The focus of this case study is on selected topics involving assurance and information management in the insurance industry. In particular it concerns:1. Remains in the processes and/or attitudes at the dawn of insurance information technology.2. Progress in overcoming fundamental problems.3. Independent processing of information in the sector.4. Significant information management issues. You remain in the processes and/or attitudes at the dawn of insurance IT. This section will briefly discuss legacy systems and software, as well as researchers' experience with legacy systems and software. Currently, insurance companies have system structures that have been around for many years, called legacy systems. Legacy systems include, but are not limited to, system hardware, application and support software, application processes and data (An Insurance Executive's, n.d.). Overall, these applications were written for operating systems from certain manufacturers. Insurance companies are migrating their applications to new programming languages ​​and operating systems that follow open or standard programming interfaces. The intent is to make it easier to update programs in the future without having to completely rewrite them and, ultimately, to allow any company to use their applications on any operating system (Rouse, 2011). Not all legacy systems were developed for internal use; but through mergers, acquisitions and reorganizations. At the time legacy systems were developed, the systems were not designed to meet today's internal audit compliance standards, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and compliance-related regulations. T...... middle of paper ......x?rc=197707Rouse, M. (2011). legacy platform (legacy operating system). What is it?. Retrieved from http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/legacy-platform-legacy-operating-systemSommerville, I. (2000). Legacy systems. Software Engineering, Sixth Edition. Chapter 26. Retrieved from http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese/CS616/Legacy_sys.pptTop Insurance Industry Issues in 2013. (n.d.). PwC. Retrieved from http://www.pwc.com/us/en/insurance/publications/top-insurance-industry-issues-2013.jhtmlWhat is the end of support for Windows XP?. (n.d.). windows.microsoft.com. Retrieved from http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-support-helpWolpe, T. (2013, April 9). OK, so stick with Windows XP: but how big is the risk you run? TechRepublic. Retrieved from http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/ok-so-stick-with-windows-xp-but-how-big-a-risk-do-you-run/