The Dec. 4 murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson brought back into the public spotlight advocates of socialized medicine.

UnitedHealthcare named Tim Noel as the company's new CEO on Thursday after the former one, Brian Thompson, was killed in Manhattan in December.

UnitedHealthcare has a new chief executive seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in New York City.

Following the brutal killing of former UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, recent developments have revealed that UnitedHealth has eventually appointed a new CEO.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. promoted the head of its Medicare health plan business to lead the company’s broader insurance division, filling the job previously held by slain executive Brian Thompson. Tim Noel,

Shares in the insurance provider dropped after the firm disclosed its first earnings report since the shocking assassination of Brian Thompson, its insurance branch’s chief executive.

The company said Thursday that Tim Noel will be CEO of UnitedHealthcare, replacing Brian Thompson, who was killed in New York City in December.

The new CEO of Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare takes the helm of a company whose former leader was killed in December.

Nearly two months after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, UnitedHealth Group named its new leader, Tim Noel.

UnitedHealth Group (UNH) announced a new chief executive officer for its health insurance unit, UnitedHealthcare, Thursday, filling the role after Brian Thompson was shot to death last month in New York City.

UnitedHealthcare named Tim Noel as its new chief executive after the killing of Brian Thompson on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk in December. Noel has been serving as head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare.