AGM Results

Hiscox PLC
20 June 2006


The Board of Hiscox plc (the 'Company' and 'Hiscox') confirms that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General 
Meeting held today, 20 June 2006, were duly passed by shareholders, each on a show of hands. Proxies were received in 
respect of 284,286,702 Hiscox shares representing 72.3% of Hiscox's shares in issue.

392,949,565 ordinary shares were in issue as at 20 June 2006, each carrying one vote.

No.   Resolution                            Votes            Votes         Votes            Votes 
                                              for    discretionary       against         withheld
                                              
 1   To receive the accounts
     of the Company for the 
     year ended 31 December 2005 
     together with the Directors' 
     and auditors' reports thereon    271,130,079       1,388,933         657,602      11,110,088
*2   To re-appoint RRS Hiscox as 
     a director                       278,051,632       1,388,933       1,820,159       3,025,977
 3   To re-appoint AGC Howland 
     Jackson as a director            281,462,039       1,388,933       1,434,029           1,701
 4   To reappoint DND Netherton
     as a director                    281,646,772       1,388,933       1,249,296           1,701
 5   To appoint AR Auer as a 
     director                         281,599,090       1,388,933       1,298,679             Nil
 6   To appoint Sir MK Pedelty
     as a director                    281,647,953       1,388,933       1,249,816             Nil
*7   To re-appoint KPMG Audit
     plc as auditors of the Company   278,952,651       1,388,933       2,341,717       1,603,400
 8   To authorise the Directors to 
     determine the auditors' 
     remuneration                     281,441,402       1,388,933       1,454,666           1,701
 9   To approve the recommendation 
     of the Directors as to a final
     dividend                         282,895,548       1,388,933             520           1,701
*10  To Approve the Remuneration
     Report contained within the 
     report and accounts for the
     year ended 31 December 2005      264,518,959       1,388,933      11,803,829       6,574,980
 11  To authorise the directors
     to allot shares in the company
     subject to certain limitations   275,647,990       1,388,933       7,249,779             Nil
 12  To disapply, within certain 
     limits, the statutory pre-emption
     rights arising on the allotment
     of shares                        282,889,041       1,388,933           4,922           3,806
 13  To authorise the Company to 
     purchase its own shares, subject
     to limitations                   282,891,623       1,388,933           3,152           2,994

* One less proxy vote was received in respect of resolutions 2,7 and 10.

Resolutions 1-11 (inclusive) were proposed as ordinary resolutions and resolutions 12 and 13 were proposed as special 
resolutions. 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]

20 June 2006

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




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