Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hiscox Ltd
30 April 2007


This is a correction to an announcement made by Hiscox Ltd (the 'Company') on 27
April 2007 under RNS No. 7011V , in which it was stated that 592,053 shares
represented 0.015% of the Company's issued capital. This has been amended to
read 0.15%. The full text of the amended statement follows below.

Hamilton, Bermuda: Hiscox Ltd has been informed that on 27 April 2007, Stuart
Bridges, Director, acquired 123,632 shares in the Company following the exercise
of the following share options:

Hiscox Approved Share Option Scheme: 22,559 at an exercise price of £1.281 each;
Hiscox Approved Share Option Scheme: 1,073 at an exercise price of £1.020 each;
and
Hiscox Unapproved Share Option Scheme: 100,000 at an exercise price of £0.806
each.

Following the above exercises, Mr Bridges holds 592,053 Ordinary shares of 5p
each in the Company, representing 0.15% of the Company's issued share capital.

On 27 April 2007, Robert Childs, Director, acquired 310,194 shares in the
Company following the exercise of the following share options:

Hiscox Unapproved Share Option Scheme: 169,197 at an exercise price of £1.02
each; and

Hiscox Unapproved Share Option Scheme: 140,997 at an exercise price of £0.806
each.

Following the above exercises, Mr Childs holds 1,703,805 Ordinary shares of 5p
each in the Company, representing 0.43% of the Company's issued share capital.




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