RSA Insurance Group chief: Report ‘forced me out’

The former head of RSA Insurance Group’s Irish unit said an internal company report effectively accused him of being a bully, laying the ground for his departure.

In a hearing at the Employment Appeals Tribunal in Tuesday on Dublin, Philip Smith, who said he was forced out of the company, said the report amounted to “what I could only describe as a character assassination.”

“It was shocking in its departure from my strong perception of the reality,” said Mr Smith, who resigned in 2013 during an investigation into the Irish business’s accounting practices.