Cofunds and Aviva see ombudsman complaints rocket after re-platforming
Following re-platforming moves
Cofunds and Aviva have seen the amount of complaints referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) rocket in the second half of 2018 as they struggled to get to grips with their respective re-platforming issues.
Cofunds was bought by Aegon in 2016 for £140m and re-platformed to new technology in May of last year to become ‘The Aegon Platform'. But, as service levels dropped as a result of its technology switch,...
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