{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Quinn Files","title":"Seán Quinn on Money, Regret, and What's Left | The Quinn Files EP5","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2396,"description":"In this episode, Sean Quinn breaks down the 2% insurance levy, the appointment of Matthew Elderfield, and the case he says was never there for putting Quinn Insurance into administration — backed, he argues, by the Central Bank's own figures. From there, the conversation turns personal: listener questions sent in via Snapchat cover his current net worth, whether he'd ever start again, who he trusts, and what life looks like now — cards, walks, family, and no regrets.\nTimestamps:\n00:00 – The 2% insurance levy explained — and why it's wrongly called the \"Quinn Levy\"\n01:08 – Kevin Cardiff, Matthew Elderfield, and the case for administration\n03:04 – Grant Thornton and the \"fox in the henhouse\"\n05:47 – The illegal share support scheme and the Liberty Insurance deal\n09:16 – How Quinn Insurance really worked — customer-first claims handling\n14:32 – The fallout: mass layoffs and service decline post-administration\n15:20 – Who's really responsible for the 2% levy?\n18:01 – Listener questions from Snapchat begin\n19:45 – Sean's net worth today\n20:09 – Could he start again from scratch?\n21:33 – Trusting the wrong team — the advisers question\n23:39 – If Sean could turn back the clock\n25:32 – The Anglo shares, the bank bailouts, and the dark years\n28:40 – Advice to young entrepreneurs on honesty\n31:09 – Life after the Quinn Group — cards, walks, and family time\n32:35 – \"I'll die poor, but I won't die sad\"\n33:48 – Was the government afraid of Sean Quinn?\n36:46 – What if Anglo had never happened?\n38:28 – Closing thoughts","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CPh0_5J8URAZ2TmR0jpOPZjf7j1-tNVcpSFa4As3ySI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MDE5/YzM3MDM3YWI0NjRh/MzU2NGEwZTFhMjMx/NmUwYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}