Result of EGM

Hiscox PLC
06 December 2005

6 December 2005
For immediate release

                            HISCOX PLC EGM STATEMENT

The Board of Hiscox plc (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms that all 
resolutions proposed at its Extraordinary General Meeting held today, 6 December
2005, were duly passed by shareholders. Proxies were received in respect of 
258,146,824 Hiscox shares representing 66.0% of Hiscox's shares in issue and 
entitled to vote at that meeting.

No. Resolution                              Votes for       Votes        Votes
                                                            against     withheld
1* To amend the rules of the Hiscox
   Performance Share Plan                                                       
                                            241,056,066   2,668,712   14,422,045
2  To increase the authorised share         257,251,180      21,283      874,361
   capital of the Company by £9,500,000
   to £30,000,000 by the creation of an 
   additional 190,000,000 ordinary shares
   of 5p each  
3  To authorise the directors to allot      257,245,077      25,685      876,062
   shares in the Company subject to 
   limitations                                                                  
4  To disapply, within certain limits,      257,171,512      99,250      876,062
   the statutory pre-emption rights 
   arising on the allotment of shares           
                                            
* One less proxy vote was received for resolution 1.

Resolutions 1-3 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolution
4 was proposed as a special resolution. Two copies of the resolutions have been
submitted to the UK Listing Authority and will shortly be available for 
inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is
situated at:

UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf, London E14 5HS
Telephone: [phone]

6 December 2005

Enquiries:
Stuart Bridges
Company Secretary, Hiscox plc
Telephone: [phone]


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