All the headlines from our Hiscox Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2017 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox announced the appointment of Ian Penny as chief information officer (CIO) for the Hiscox Group.An experienced IT professional with a wealth of global, blue-chip experience, Penny brings...
Mar 17 2017 // When someone gets to be a CEO at the age of 36, perhaps it’s a good idea to listen to his story about how he got there and some of the lessons he’s learned.From his current position as chief underwriting...
Mar 9 2017 // Specialist insurer Hiscox has appointed Shree Khare as group head of Catastrophe Research. Khare will lead the research that directly informs Hiscox’s own view of risk and its underwriting strategies for catastrophe...
Feb 16 2017 // Specialist insurer Hiscox said it is addressing new exposures faced by the media and creative industries with the launch of two tailor-made professional indemnity products focused on those working within digital marketing...
Feb 7 2017 // A study of 3,000 companies in the UK, U.S. and Germany, reveals that more than half (53 percent) of businesses in the three countries are ill-prepared to deal with cyber-attacks. Fewer than one-third (30 percent) qualify...
Feb 3 2017 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd. announced that Ian Thompson, Nick Williamson, and Justin Keith will be joining Ascot on March 1 to underwrite healthcare, casualty treaty, and specialty reinsurance business, based in Ascot’s...
Jan 26 2017 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox has launched a Security Incident Response (SIR) policy designed to provide clients with crisis management services.“SIR will enable organizations to fulfil their duty of care...
Dec 22 2016 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox has announced the appointment of Trish White as London regional manager for Professional and Specialty Commercial lines within Hiscox UK.White joins Hiscox from AIG, where she had worked...
Dec 2 2016 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox announced that Michael Krefta has been appointed CEO of Hiscox Re and ILS, and CEO of Hiscox Bermuda, effective Aug. 1, 2017.He will succeed Jeremy Pinchin who, after five years in Bermuda,...
Nov 22 2016 // Specialist global insurer Hiscox has announced the promotion of Justin Bowen to chief underwriting officer for its European operations. Bowen has worked at Hiscox since 2000 and held a number of different roles within its...
Nov 3 2016 // Lloyd’s of London recently announced the winners of its 2016 Innovation Awards. Beazley, Cromar, Hiscox and Tokio Marine Kiln each picked up awards for innovative products or new ways of working.Aon won most...
Nov 1 2016 // Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth managers, said it has secured $2 million in seed financing.Venture capital firms NEA, Compound,...
Oct 27 2016 // Hiscox announced it has formed a new US$1 billion fine art consortium, the result of a collaboration with Ascot Underwriting.The $1 billion capacity consortium has been constructed specifically to streamline the process of...
Oct 6 2016 // Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched a new crime product, Hiscox Crime Insurance, designed to protect small businesses in the UK and Ireland against a broad range of fraudulent acts from both internal and external...
Oct 4 2016 // Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left startup mode and unveiled its first product. The target audience: independent...
Sep 28 2016 // Rocklin, CA, September 28, 2016- Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership with Hiscox providing access to small business solutions in 49...
Sep 22 2016 // Hiscox has launched a new coverage designed specifically for pharmacies that will complement Hiscox’s existing tailored forms in Allied Healthcare, including ambulance and medical transportation, beauty salon and day...
Sep 19 2016 // Hiscox has combined the services of its healthcare and cyber underwriters to launch Healthcare Threat Protect to coordinate with a hospital’s professional and general liability as well as their growing cyber...
Sep 13 2016 // Insurer Hiscox said it is building a collateralized reinsurance insurance linked securities (ILS) capability for launch on January 1, 2017, in addition to expanding its fully-fronted ILS fund structures.The expanded ILS...
Aug 31 2016 // Hiscox, the specialist insurance group, has completed the sale of the Hong Kong division of its DirectAsia business to Well Link Group Holdings Ltd., having received regulatory approval from the Office of the Commissioner...