Case Study: LV 1871 achieves future-proof Java modernization with OpenText

LV 1871 can now use the latest technologies in a future-proof configuration, leveraging proven COBOL logic to modernize and port business services to Java

LV 1871, a Munich-based life and disability insurer managing more than 670,000 policies, needed to modernize its COBOL-based systems to keep pace with digitization and give developers more modern, efficient tools. Its existing setup created technical constraints, slow workflows, and risk from outdated, unsupported technology. OpenText provided OpenText™ Micro Focus™ Visual COBOL™ for Eclipse Distributed Edition and OpenText™ Micro Focus™ COBOL Server to help address these challenges.

OpenText enabled LV 1871 to preserve and reuse decades of proven COBOL business logic while compiling it into Java bytecode for new Java-based services and a redesigned frontend. This reduced technical debt, improved flexibility, and allowed faster, more agile development with fewer tools to maintain. As a result, LV 1871 gained a future-proof environment, improved developer productivity, streamlined integration between COBOL and Java, and reduced business risk while making its applications more cloud-ready.

LV 1871

Peter Baetz

Project Manager and Developer