Exp	Meridian was bought by Chubb Insurance company of North America in Belgium in 1982 as a replacement for the then existing mainframe system and a development team was setup along with a German house  It was created for the lines of business which did not have portfolio management and later went on to be used as a generic policy claims registration system for all lines  except life   Technology of Meridian was initially S 34  and has moved through S 36  AS400 and iSeries hardware over time  Code is mixture of RPG II  RPG III  RPG IV  and RPG ILE with some COBOL thrown in  Meridian accounting module provides data capture for General Ledger and multiple currency handling and reporting  performs data processing  Expense allocations  and Accounts receivable Payable Sub Ledgers 