Within the aftermath of the homicide of UnitedHealth Group Inc. CEO Brian Thompson in New York final week, an emergency assembly was convened by the board of administrators of ConsolidatedWellness Affiliation Inc., an insurance coverage firm primarily based in St. Petersburg.
“We wished to handle the horrible, terrible, inexcusable, mindless killing of UnitedHealth’s chief and the way we might take care of such an unlucky circumstance if it ever occurred to Jack Spintz, our personal CEO,” mentioned board member Jeff Jefferies. “And the way shares in that firm elevated by 1% the day that horrible, terrible occasion occurred.”
“Particularly that final half,” he added.
“No one needs to see Jack get gunned down in chilly blood in a public place throughout the day, ideally round 9:30am on a Monday, when the inventory market opens and is most unstable,” mentioned Steve Stevenson, a board member. “We simply need to guarantee that we’re positioned to successfully deal with that when – I imply, if – it occurs.”
“We determined that whereas it could undeniably be a tragedy, it wouldn’t be the worst attainable tragedy,” mentioned one more board member, Cliff Clifson. “You realize, for the sake of our shareholders. No one is denying that, though denying is what we’re greatest at.”
Upon reaching a consensus on that matter, the board tended to different issues, together with the rent of a light-skinned man, sporting a gray coloured backpack, a light-weight brown or cream-colored jacket, black face masks and black-and-white sneakers to offer “unspecified particular providers” on behalf of the corporate.
The board additionally determined that within the occasion of some completely not premeditated and unlucky tragedy involving Spintz, that the corporate would purchase his widow a pleasant fruit basket, the price of which might be coated by a price hike for its prospects.
