Hiscox blog

...(but the client doesn’t want to dance).

Walter White was constantly dealing with threats to his business as he built his meth empire in the popular series Breaking Bad. 

A new air of confidence pervades our seventh annual DNA of an Entrepreneur Report. Nearly two-thirds of the small businesses we spoke to are optimistic about the year ahead – they are innovating, expanding and exporting with real success.

The recent release of the ‘Hiscox Home of the Future Report 2015’ – a look at how the home might change in the next ten years – got me thinking about ‘Professions of the future’.

Justin Gott, Hiscox UK’s  Head of Art and Private Client, looks at how high net worth insurance will need to change to keep up with the homes and lifestyles of the future. 

The world is becoming a smaller place. Changes in technology and culture have made it easier to do business anytime and anywhere. But what does this mean for local brokers, serving their local community?

Iceberg basements and their inherent risks are one of my favourite topics (I know, a bit ‘insurance nerd’ but bear with me).  They, and their owners, are often featured in the news and, more recently, the London Borough of Kensington and

The London Market has for more than 300 years been the specialty insurance capital of the world. But what is its future in the increasingly global insurance industry?

There was a time when a contracts specialist would only get sight of a reinsurance contract long after the underwriter and broker had finished their negotiations and the slip had been signed.

Hiscox's pioneering 606 home insurance is 25 years old this year.