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

UnitedHealthcare named a company veteran, Tim Noel, as its CEO seven weeks after former CEO Brian Thompson was killed in New York. Noel joined the company in 2007 and was most recently the head of its Medicare and retirement unit,

The company is still reeling from the murder of Thompson, which unleashed a torrent of pent-up anger and resentment toward the insurance industry.

UnitedHealth Group on Thursday announced that a longtime employee in the company has been named the new leader of its health insurance arm, nearly two months after the killing of former CEO Brian Thompson.

Nearly two months after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in New York City in a targeted attack, the company has named its new leader.

Company veteran Tim Noel will take the position after Thompson was fatally gunned down in New York street in December

The largest U.S. insurer promoted company executive Tim Noel to replace Thompson, whose death sparked a national outcry over the health care industry.