Hiscox Ltd (LON:HSX) is a holding company for subsidiaries involved in the business of insurance in the United Kingdom and overseas. The Company is a specialist insurer with expertise in covering a range of specialist personal and business risks, and offices and customers around the world. The Company’s operating segments include global markets, which comprises the results of Syndicate 33, excluding Syndicate 33's fine art, United Kingdom regional events coverage and non-United States household business and underwriting result of Hiscox Inc; the United Kingdom and Europe comprises the results of Hiscox Insurance Company Limited, the results of Syndicate 33's specie, fine art, the United Kingdom regional events coverage and non-United States household business, and International comprises the results of Hiscox Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited, Hiscox Inc, Hiscox Insurance Company (Bermuda) Limited and the ALTOHA sub-group. ALTOHA Inc. was acquired by the Company on August 16, 2007.
