- CEO
- Hamayou Akbar Hussain
- Full Time Employees
- 3,000
- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Insurance - Property & Casualty
- Address
- Chesney House Pembroke Bermuda HM 08
- IPO Date
- Jan 6, 2022
- Business
- Hiscox Ltd (LSE: HSX; OTC: HCXLY) is a Bermuda-headquartered international specialist insurer founded in 1901 as a Lloyd's of London underwriter and listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1995; the company provides property and casualty insurance products to commercial and high-net-worth individual customers through its retail businesses in the UK, Europe and USA, as well as internationally traded big-ticket business and reinsurance via Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Re & ILS. Core offerings encompass general liability, professional indemnity/errors and omissions, business owners' policies, cyber and data security, workers compensation, directors and officers liability, medical malpractice, umbrella, auto, property, marine, aerospace, product recall, political risk, kidnap and ransom, personal accident, fine art, classic car, art and private client coverage, and reinsurance; operations span 13 countries including principal hubs in Bermuda, London, New York, Atlanta, Guernsey, Paris, Berlin, and Singapore, with over 3,000 employees serving customers worldwide across technology start-ups, life sciences, professional services, SMEs, charities, tradesmen, landlords, and affluent individuals. Recent developments include the August 2025 agreement to acquire Corix Insurance Services LLC and Vouch Insurance Company from Vouch Inc to bolster Hiscox USA's small business specialty insurance for tech and life sciences sectors while advancing US broker platform digitization; a multi-year Google Cloud collaboration enhancing AI-driven underwriting in Hiscox London Market; the sale of DirectAsia in July 2025 with restated financials positioning Retail for over 6% constant currency growth in 2025; nine new UK distribution deals and a first multi-country European digital MGA partnership in 2024 alongside further 2025 launches; an upsized $275 million share buyback with 65% completion by early November 2025; and a planned 20% increase in the final 2025 dividend per share reflecting Retail's rising portfolio share and strategic confidence.