Hiscox
Career development: Hiscox teams up with the CII to promote profession to pupils
Hiscox and the Chartered Insurance Institute have jointly hosted a series of events in London to promote the insurance profession to schoolchildren.
Insurers urged to boost claims service to get competitive edge
Chubb and Hiscox have taken the top two spots in a ranking of claims service in the UK mid-market by Gracechurch Consulting.
EY's Kam to become Hiscox's chief risk officer
Hiscox’s interim chief risk officer Hanna Kam is to take up the role on a permanent basis, subject to regulatory approval.
C-Suite: Insurer: All that glitters is not gold
Brokers should not lose sight of what they do best in search of a ‘bigger piece of the pie’
Hiscox reports solid Q3 statement with broadly flat GWP
Hiscox has reported a slight dip in gross written premiums of £1.36bn (2013: £1.37bn) for the first nine months of the year to 30 September and claimed a disciplined approach in reinsurance was offset by steady growth in insurance lines.
Research: State of the Broking Nation Part 1: Insurers
A warts-and-all qualitative view from the broking market
Roundtable: Digital culture: ‘This is an industry taking action’
How can companies build digital cultures that maintain their relevance in the insurance market of the future? Post, in association with Accenture, invited specialists from a range of insurers to assess this critical issue
Hiscox launches personal accident insurance product
Hiscox has launched a personal accident insurance product for the UK market.
Hiscox returns to TV with new home insurance campaign
Specialist insurer Hiscox has launched a new television campaign, with the strapline ‘as your home becomes more important, so does your insurer’.
Dual welcomes new insurers after unveiling $425m quota share vehicle
Hyperion underwriting arm Dual has introduced a worldwide binder structure that brings $425m (£264.7m) of non-US international capacity together in a quota share vehicle.
Top 100 UK Insurers: Social media: Social whirl
Love it or hate it, you can’t afford to ignore social media as a marketing tool
Market Moves - 25 September 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Hiscox exits care home sector
Hiscox has confirmed it is withdrawing from the care home sector to focus on its core lines of business.
Hiscox adds two to London market personal accident team
Hiscox has expanded its London market personal accident team with the hire of a team leader and senior underwriter.
Market Moves - 18 September 2014
All the latest job moves in the insurance market.
Hiscox appoints Krefta to Syndicate 33
Hiscox Re chief underwriting officer Michael Krefta has been appointed joint active underwriter for Syndicate 33 and active underwriter for Syndicate 6104.
Hiscox looks to RSA for partnerships hire
Hiscox has appointed RSA's Robert Moore as its UK direct and intermediated partnerships head.
Hiscox bolsters events offering with Event Assured acquisition
Hiscox has reached an agreement with Applewell to acquire events insurance provider Event Assured.
Entry opportunities available as reinsurance market continues to soften
A softening reinsurance market is expected to continue to impact the reinsurance and Lloyd’s subsectors in 2015, according to a note published by Berenberg, which states that previous underperformance presents opportunities.
Hiscox launches updated cyber product
Hiscox has launched an updated cyber and data insurance product giving more comprehensive cover.
Flood Re cap will not limit scheme's ability to pay out, claims ABI
The Association of British Insurers has criticised ratings agency Moody's for its report on the regulatory arrangements for Flood Re saying its £100m cap will have no impact on the scheme's ability to pay flood claims to insurers.
International insurers’ London presence to diminish amid increased competition
Analysts expect other firms to follow in Beazley’s footsteps by looking elsewhere
Fine Art: A change of art
As the global fine art market shows signs of a renaissance, how is the industry responding to the evolving insurance needs of this high-value but high-risk sector?
Results season round-up: six monthly interims for 2015
Insurers and brokers report their six monthly interim results for 2015.