UK insurance group, Utmost Life and Pensions (formerly Reliance Mutual) has selected it longstanding partner, Atos, to lead a full transformation of its IT estate. The two companies have an existing managed services relationship that began in 2012. Under the terms of this latest agreement, Atos will oversee the migration of Utmost’s IT systems to the Microsoft Azure cloud.

Utmost Life and Pensions, selected Atos to lead the IT transformation project based on its deep understanding of Utmost Life and Pensions’ operational needs and its established reputation in transformational outsourcing. Mark Francis, CFO at Utmost Life and Pensions said: “It’s vital that we have a best-in-class IT foundation to provide a reliable and responsive service to the over 290,000 policyholders that Utmost Life and Pensions protects and helps save for the long term. The cloud platform provides us with the scalability we require to meet our ambitious long term strategic growth goals.”

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