Hood moves household book from RSA to Bspoke

Bspoke Group has teamed up with Hood Group to underwrite the Top 100 Broker and affinity insurance provider’s household portfolio. The deal will see Hood Group’s book of approximately 13,500 policies transition from RSA to Bspoke, starting from 1 December 2024. According to the pair, the arrangement is expected to grow in the coming months … Read more

Ex-LV broker leader Michael Lawrence joins Grove & Dean

Michael Lawrence, previously broker distribution and underwriting director at LV GI, has joined Grove & Dean taking on the same job title, Insurance Age can reveal. Lawrence, pictured, left the insurer during the summer and started at the Hornchurch-headquartered Top 100 UK Broker on 1 October. He had been with the provider through its various … Read more

Oracle taps Vodafone Business to provide global IoT connectivity

As part of a mission to better empower industries with the ability to orchestrate, connect and manage internet of things (IoT) devices, allow users to expand their operations and accelerate on a global scale with compliant connectivity, Vodafone Business global IoT functionality is now available on Oracle’s Enterprise Communications Platform (ECP) industry applications. The … Read more