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Chris Evans, MD of Abbey Life admitted that the company's legacy systems had long been overdue for an upgrade. We have 17 separate legacy systems and needed to consolidate them in the interests of the policyholders.
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A quarter of these dodgy claims were to do with motor insurance, and more than half were property related. More than half (53 per cent) of those surveyed said it was acceptable to inflate a claim by £100 to cover some of the cost of the insurance.
Les Boggia, division head of IT at Carole Nash insurance, also agreed but said that while legacy systems might be annoying "they do usually do the job". Ageing and increasingly costly legacy IT systems are one of the biggest headaches that hinder...
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