Healthcare industry rethinks risk

Experts say companies will consider increasing physical security.

Sign up for Reuters newsletters One Essential Read One Essential Read Recommended by Edson Caldas, Newsletter Editor Murder of exec prompts risk reassessment   Law enforcement officers stand near the scene where Brian Thompson was killed in Midtown Manhattan. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton New York police are scouring surveillance videos and asking the public for help in their search for the masked assailant who gunned down a UnitedHealth executive in Midtown Manhattan this week. Meanwhile, health insurance companies are reassessing the risks for their top executives. Both UnitedHealth and rival CVS Health removed photos of their leadership teams from their websites after the shooting. Brian Thompson was killed in an attack police called targeted as he was about to enter the Hilton hotel for the company's annual investor conference. Read the full article Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on Reuters.com Reuters One Essential Read is sent three days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement © 2024 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved. 3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036