All the headlines from our Hiscox Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 13 2019 // Age discrimination affects more than one-fifth of U.S. workers over the age of 40, a particular number of which are men, according to a survey from specialty insurer, which warns companies to be mindful of the related...
Aug 1 2019 // Specialist Bermuda-based insurer Hiscox announced two new appointments within Hiscox Re & ILS.Andrew Dolphin has been appointed director of Underwriting – London, replacing Megan McConnell who is relocating to...
Jul 24 2019 // Specialist insurer Hiscox has developed a new security product designed to help protect shipping targeted by nation states. Called “Malicious Vessel Seizure,” the will respond to a single peril of a ship taken...
Jul 24 2019 // Specialist insurer Hiscox has promoted Andrew Hughes to the role of managing principal, Hiscox ILS.His appointment is subject to Department of Immigration and Bermuda Regulatory approval. Hughes has been with Hiscox ILS in...
Jun 28 2019 // RT Specialty has added Matt Bernal to its property practice group as a vice president. Bernal is based out of the San Francisco, Calif., office. He has 15 years of property insurance experience. His previous position was...
Jun 26 2019 // A group of Lloyd’s underwriters has launched a new facility with £53 million ($67.5 million) of capacity that is designed to speed up re/insurance product development for new and emerging risks.The Product...
May 21 2019 // Hiscox has enhanced its Security Incident Response (SIR) product to provide additional protection for ‘business integrity risks’ including corruption and fraud. The new SIR policy also includes cover for...
May 20 2019 // Sixty-one percent of firms surveyed for insurer Hiscox had a cyber attack in the past year, compared to 45% in 2018. Meanwhile, the median cost for cyber incidents losses soared from $229,000 to $369,000.While those...
May 15 2019 // The international specialist insurer, Hiscox, has appointed Andrew Wood as Midwest regional executive for the U.S., based in Chicago.With nearly 25 years of industry experience, Wood will be responsible for leading the...
May 14 2019 // Markel International, the specialist insurer and subsidiary of Markel Corp., has appointed Nick Lazarus as managing director, North American property reinsurance based in London.Leading the existing and established London...
Apr 30 2019 // Hiscox, the Bermuda-headquartered specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Melissa Hill as head of Claims in the United States.Hill, who has more than a decade of experience in claims operations, will oversee the...
Apr 24 2019 // Sixty-one percent of firms surveyed for insurer Hiscox had a cyber attack in the past year, compared to 45% in 2018. Meanwhile, the median cost for cyber incidents losses soared from $229,000 to $369,000.While those...
Apr 3 2019 // UK specialty managing general agent (MGA) Nexus Group lived up to its description as an “acquisitive insurance intermediary holding company,” with the purchase this week of an MGA and an insurance broker.On...
Feb 27 2019 // CFC, the London-based managing general agent that specializes in emerging risks, announced the appointment of Jonathan Fletcher as chief technology officer. Fletcher, formerly group CTO at Hiscox, will oversee CFC’s...
Jan 18 2019 // Hiscox, a specialist in small business and cyber insurance, recently staged a “real world” hack to demonstrate what a cyber attack would look like for small businesses.The insurer collaborated with UK bike...
Dec 20 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group announced it has completed the acquisition of Hiscox Global Flying (HGF) via an asset purchase into Millstream Underwriting Ltd., a Nexus Group company that...
Nov 16 2018 // Hamilton Re Ltd., the Bermuda platform for Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that David Roache has joined the company in the position of senior vice president, head of Risk XS.Roache, who will report to reinsurance chief...
Nov 2 2018 // Specialty insurer Hiscox USA has promoted David Hart to senior vice president, product head for Media.Hart, who joined Hiscox in 2006 and manages media and entertainment insurance products in the U.S., has three decades of...
Sep 17 2018 // Paula Downey, president and CEO of CSAA Insurance Group in California since 2010, will retire following a search for her successor.Downey recently led the AAA insurer through a six-year infrastructure transformation. She...
Sep 17 2018 // Pryor Cashman hired insurance coverage attorney Christopher Loeber in the firm’s New York office to lead the newly-created Insurance Recovery and Counseling practice.With more than 20 years of experience, Loeber...