- Some health insurance companies are removing executive bios from their websites.
- The deletions came after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
- CVS Health and BlueCross Blue Shield are among those who have removed executive bios.
Some health insurance companies have removed executive leadership bios from their websites after the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Thompson died on Wednesday after a gunman shot him outside a Hilton hotel in New York City. Thompson was scheduled to speak at the company’s investor conference.
The New York Police Department said the shooting appeared to be “a brazen, targeted attack.” Police say the gunman left the scene on foot before using an electric bike. The gunman remains at large.
As of Friday, the “Our leadership” section on UnitedHealthcare’s “About Us” page is no longer accessible. Clicking on the link through Google will redirect to the company’s homepage. An archive of the page shows that the leadership section was publicly visible as recently as Wednesday.
UnitedHealthcare
When asked for comment, a UnitedHealthcare representative pointed Business Insider toward two separate statements published this week regarding Thompson’s death. Neither addressed the removal of the leadership page on its website.
UnitedHealthcare’s parent company, UnitedHealth Group, appears to have followed suit.
Following links to UnitedHealth Group’s “Our Leaders” and “Board of Directors” pages from Google now read “Page Not Found.” An archive link shows that the leadership section was visible as recently as Tuesday.
UnitedHealth Group
Blue Cross and Blue Shield, another major American health insurance company, also appeared to have removed the executive bio section from its website. An archive link for the company’s site shows that its “Our Leadership” section was visible earlier this year. However, it’s inaccessible at the time of writing.
Some of Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s regional offices, including its Massachusetts branch, have also made their leadership web pages inaccessible to the public.
Clicking on a link to the “Company Leadership” page for the Massachusetts branch through Google will now lead to the message: “You are not authorized to access this page.”
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Medica, which provides health insurance plans in states like Iowa and Minnesota, confirmed to BI that it had removed its leadership page.
“The safety of Medica employees is our top priority and we have increased security for all of our employees,” the statement read. “Although we have received no specific threats related to our campuses, our office buildings will be temporarily closed out of an abundance of caution.”
Other companies like CVS Health still have executive leadership bios on their websites but have removed photos. A representative from CVS Health confirmed the decision to BI, but had no additional comment.
Centene also appeared to have removed photos of its top executives. An archive of the “Executive Leadership” page shows that photos were visible in September.
Representatives for UnitedHealth Group, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.
