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Hiscox
Hiscox is a diversified international insurance group listed on the London Stock Exchange and headquartered in Bermuda. Hiscox has over 3,000 staff across 13 countries and 32 offices, as of 2025.
The Hiscox Re & ILS division underwrites reinsurance opportunities on a global basis and also provides third-party capital capabilities.
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Paul Cooper returns to Hiscox as Group CFO
21st December 2021
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Paul Cooper as its new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), subject to regulatory approval. Currently, Cooper serves as Interim CFO at M&G Plc, a FTSE 100 asset manager and life insurance company. In this role, he is responsible for the planning, ... Read the full article
Hiscox to expand RMS partnership
8th December 2021
Specialist global insurer Hiscox is working with RMS on extending and increasing use of the cat modeller's Location Intelligence API technology. The tech is designed to improve customer experience on a coverholder level, while also providing market-leading modelling data to enable high-resolution, location-level hazard, risk, and loss metrics. RMS Location Intelligence also ... Read the full article
Hiscox names Steven Pearsall as D&O Line Underwriter
29th November 2021
Specialist global insurer Hiscox has appointed Steven Pearsall as D&O Line Underwriter within its London Market business. Pearsall brings over 20 years’ experience in the insurance market including underwriting roles for AIG and, most recently, The Hartford where he was Head of Financial Lines within their London Market division. As such, he ... Read the full article
Hiscox adds Donna DeMaio as Non-Exec Director
23rd November 2021
Specialist insurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Donna DeMaio as Independent Non Executive Director, subject to regulatory approval. DeMaio will take over as chair of the Hiscox Audit Committee, succeeding outgoing chair Caroline Foulger who is set to retire at the Annual General Meeting in 2022 after a nine-year term ... Read the full article
Hiscox hires Buchanan as London market casualty Director
19th November 2021
Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has appointed Colin Buchanan as the new Divisional Director of Casualty for its London Market business, effective November 22nd. Reporting to Paul Lawrence, Chief Underwriting Officer at Hiscox London Market, Buchanan joins from Starr where he was Director and Head of International Casualty. He has over 35 ... Read the full article
Hiscox names Liz Breeze as interim Group CFO
18th November 2021
Global specialist insurer and reinsurer, Hiscox, has announced that the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of its reinsurance and insurance-linked securities (ILS) unit, Liz Breeze, will take over as interim CFO of the Group. Breeze's appointment remains subject to regulatory approval, and she will assume her new role while the company continues ... Read the full article
Hiscox names Aspen’s Helen Rose as CFO of Hiscox London Market & HSL
5th August 2021
Specialist insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has announced that from February of next year, Helen Rose will serve as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Syndicates Limited (HSL). Based in London, Rose will sit on the Hiscox London Market leadership team, acting as a strategic and ... Read the full article
Hiscox reports 93.1% combined ratio as reinsurance returns to profit in H1
3rd August 2021
Insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has announced a turnaround of its financial performance for the first half of 2021, as the carrier's pre-tax profit reached $133.4 million, compared with a loss of almost $140 million for the same period last year. At the halfway stage of last year, Hiscox reported reserves ... Read the full article
Aki Hussain to succeed Bronek Masojada as Hiscox Group CEO
22nd July 2021
Global insurer and reinsurer Hiscox has announced that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Bronek Masojada, will be retiring from the company at the end of the year and will be succeeded by Aki Hussain, effective January 2022. Hussain joined Hiscox in 2016 and currently serves as the company's Chief Financial Officer ... Read the full article
Hiscox hires Riaz Thanduparakkal as Line Underwriter, Energy
9th July 2021
Global insurer Hiscox has appointed Riaz Thanduparakkal as Line Underwriter, Energy to lead its underwriting team in developing their product offering for the energy sector. Thanduparakkal, who will be based in Hiscox’s London office, joins after working for Chubb Group for over 10 years. At Chubb he recently held roles including Product ... Read the full article
Hiscox adds SCOR’s Vincent Prabis to key ILS role
7th July 2021
Specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed Vincent Prabis to serve as Managing Principal within its Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) division. Prabis previously served as Head of ILS Strategies at SCOR Investment Partners. He will now be responsible for spearheading Hiscox’s evolution in the sector, ensuring investor demands for high-quality, innovative and diversified solutions ... Read the full article
AI enabled NOW Insurance partners with Hiscox
30th June 2021
AI-enabled insurance platform NOW has announced a partnership with Hiscox on medical malpractice insurance policies for health care professionals on its direct-to-consumer marketplace. Through Hiscox, health care professionals will be able to access medical malpractice insurance plans tailored to their specific needs and work requirements. Effective immediately, they can visit the Hiscox ... Read the full article
Hiscox reaches settlement with BI action group
28th June 2021
Specialist global insurer Hiscox has reached a settlement with members of the Hiscox Action Group (HAG) over business interruption (BI) losses suffered due to government lockdowns following the outbreak of COVID-19. Terms of the settlement remain confidential, but HAG had originally been targeting a £40 million payout from Hiscox, after ... Read the full article
Prince Charles launches industry-led climate change task force at Lloyd’s
24th June 2021
HRH The Prince of Wales has launched his Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) insurance task force today during a visit to Lloyd’s of London. Chaired by Lloyd’s, the task force is composed of executives from many of the world’s largest re/insurers and aims to provide an influential platform for the sector to ... Read the full article
Hiscox adds three Non Exec Director’s to boards of UK entities
23rd June 2021
Specialist global insurer Hiscox has bolstered the boards of two UK legal entities, adding three new Independent Non Executive Directors. James Illingworth will sit on the Board of Hiscox Syndicates Ltd (HSL), which oversees the insurer’s globally traded specialty (re) insurance lines, while Mark Cliff and Jane Hayes will both join ... Read the full article
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