Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hiscox Ltd

(the 'Company')

Notification of transactions by Directors or Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ('PDMRs')

Hamilton, Bermuda - The Company has been notified today of the following transaction in the ordinary shares of 6.5p shares ("Shares") in the Company:

· On 13 August 2015, Mr Robert Childs, a Director, exercised 206,882 options under the Company's Performance Share Plan and sold the resulting Shares on the same day at a price of 927.695p each.

The transaction took place in Switzerland.

Following this transaction Mr Childs remains interested in 1,511,866 Shares.

This notification is made in accordance with DTR 3.1.4R (1).

Jeremy Pinchin

Company Secretary

Hiscox Ltd

+ 1 441 278 8300