"A return on equity of 16.9 percent is therefore a good result."News of the company’s year-end results and the $305.3 million payout to shareholders drove Hiscox shares up 3.2 percent to an all-time ...

Hiscox Ltd. said Chief Underwriting Officer Robert Childs will succeed Robert Hiscox as chairman of the second-biggest Lloyd’s of London insurer by market value. Childs, 61, who has worked at the ...

Hiscox Ltd., the second-biggest Lloyd’s of London insurer by market value, said Robert Hiscox will step down as chairman in 2013 after 47 years with the firm. The insurer is searching for a ...

Pointing to “challenging” conditions in international and larger business markets, specialist Lloyd’s insurer Hiscox Ltd. announced an 8.3% fall in gross written premiums for the first nine months of ...

Bermuda is more stable than the UK on matters of taxation and regulation, according to veteran Hiscox chairman Robert Hiscox.Mr Hiscox made the remark in an interview with The Royal Gazette yesterday, ...

Whenever you hear about pirates extorting money from ship owners, kidnappers receiving ransom or a famous artwork that has been stolen from a museum, it is highly likely that Hiscox plc (HCXLF) (HCXLY ...

In December 2008 , Hiscox announced the appointment of Robert Cruz , a leading terrorism underwriter to head its US Terrorism Underwriting operation. Prior to joining Hiscox, Robert spent more than ...

Insurance giant Hiscox reported a jump in annual pre-tax profits Monday despite being hit by claims from Hurricane Sandy which devastated the Caribbean and the US.Profits before tax climbed to £217.1m ...

The wife of specialist insurance firm Hiscox's chairman Robert Hiscox has pocketed more than £80,000 from the sale of shares in the company. Julia Hiscox offloaded 20,000 at 411p a time. The ...

Earlier this year, Hiscox, the global specialist insurer and an innovator in entertainment insurance, made a strategic decision to bring workers' compensation insurance in-house by issuing the ...