Latest Hiscox Headlines
All the headlines from our Hiscox Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hiscox Completes Bermuda Move
Dec 13 2006 // The UK-based Hiscox Limited has officially become Bermuda-based Hiscox Ltd., as shares of the redomiciled Group were admitted to trade on the London Stock Exchange yesterday, Dec. 12. Hiscox noted that “following...
Hiscox Opens Offices in Sweden, Portugal
Nov 23 2006 // Hiscox plc, a leading specialist insurer, has opened two new European offices – one in Sweden and another in Portugal – as part of its commiment to further European development. “The offices in Stockholm...
Business Moves
Nov 19 2006 // Merchants Group Inc. in Buffalo, N.Y., which sells property casualty insurance through Merchants Insurance Co. of New Hampshire, agreed to be bought by American European Group Inc., a private insurance holding company. The...
Business Moves
Nov 19 2006 // Hiscox, Bermuda Holding Company London’s Hiscox plc outlined its corporate reorganization plan. A new Bermudan domiciled holding company for the Group, Hiscox Ltd., has been established. Shareholders of Hiscox will...
Hiscox USA Offers Technology E&O
Nov 9 2006 // Hiscox USA, part of the Hiscox Group, a provider of specialty insurance, is now licensed to provide technology errors and omissions (E&O) insurance to U.S. businesses directly from its two New York locations. Neil...
New Markets
Nov 6 2006 // Privacy and Security Coverage Enhancements Nuts & Bolts: Underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC have a set of security and privacy coverage enhancements that can be endorsed onto any of the...
New Markets
Nov 5 2006 // Privacy and Security Coverage Enhancements Nuts & Bolts: Underwriting manager and claims administrator Euclid Managers LLC have a set of security and privacy coverage enhancements that can be endorsed onto any of the...
Guy Carpenter Launches ‘STEALTH’ E-Trading System for Latin America
Oct 25 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., the global risk and reinsurance specialist of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced that its dedicated facultative reinsurance unit, GCFac, has launched STEALTH (Sabotage and...
Hiscox Prepares Move to Bermuda Holding Company
Oct 25 2006 // London’s Hiscox plc, announced progress in its reorganization plan to establish a Bermuda-based holding company. Hiscox announced that a circular setting out full details of the corporate reorganization together with...
New Markets
Oct 23 2006 // Terrorism Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Hiscox USA, U.S. subsidiary of Hiscox plc, now provides terrorism insurance in the U.S., from the U.S. The coverage is being offered to brokers through Hiscox USA’s Armonk, N.Y....
New Markets
Oct 23 2006 // Terrorism Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Hiscox USA, U.S. subsidiary of Hiscox plc, a provider of specialty insurance, is now providing terrorism insurance in the U.S. The coverage will be offered to brokers through Hiscox...
New Markets
Oct 23 2006 // Terrorism Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Hiscox USA is now providing terrorism insurance in the U.S., from the U.S. The coverage is being offered to brokers through Hiscox USA’s Armonk, New York headquarters. Hiscox...
New Markets
Oct 23 2006 // Corporate Identity Theft Nuts & Bolts: National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a member of American International Group Inc., released AIG Corporate Identity Protection, a new insurance policy...
Hiscox USA Launches Terrorism Insurance Coverage
Sep 14 2006 // Armonk, N.Y.-based Hiscox USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Hiscox plc, will begin providing terrorism insurance in the United States. “Hiscox has over 25 years of experience in terrorism insurance and we are a global...
Hiscox 1H Premiums Up; Profits Down; Plans Bermuda Move
Sep 12 2006 // U.K.-based specialty and Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox plc posted a mixed first half performance. According to its recently published statement gross premiums written rose 43 percent to £625.1 million ($1.167 billion)...
Hiscox Lloyd’s Syndicate ‘in Discussions’ on Bermuda Sidecar
Sep 5 2006 // The U.K.’s Hiscox plc announced that its Board of Directors, is “in discussions which could lead to the creation of a new reinsurer, which will only reinsure Hiscox Syndicate 33,” which it manages, and in...
Hiscox Launches New D&O Policy
Aug 29 2006 // The U.K.’s Hiscox Insurance Co. has launched of a new management liability policy developed to cover the liabilities of U.K. companies, their directors and employees. Hiscox said it had revamped the coverage...
Hiscox AGM Statement
Jun 21 2006 // The U.K.’s Hiscox plc, a leading specialist insurer, operating in the Lloyd’s market, Bermuda and the U.S. said it “will give the following update at its Annual General Meeting,” scheduled to be...
Business Moves
Apr 3 2006 // Shareholders of Lincoln National Corp. approved its $7.5 billion acquisition of rival Jefferson-Pilot Corp. The combined company, with 2004 revenue of $9.5 billion, will be headquartered in Philadelphia. Eastern buys...
Hiscox Launches New U.S. Operation
Mar 15 2006 // Hiscox plc, a provider of specialty insurance based in the U.K., has opened a new U.S.-based underwriting operation offering cover for small and mid-size US professional service businesses outside the Fortune 1000. Hiscox...
