Today UnitedHealthCare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed outside a New York City hotel where he was going to be attending the company’s investors conference.

They know it was a targeted attack. The person who killed Thompson knew he’d be there, although I understand that Thompson’s schedule was public so anyone could have known.

And we can surmise until the cows come home that it was some patron unhappy with high insurance premiums or poor insurance coverage from UnitedHealthCare. And maybe it was. Or maybe the motive has nothing to do with that at all. For all we know it was a hit man hired by a jilted lover or an employee who got canned. The point is, a man was killed in broad daylight, he shouldn’t have been killed and the killer is still on the loose.

Of course everyone always says “oh CEOs make so much money and insurance companies rip you off, blah, blah, blah”. And some of that may be true. But everyone knows the higher up in a company you are, the more money you’re going to make. Even administrative assistants make more money than people in the mail room. It’s common knowledge. And insurance is something you buy to protect yourself, whether it be for your auto, your home, your health, your life. Whatever. In fact, the least bought insurance, but also the most important insurance, is LIFE INSURANCE and there are so many fools out there without it. But that’s another story for another time. But just because this guy was the CEO of an insurance company that many may not like is not a reason for him to be killed.

I work for an insurance company. It isn’t a health insurance company but it is an insurance company. And I can assure you that there are many customers who probably despise the company, many of the employees, the CEO and the President of the company for whatever reason. And that’s their choice. But it isn’t their choice to kill any of them because they don’t like how their claim was handled or feel that their premiums are too high.