BDML Connect motorcycle accounts bid accepted
BDML Connect's bid to acquire the Mitchells and Hill House Hammond motorcycle accounts has been acce...
BDML Connect's bid to acquire the Mitchells and Hill House Hammond motorcycle accounts has been accepted by Norwich Union. As part of the deal, more than 20,000 policies will be administered from BDML Connect's head office in Portsmouth. Existing HHH employees in Southampton will transfer to BDML Connect.
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