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☆ Brian Thompson didn't seem to have a bodyguard, and that surprises corporate-security consultants
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Two executive-protection consultants say they were surprised UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson didn't appear to have a bodyguard when he was shot and killed walking into a hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday — though one said it likely wouldn't have saved his life. "Basically, I don't know, a lack of coverage? I don't know details. But, he said, even if Thompson had such a security detail, it might not have stopped a motivated shooter. AdvertisementIf Thompson had been walking with a bodyguard, LaSorsa added, "and they'd both had their backs turned, they both would have been shot."

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The health insurance CEO gunned down in front of a busy New York City hotel on Wednesday didn't travel with any personal security detail, officials said, despite known threats against him. Police place bullet casing markers outside of a Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday where United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot. The slain CEO had been receiving recent threats but hadn't been altering his travel routine, according to wife Paulette Thompson. "Yes, there had been some threats," Thompson told NBC News on Wednesday. Two of UnitedHealthcare's peers, Humana and Cigna, both said in their most recent proxy statements that they provide personal security to executives.

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