Minto the Great

31 March 2015
| By Outsider |
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Outsider wishes a happy semi-retirement to TAL chief executive and ardent All Blacks supporter, Jim Minto, who ended his role with the big insurer on Tuesday this week.

Indeed, Outsider was at the Financial Services Council Insurance Awards dinner last week where Minto received an award for his contribution to the industry and seemed to demonstrate his capacity for public speaking with a humble valedictory in which he attributed his success to his team and then sought to quote the final words of Alexander the Great.

Reflecting upon the good which life insurance delivers to people, Minto ascribed to Alexander the Great final words to the effect that the good deeds people do are remembered long after the people themselves.

However in this age of Google, interwebs, etc those at the media table quickly came to the view that notwithstanding Minto's laudable sentiments, Alexander the Great's final words were claimed by most experts to have been "I wish people to know that I came empty handed into this world and empty handed I go out of this world".

So far as Outsider can tell, Minto is certainly not leaving TAL empty-handed.

Good luck Jim.

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