Rodney Adler | |
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Born | 19 August 1959 |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of New South Wales Macquarie University |
Occupation(s) | Businessman, former company director |
Criminal charge(s) | Disseminating information knowing it to be false (2005); Obtaining money by false or misleading statements (2005); Being intentionally dishonest and failing to discharge his duties as a director in good faith (2005)[1] |
Criminal penalty | 4½ years' custody, with a non-parole period of 2½ years (14 April 2005)[1] |
Criminal status | Released (13 October 2007) |
Spouse | Lyndi Adler |
Children | Jason, Romi, Natalie and Charlotte |
Rodney Stephen Adler (born 19 August 1959) is an Australian whose family founded the FAI Insurances group, of which he became chief executive in 1989, and which was at one stage Australia's third largest general insurer. Adler became a director of HIH Insurance after the acquisition of that company, and resigned in January 2001, two months before HIH collapsed. He was jailed in 2005 for his conduct related to the collapse of HIH, where Adler obtained A$2 million from HIH by false or misleading statements and being dishonest as a director.[2]