Roundtable part two: How worried should insurers be about digital disruption amid the legacy systems challenge?

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COVER magazine recently hosted a roundtable on digital disruption with Atos - here is part two.

The roundtable was chaired by COVER editor Fiona Murphy with participants including six leaders within the life and pensions industry, as well as two senior figures from Atos. Please click HERE for further information on the speakers and the roundtable format.  FM         Aviva recently said in their results that they want to be a 320 year old digital insurance disrupter. That's the challenge: how can you balance a legacy brand with long-term history with being disruptive and competing with InsureTech players? Mark Fry: I look back at my time at Friends Life and it had just gone throu...

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