Holding in Company

Hiscox PLC
25 August 2004


                               Holding in Company

Hiscox plc ('the Company') was notified on 25 August 2004 by Lansdowne Partners 
Ltd that as a result of a sale of shares on the 23 August 2004, Lansdowne 
Partners Limited Partnership, on behalf of client funds that it manages, now 
controls 11,465,673 shares of Hiscox plc. Accordingly this represents 3.97% 
of the issued share capital of the Company.


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