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There’s Some Nuance, But in Effect. (lemmy.world)

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[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 83 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I used to work for an insurance company (life, not health), and when business was sluggish my duties included tidying and auditing very, very old policies. 99% of policies from the 1930s-50s were for men, and the few women's policies all had LETTERS FROM THEIR HUSBANDS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE.

[–] Gork@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's the point of auditing something that old? Wouldn't it just be digitizing and archiving at that point?

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago

Doublechecking numbers, like @phdepressed said, while also making sure that all the pertinent pages had been legibly scanned before incinerating the originals.

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

Making sure things have/had been paid appropriately by both sides is still important.