The recent murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could further intensify these concerns. Executive recruiters, board members, and current CEOs privately acknowledged to me that the incident might deter highly qualified candidates from aspiring to the CEO position, particularly at polariz...
Kucera adds that CEOs and other C-suite members may also have less of a say over having security, if the board and investors are concerned about their safety. “There are certain CEOs that say, ‘I don’t want [security], I’m not that person. I don’t want somebody with me,...
This week, after the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, our social media feeds, along with articles on countless news outlets, have been filled with opinions about the state of healthcare in the U.S. On Friday, an unlikely individual, Andrew Witty, CEO of UnitedHealth Grou...
Just over a quarter of the companies in the Fortune 500 reported spending money to protect their CEOs and top executives. Of those, the median payment for personal security doubled over the last three years to just under $100,000. Hours after the shooting, Komendat was on a call wi...
In health care, Cigna, Humana and UHG disclose such benefits in their proxy statements for their CEOs. Vaccine makers Moderna and Pfizer in 2023 revealed that they each had spent upwards of $1 million on executive security for their CEOs. In a proxy filing two days before the shooting, Walg...
toward the end, she communicated by blinking when he showed her pictures. the family had to rely on donations from a local als group, he said. “the business model for insurance is don’t pay,” said anderson, 67, of centerville, ohio. “...
Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a hotel, where UnitedHealthcare’s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, was holding its annual investor conference, police said. UnitedHealth Group thanked law enforcement in a statement. “Our hope i...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg passes media and a protester as he arrives for a closed-door gathering of leading tech CEOs to discuss the priorities and risks surrounding artificial intelligence, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sept. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File) In many companies,...
“These things weigh on all of us who work in health care, and especially those of you who live it on a daily basis.” He encouraged the health care leaders to remember why they chose the work that they do and the impact they have on people’s li...
president of the enhanced protection services division at Allied, a security services company,.“If it was motivated by the business that they’re in, the health care business, or anything that could be related, then certainly that’s a wake-up call to a lot of CEOs and ...