Holding(s) in Company

Hiscox Ltd
01 March 2007


                    Notification of major interests in shares
 

Hiscox Ltd announces that on 28 February 2007 it received the following
notification from Legal & General Group plc and Legal & General Investment
Management Limited (LGIM) pursuant to the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

Robin Mehta, Company Secretary, Hiscox Ltd.
Tel. [phone]


TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

Hiscox Ltd


2. Reason for the notification (please state Yes/No): ( )

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : (X)

First notification under DTR Sourcebook
 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

Legal & General Group plc
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)


4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

As 3
 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different):

N/A
 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

28 February 2007
 

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

Below 5% threshold (LGIM)


8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE):

Ord GBP 0.05

Situation previous to the triggering transaction:

Number of shares: 8,782,942 (under s-198 on 02/09/2003)

Number of voting rights: 3.02% (under s-198 on 02/09/2003)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction:

Number of shares (direct): Not disclosed

Number of voting rights (direct): Not disclosed

Number of voting rights (indirect): Not disclosed

% of voting rights (direct): Not disclosed

% of voting rights (indirect): Not disclosed

Total voting rights: Below 5% (See Additional Information)


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Legal & General Group plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (Below 5%)

Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited
(LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect) (Below 5%)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (Below 5%)

                    Legal & General Group plc (Direct) (L&G)                   

Legal & General Investment Management    Legal & General Insurance Holdings    
(Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD)     Limited (Direct) (LGIH)               

Legal & General Assurance (Pensions      Legal & General Assurance Society     
Management) Limited (PMC)                Limited (LGAS & LGPL)                 

                                         Legal & General Pensions Limited      
                                         (Direct) (LGPL)                       

Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:

N/A


11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

N/A


12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights

N/A


13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 394,198,683.

First notification under DTR Sourcebook.

As Hiscox Limited is a non-EEA Issuer the threshold for notifications is 5%. Our
last disclosure was made under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 when the
threshold was 3%, therefore we do not currently have a notifiable holding.


14. Contact name:

Helen Lewis


15. Contact telephone number:

020 7528 6742





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