Hiscox News
Hiscox USA Introduces Small Business Workers Comp Policy in California
Specialty insurer Hiscox USA has launched a new workers compensation insurance program for small businesses in California. The policy covers medical benefits and wages should an employee suffer an ...
Experience Is Everything for Krefta, Soon to Take the Helm at Hiscox Re and ILS
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 ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox and Markel
A division of Hiscox is adding and expanding coverage for media and creative industries. Markel plans to join the surety market, with an initial rollout in the UK, Ireland and continental Europe. *** ...
A Large Swath of Businesses Remain Ill-Prepared for Cyber Attacks: Hiscox
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 ...
Catastrophe Tests Show London Insurers’ Capital Risks and Resilience
A major $200 billion loss from a combination of a cyber attack, U.S. hurricane and the failure of a reinsurer could strip insurers of up to 120 percent of their net capital base, tests of insurers in ...
The Latest Launches From Hiscox and Brit Ltd.
Hiscox recently started selling a policy designed to give clients added crisis management services. Brit Ltd. unveiled a new Lloyd's consortium for yachts. *** Hiscox has started selling a Security ...
Hiscox Helps Back Indio, a Commercial Insurance Broker Platform, in $2M Round
Hiscox is among the participants in a $2 million seed financing for Indio, a commercial insurance platform for brokers that aims to do what Sabre did for travel agents or Schwab did for wealth ...
London Insurance Market Will Test Catastrophe Response: Hiscox Chair
The London insurance market plans to test its response this month to a major catastrophe on the scale of the 9/11 attacks, the chairman of insurer Hiscox said on Tuesday. While insurers have coped ...