Hiscox attributes £1.2bn GWP to errors and omissions rate rises
Hiscox has reported gross written premium of £1244.4m for the nine months to 30 September 2012, a 6.4% increase on £1169.5m for the same period in 2011.
The group attributed much of the rise to hardening rates in US errors and omissions, which rose by an average of 5%, and internationally traded US property business.
Primary US property business
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