RSA
It is a moot point whether it is job done at RSA. Stephen Hester, the chief executive who arrived in 2014 to achieve the turnaround, says it is not, because there is now the task of moving RSA into “best in class” and seeing it outperform its peers.
This is the job of any regular chief executive, one would have thought, and does not need someone like Mr Hester. He gives no sign of going anywhere, though, and has plenty to be proud of, not least the RSA share price. This added another 28p to 605p yesterday on figures that showed the insurer is performing as well as any of its peers and has made sharp improvements in all metrics, albeit from a low