Former RSA boss Philip Smith takes constructive dismissal case

RSA Insurance said it will fight a constructive dismissal case filed by the former head of its Irish unit, who stepped down more than a year ago amid an accounting scandal.

Philip Smith, who was was paid €34,000 a month as chief executive, resigned in November 2013 without severance pay saying he was being made a “fall guy”.

RSA’s lawyer Brian O’Moore told an Employment Appeals Tribunal in Dublin that they would defend the claim “robustly”.