The present state of Irish health insurance market is a "disgrace" Irish Independent
HE is barely in the job a wet week, but Aviva Ireland boss Jim Dowdall is already making a name for himself as someone willing to stick his head above the parapet.
As Quinn teetered on the brink and most of his insurance boss peers kept their heads down, Dowdall presented himself for interview at both Morning Ireland and Newstalk.
Later, as Quinn's Monday High Court showdown loomed large, Dowdall was pencilled in for the Interview of the Week slot with this newspaper.
He was teed up to talk about the insurance industry at a time when the sector was hotter than ever, and to comment on the wider Quinn issues when the ink was barely dry on the court's decision.
Quinn's day of reckoning ultimately came early, but the wider Quinn issues haven't gone away and Dowdall has yet to give a feature interview since his appointment in January, so we ploughed ahead.
Quinn debate
The first thing that strikes you about the forty-seven-year-old is that while he's the only one volunteering to be drawn into the Quinn debate, he has a way to go before being hailed as the insurance world's answer to Michael O'Leary.
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