The number of S&P 500 companies providing security and protection benefits has nearly doubled since 2020, a report shows, as corporations respond to growing safety threats to senior executives.
Data from research group ISS-Corporate shows the number of S&P 500 companies providing security benefits to top corporate leadership rose to 22.5 per cent of component companies in 2024, the most recent year available, from 12 per cent in 2020.
The increase pre-dated the killing of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, who was fatally shot in an early-morning attack in December 2024 while in New York for an investor conference. UnitedHealth Group spent nearly $1.7mn on security for its top executives that year, according to its 2025 proxy statement.