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Insurance companies increase security after executive killed NBC Connecticut [Video]

As police continue to look for the man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare’s top executive, insurance companies are taking steps to protect the rest of their staffs.

Security experts say there’s a few measures those companies can take immediately after Brian Thompson was murdered Wednesday.

“I think every corporation in America needs to be talking about how it’s protecting its leadership,” University of New Haven professor and former secret service agent Robert McDonald said.

McDonald said companies can remove employee biographies from their websites, refrain from sharing information about meetings and encourage employees to take different routes to work.

UnitedHealthcare and other companies have removed information and pictures about their executives.

NBC Connecticut has reached out to several insurance companies in Hartford, but none responded.

McDonald, though, said it’s common for security officials to react to what happens, especially at similar companies.

“I’m a retired secret service agent, everything that the security …

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