Holding(s) in Company

Hiscox PLC
02 August 2005

                               Holding in Company

Hiscox plc ('the Company') was notified on 29 July 2005 by Landsdowne Partners
Ltd that as a result of a sale of shares on 28 July 2005, Landsdowne Partners
Limited Partnership, on behalf of client funds that it manages, now controls
6,828,989 shares in Hiscox plc, which represents an interest of below 3% of the
issued share capital of the Company.




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