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The words "deny," "defend" and "depose" were discovered by detectives on the shell casings found at the scene where Brian Thompson, the CEO of major insurance group UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down, police sources told ABC News late Wednesday evening.
Thompson was shot to death at point-blank range in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning before he was set to attend an investor conference, according to police.
The masked gunman, who remains on the loose, carried out a "brazen, targeted attack" that was "premeditated," NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. But the motive remains unknown, police said.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/man-shot-chest-midtown-manhattan-masked-gunman-large/story?id=116446382
RandySF
(71,150 posts)LeftInTX
(30,627 posts)C Moon
(12,605 posts)yaesu
(8,360 posts)LearnedHand
(4,224 posts)Creepy AF.
Skittles
(160,331 posts)almost as disturbing as people celebrating someone getting ambushed and gunned down in the street
Stargazer99
(3,016 posts)Skittles
(160,331 posts)Demobrat
(9,950 posts)Not to anyone who has ever dealt with an insurance company.
pnwmom
(109,638 posts)No Vested Interest
(5,208 posts)SWBTATTReg
(24,337 posts)I wonder if the CEO who was shot, other than being in just an insurance group (United Healthcare) perhaps was involved in denial of svc/benefits for a patient? The word depose replaces the word delay, perhaps in ref. to deposing of claims (w/o any benefits paid out), just flat out denied. It sounds like it.
Here's part of the statement (in "THE LEGAL EXAMINER AFFILIATE NETWORK > TRANSPORTATION" article, dated FEB 8, 2007):
Allstate's Motto: Delay, Deny and Defend
Tonight on CNNs 360 With Anderson Cooper, Mr. Cooper will report on his 18 month investigation into the duplicitous tactics employed by Allstate, which claims Youre in Good Hands With Allstate, State Farm, which claims to be Like a Good Neighbor, and other major automobile insurers to force unfair settlements on victims of motor vehicle accidents. Cooper interviewed victims, lawyers, and insurance company insiders. CNN previewed the story on Mr. Coopers blogsite, reporting:
And if you are in a minor impact crash and get hurt
insurance companies will most likely try doing the same thing to you: delay handling your claim, deny you were hurt and defend their decision in drawn-out court battles. Its the three Ds: delay, deny and defend. That, in a nutshell, is the stategy adopted by several major auto insurance companies over the past ten years
. With nowhere to go, Allstate and others bet youll take what they offer and walk away. Its right in the training manuals we obtained from Allstate: force smaller walk-away settlements.
LeftInTX
(30,627 posts)He was the CEO of the corporation
SWBTATTReg
(24,337 posts)the 'evil' corporation in a denial of claim/benefits spat, which, perhaps makes to some, making some sort of twisted sense/logic.
The insurance industry and other similar industries do make more money by deny, deny, deny. The more they deny, the more money they make (we all know this).
I suspect that the police will look into the history of those making complains or noise regarding their claims being denied via claims made to the company. As much interest that there seems to be on this shooting, we'll no doubt hear more about this case.
Mike 03
(17,379 posts)SunSeeker
(54,064 posts)DOJ was investigating his sale of shares of the companys stock options worth $15.1 million in February, just two weeks before the DOJ announced its probe into the company. DOJ was also attemping to block UnitedHealth Group Incorporated from spending $3.3 billion to acquire its rival health and hospice provider, Amedisys Inc., as it would be monopolistic.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/unitedhealthcare-ceo-gunned-down-manhattan-010522957.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAEblZJv6Xcyk7GZz8fS25UoRHLh2uBUKeVrIDkaMm1j9QkWWB6BXb5hbyLVwRdlFHWK2TDzgHtxVXRvbjKCv9l4e7I9IZ9E-kq3UfrJEP3F21C_5Hmzdq25A_JqSSU_QSXDbNV1sdsuEBNkL8Gc2-cm19Hj7JCynnLrQrxFYEuLS
A grieving family member would not have the money to hire a sophisticated hit man. If they did have that kind of money, they would have spent it on their loved one's care.
This looks like someone with money got pissed at Thompson.
John Shaft
(808 posts)I'm just gonna stop there and not entertain notions. Sometimes having a vivid imagination . . .
But who ever writes messages on bullets?
I kid, I kid . . . LOL
WhiskeyGrinder
(24,102 posts)David__77
(23,879 posts)Regardless, I think the elites will increasingly remove thwmselves from regular society in the years ahead.