photos up on other sites like LinkedIn as well as in press releases.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d8a2gw000o3b6mr1x9ztls@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In many cases, it will likely be impossible for these figures to entirely remove their digital footprint and association with their employers, given that many have had numerous public speaking engagements as well as television interviews posted online.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4d5rzup000l3b6mh1bdsmr3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>CNN\u2019s Chris Isidore, Karina Tsui, Mark Morales, Brynn Gingras and John Miller contributed to this article.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/07\/business\/executive-security-unitedhealthcare\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 Companies are closing headquarters, scrubbing their websites of top executives\u2019 photographs and increasing armed security details for key leaders following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134411\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}