The Limerick native leads an insurer once known as RSA, with an ambition to be a top-three player by 2030Kevin Thompson, chief executive of Intact Insurance Ireland: 'People are constantly talking about consolidation. We’re in a mature market. It wouldn’t be unsurprising if there was more consolidation.' Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times

Fri May 15 2026 - 06:00 • 10 MIN READKevin Thompson represented Ireland in his youth as a cross-country and mountain runner and still clocks 10-12 kilometres several mornings a week in Marlay Park in south Dublin, before arriving at his desk at Intact Insurance Ireland in nearby Dundrum.“I’m a bit of an introvert by nature,” says the chief executive of the company, formerly known as RSA Insurance Ireland.

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