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Ex-agent gets $3.2m from AXA, plus six years' interest
Scathing letter of reference had cost him a job at rival Prudential
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Mr Ramesh Krishnan, who worked at a cafe owned by his wife while the case was going on, was awarded damages for loss of earnings.
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Former AXA Life Insurance agent Ramesh Krishnan, who was awarded $4 million in damages last year, will get to keep the amount less 20 per cent.
The payout in this David versus Goliath stand-off is the largest reported sum in a case involving alleged unfair reference checks in the insurance industry.
