AGM Statement

Hiscox Ltd
23 May 2007


HAMILTON, Bermuda: The Board of Hiscox Ltd (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms
that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held today, 23 May
2007, were duly passed by shareholders,  each on a show of hands. Proxies were
received in respect of 266,679,669 Hiscox shares representing  67.3% of Hiscox's
shares in issue.

396,391,493 ordinary shares were in issue as at 23 May 2007, each carrying one vote.

                                                Votes           Votes      Votes        Votes 
No.   Resolution                                  for   discretionary    against     withheld
1.    To receive the accounts of the      257,862,066       3,926,948    472,869    4,417,786
      Company for the year ended 31
      December 2006 together with the 
      Directors' and auditors' reports
      thereon 
2.    To approve the Directors'           258,279,033       3,933,100  2,403,242    2,064,293
      remuneration report for the year
      ended 31 December 2006                            
3.    To re-appoint RRS Hiscox as a       260,113,593       3,933,100    134,026    2,498,949
      director                  
4.    To re-appoint BE Masojada as a      262,583,343       3,933,100    163,226            0
      director                                                                      
5.    To reappoint SJ Bridges as a        262,583,343       3,933,100    163,226            0
      director                  
6.    To appoint RS Childs as a           262,583,343       3,933,100    163,226            0
      director                                                                        
7.    To appoint C Franklin Engler as a 
      director                            257,963,597       3,933,100  4,782,972            0        
8.    To appoint DM Healy as a director   262,746,569       3,933,100          0            0
9.    To appoint Dr JAC King as a         262,746,569       3,933,100          0            0
      director                                                                        
10.   To appoint Sir Mervyn Pedelty as    262,248,139       3,933,100    498,430            0
      a director                                                                  
11.   To appoint AS Rosen as a            262,746,569       3,933,100          0            0
      director                                                                            
12.   To appoint DA Stuurop as a          262,670,281       4,009,388          0            0
      director                                                                          
13.   To appoint KPMG as auditors of      260,339,983       4,009,388  1,150,162    1,180,135
      the Company and to authorise the
      Directors to determine the
      auditors' remuneration                     
14.   To approve the recommendation       262,670,281       4,009,388          0            0 
      of the Directors as to a final
      dividend                                        
15.   To authorise the directors to       262,630,281       4,009,388     40,000            0
      allot shares in the company
      subject to certain limitations                     
16.   To disapply, within certain         262,661,336       4,009,388      7,157        1,788
      limits, the statutory pre-emption
      rights arising on the allotment
      of shares      
17.   To authorise the Company to         262,030,424       4,003,236    644,221        1,788
      purchase its own shares, subject
      to limitations                                  
18.   To Approve the amended Bye-         262,509,725       4,009,388          0      160,556
      Laws of the Company                                                               
19.   To amend the Hiscox                 260,128,451       4,011,176  2,403,242      136,799
      Performance Share Plan and 
      the Hiscox Ltd Performance Share Plann                        
                       
Resolutions 1-15 (inclusive), 19 and 20 were proposed as ordinary resolutions and 
resolutions 16-18 (inclusive) were proposed as special resolutions. Two copies of
the special business resolutions (Resolutions 15-19) have been submitted to the UK 
Listing Authority and will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing 
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
Telephone: [phone]

23 May 2007

Enquiries:
Robin Mehta
Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd

Telephone: [phone]



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