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Headquartered in Bromley, Direct Line Group (DLG) is one of the UK's leading insurance companies. Through its well-known brands such as Direct Line, Churchill, Green Flag, and Privilege, DLG offers a wide range of home, personal, and motor insurance products to consumers. When faced with the urgent need to transition to remote work, DLG partnered with the boxxe Group to leverage their expertise in IT solutions and rapid deployment capabilities. This collaboration ensured a seamless and efficient transition for DLG's employees, maintaining high service standards during a challenging time.

Results

Direct Line Group successfully transitioned nearly 9,000 employees to remote work, maintaining service quality amidst the pandemic. By utilising a combination of rental and refurbished laptops, monitors, and peripherals, DLG quickly adapted to new working conditions. The boxxe Group partnership ensured that all necessary equipment was delivered promptly, configured correctly, and supported with quick-start guides to minimise downtime. As a result, DLG maintained its high level of customer service, demonstrating resilience and adaptability during a critical period.

Services Delivered

The support from boxxe has enabled the DirectLine Group to maintain its high level of service to its end customers, even during the disruption of the COVID pandemic.

Technologies Deployed

100,000+ IT items deployed, with 24-hour equipment delivery and a rapid 2-week transition. DLG needed to rapidly enable thousands of its staff to work from home.

Industry Sector

DLG is one of the UK’s biggest insurance companies.

Business Driver

When the UK went into ‘lockdown’, companies had to respond near-instantly to enable their employees to work from home.

Challenge

Direct Line Group needed to quickly shift from an office-based organisation to the vast majority of its employees working from home. The sudden onset of the pandemic required an immediate response to equip their 9,000 office-based staff with the necessary tools to work remotely. Challenges included sourcing sufficient hardware, ensuring secure configurations, and deploying these resources rapidly and efficiently. Additionally, DLG needed to ensure that their remote workforce could maintain productivity and service quality without significant disruptions.

Plan

boxxe Group collaborated closely with DLG to understand their specific needs and constraints. The plan involved sourcing a mix of rental and refurbished laptops to meet the immediate hardware demand. Each laptop was to be cleaned, refurbished, and configured with a base Windows 10 image and multi-factor authentication (MFA) for enhanced security. Quick-start instructions were developed to accompany the equipment, ensuring that employees could set up their workstations with minimal technical assistance. The entire deployment process was designed to be streamlined, from procurement to delivery, to support DLG’s remote working requirements effectively.

Approach

We quickly set up a supply chain to deliver IT items, collaborating closely with DLG to meet urgent needs. 

Devices were securely configured with Windows 10 and MFAm, and Zero-touch deployment was enabled through Windows Autopilot. Quick-start guides were provided for easy setup.

Ongoing support was also provided with a dedicated service desk and regular check-ins to ensure smooth operations.

Outcome

boxxe Group now provides equipment to DLG staff within 24 hours of request. Integration with DLG’s service software allows seamless procurement, shipping, and repairs. Windows Autopilot and Microsoft Intune enable zero-touch deployment and remote device management, ensuring staff always have up-to-date equipment.

At the outset of the global pandemic, we made the decision to rapidly move our workforce home. We needed to stand-up a new supply chain and fulfilment capability to support this urgent need, working with a partner that could rapidly deliver this need and support our dynamic and evolving requirements.

boxxe, was chosen due to their proven capability, agility, and flexibility with commercially structuring this arrangement in a fair and competitive manner. Within 72 hours of signing our initial agreement, and beyond our expectations, the supply chain and fulfilment centre had been stood up and the first batch of equipment was being shipped out to our key and vulnerable colleagues – providing them with the equipment required to continue to support our customers during a very trying time.

Matthew Poulter
Head of Core Technology
Direct Line Group

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