Aviva Ireland’s general insurance chief executive John Quinlan, who has been on leave for almost eight months, has launched legal proceedings against the company. A spokeswoman for Aviva said that Mr Quinlan remained the chief executive of the Irish general insurance unit, but declined to comment further. This eliminated the position of Aviva Ireland chief executive and left Mr Quinlan in charge of the general insurance business, with the life and pensions business headed up by another executive. ReplacementIt emerged last month that Declan O’Rourke, general manager of US insurance giant AIG’s Irish business, had been tapped to become the next chief executive of Aviva’s general insurance business in Ireland. London-based Aviva named independent director and former Zurich Insurance executive Amanda Blanc as its new chief executive on Monday, succeeding Maurice Tulloch.

Source: The Irish Times July 09, 2020 04:52 UTC