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Hiscox Insurance Company Limited

Non-life insurance

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 68

  1. Thomas David Shewry 2021-2026 Director View profile
  2. Benjamin Horton 2019-2025 Director View profile
  3. Jayesh Kantilal Thaker 2019-2021 Director View profile
  4. Benjamin Adam Walter 2018-2021 Director View profile
  5. Colin Denis Keogh 2018-2025 Director View profile
  6. Helen Louise Heslop 2017-2023 Director View profile
  7. Hamayou Akbar Hussain 2017-2019 Director View profile
  8. StéPhane Flaquet 2016-2019 Director View profile
  9. Christian Leth Nielsen 2015-2020 Director View profile
  10. Mark Evans 2014-2017 Director View profile
  11. Richard Colin Watson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  12. Pierre-Olivier Desaulle 2012-2016 Director View profile
  13. Reeva Bakhshi 2012-2014 Director View profile
  14. Henry Charles Vaughan Keeling 2012-2022 Director View profile
  15. David Mathew Bailey 2011-2015 Director View profile
  16. Robert Simon Childs 2010-2021 Director View profile
  17. Gunnar Stokholm 2009-2018 Director View profile
  18. Stephen Langan 2008-2018 Director View profile
  19. Paul David Cooper 2007-2011 Director View profile
  20. Anthony Geoffrey Clive Howland Jackson 2006-2012 Director View profile
  21. Sir Mervyn Kay Pedelty 2005-2010 Director View profile
  22. Susan Carol Langley 2002-2007 Director View profile
  23. Gary John Head 2002-2012 Director View profile
  24. David Keith Sweeney 2002-2007 Director View profile
  25. Susan Smith 2002-2006 Director View profile
  26. Sian Fisher 1999-2004 Director View profile
  27. Maurice Hammond 1998-1999 Director View profile
  28. Ian James Martin 1998-2003 Director View profile
  29. Ralph Edward Jones Iii 1997-1999 Director View profile
  30. Bronislaw Edmund Masojada 1996-2018 Director View profile
  31. Robert Ralph Scrymgeour Hiscox 1996-2013 Director View profile
  32. Ian Nicholas Thomson 1996-2012 Director View profile
  33. Clifford Richard Catt 1996-1998 Director View profile
  34. Geoffrey Robert Hunt 1995-1996 Director View profile
  35. Peter Wyatt Bedford 1994-1996 Director View profile
  36. Michael King 1994-1994 Director View profile
  37. Allen Sykes 1994-1996 Director View profile
  38. Marek Stefan Gumienny 1993-1996 Director View profile
  39. Axel Kierkegaard 1993-1994 Director View profile
  40. Steen Parsholt 1993-1994 Director View profile
  41. Olav Grue 1993-1993 Director View profile
  42. Peter Geoffrey Cullum 1991-1997 Director View profile
  43. John Arthur Dodds 1991-1994 Director View profile
  44. John Richard Sclater 1993 Director View profile
  45. Peter Herbert Hartley 1991 Director View profile
  46. Derek Hammond Giles 1991 Director View profile
  47. Declan Michael Mcmahon 1994 Director View profile
  48. Frans Henrik Witt 1993 Director View profile
  49. Ernst Henrik Hviid Klaebel 1992 Director View profile
  50. Hans Henrik Koefoed 1992 Director View profile
  51. Kevin Louis Carlson 1993 Director View profile
  52. Robert Frank Nicholson 2022-2025 Secretary View profile
  53. Loretto Leavy 2020-2022 Secretary View profile
  54. Keith Michael Hubber 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  55. Bethany Francesca Emma Hunt 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  56. David Joseph Gormley 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  57. John Keith Taylor 2011-2017 Secretary View profile
  58. Maria Rita Buxton-Smith 2010-2011 Secretary View profile
  59. Kathryn Silverwood 2007-2010 Secretary View profile
  60. Zoe Claire Bucknell 2007-2007 Secretary View profile
  61. Gavin Stuart Watson 2003-2006 Secretary View profile
  62. Stuart John Bridges 1999-2014 Secretary View profile
  63. Elizabeth Jane Eyre 1997-1998 Secretary View profile
  64. Peter Alexander 1997-1997 Secretary View profile
  65. Susan Clare Cartwright 1995-1997 Secretary View profile
  66. Paul Francis Dyer 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  67. James Maxwell Carruthers 1994-1997 Secretary View profile
  68. Elizabeth Jane Coeshall 1994-1995 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Non-life insurance
Incorporated
17/05/1901
Registered office
London

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Hiscox Insurance Company Limited is controlled by Hiscox Insurance Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Hiscox Insurance Holdings Limited is controlled by Hiscox PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Hiscox PLC.

31 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

8 directors on the board

4.1y median 3.2y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (8)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 25Business services 1Health and social care 1Other services 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00070234
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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