Tim Noel is the new UnitedHealthcare CEO following the Dec. 4 targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan.

Noel was the head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S. and the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group.

The health insurer named Tim Noel, a longtime employee of its parent company, for the job. The previous chief executive, Brian Thompson, was killed in Manhattan.

UnitedHealthcare announced it has a new CEO earlier this week, almost two months after former CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan.   The health insurance giant’s new CEO is

But high medical costs contributed to results that disappointed Wall Street, and the company’s stock fell on the news that it had made less than analysts expected.

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

Thompson was killed while walking to an investor meeting in midtown Manhattan ... Shareholders appeared unconcerned with UnitedHealth Group Incorporated's ( NYSE:UNH ) lackluster earnings report ...

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

UnitedHealth Group is facing a staggering loss in its market value following the former CEO’s sudden murder. The shocking assassination of Brian Thompson last December took the world by storm as all eyes focused on Luigi Mangione — the man who was allegedly responsible for gunning him down.

UnitedHealth Group said veteran internal executive Tim Noel will succeed the late Brian Thompson as CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurance company.

After UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot to death in December, law enforcement records show a burst of police activity at the homes of health executives.

"By now everyone in America knows that we’re paying too much for healthcare and that millions of Americans either cannot afford it or struggle to pay for it. The prohibitive