Health Insurance Stocks—Led By UnitedHealth—Suffer Steep Drops Following Brian Thompson’s Killing

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Derek Saul is a New Jersey-based Senior Reporter on Forbes' news team. He graduated in 2021 from Duke University, where he majored in Economics and served as sports editor for The Chronicle, Duke's student newspaper, joining Forbes soon thereafter.

Trump’s Cabinet And Key Jobs: David Sacks Selected As ‘A.I. & Crypto Czar,’ David Perdue Picked As Ambassador To ChinaShares of UnitedHealthcare’s parent company led a broader selloff in health insurance stocks, losses one analyst described as a likely result of the industry’s fresh focus following the Wednesday killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executiveThat is the U.S.

Shares of Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield parent Elevance Health dipped 3% on Friday, bringing its weekly loss to 6% as the companyOther health insurance players, like Cigna , Centene and Humana , dropped as well.The massive UnitedHealth-led losses did not have a typical catalyst for such a steep, industry-spanning decline, such as weak quarterly financial results, worse than expected profit guidance or a significant change in legislation.

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