Tim Noel joined the company in 2007 and was most recently the head of its Medicare and retirement unit.

UnitedHealth Group has named long-time executive Tim Noel as the new chief executive for its massive UnitedHealthcare health insurance business. The announcement Thursday came a little more than seven weeks after the Dec.

UnitedHealth Group said veteran internal executive Tim Noel will succeed the late Brian Thompson as CEO of UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurance company.