FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LÄNSFORSÄKRINGAR SELECTS MICRO FOCUS REVOLVE ENTERPRISE EDITION FOR MAINFRAME APPLICATION UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYSIS

NEWBURY, England, Oct. 16, 2006 - Micro Focus® (LSE: MCRO.L), a leading provider of core system application development and deployment solutions, today announced that Länsförsäkringar, a leading Swedish financial services company and market leader for non-life insurance products, has selected Micro Focus Revolve® Enterprise Edition to assist with application development and delivery for its critical mainframe auto claims system. With competitive pressures to deliver new functionality faster, the company expects to achieve greater accuracy and improved time-to-market in its back-office claim operations.

Länsförsäkringar is bringing new functionality to its auto claims processing system to retain competitive advantage and better service its clients. The company's mainframe-based set of applications, developed in COBOL, includes significant business rules and processes that the organization plans to modernize going forward. Revolve will allow the auto insurance IT developers to make an inventory analysis of source code, document business processes and provide an impact analysis for any future changes. Revolve will enable Länsförsäkringar to dramatically reduce the cost of mass change programs and core system maintenance. Most importantly Länsförsäkringar will be able to manage the risk better, when making changes to key applications.

"We are supporting 24 offices throughout Sweden who process auto claims," said Sven-Olov Zetterström, mainframe development manager for Länsförsäkringar. "We need to have a disciplined process to mainframe application change, and making Revolve part of our development methodology will allow us to save time, accurately estimate the amount of effort required and help us roll out new functionality for our claims processing team."

"The mainframe continues to be a key platform for business-critical applications," said Stuart McGill, vice president of worldwide marketing at Micro Focus. "Leading financial services organizations like Länsförsäkringar are recognizing that the investment in these applications are not easily replaced and nor should they be. Using our analysis solutions helps organizations continue to innovate, while keeping the risks out of changing critical IT resources."

About Länsförsäkringar

Länsförsäkringar, with 24 independent regional insurance companies, and the jointly owned Länsförsäkringar AB, is Sweden's only customer-owned locally established banking and insurance alliance. Länsförsäkringar offers a broad range of policies and financial services for companies and private individuals. Länsförsäkringar's client base is Sweden´s most satisfied customers in both banking and insurance, Länsförsäkringar having achieved the highest customer satisfaction in these sectors.

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