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Statement regarding the death of Jonathan Bloomer
Statement regarding the death of Jonathan Bloomer.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nStatement regarding the death of Jonathan Bloomer\n \nHamilton, Bermuda (22 August 2024) - It is with profound sadness that the Board of Hiscox Ltd (\"Hiscox\" or the \"Company\") confirms that its Chair, Jonathan Bloomer, and his wife Judy died in the tragic sinking of the Bayesian off the coast of Sicily on Monday 19 August.\n \nAki Hussain, Hiscox Group CEO, comments:\n \n\"We are deeply shocked and saddened by Jonathan and Judy's tragic deaths. Our deepest sympathies go out to their family and friends at this devastating time.\n \n\"It was a privilege to have known Jonathan and to have benefitted from his generosity and wisdom over the last year in his role as Chair of Hiscox. His deep experience across our industry and in the broader business arena, combined with his personal values, made him both an excellent Chair and a person I was proud to know and work with. His advice and support were immensely valuable to me, and he will be dearly missed.\"\n \nENDS\n \n \nFor further information\n \nInvestors and analysts\nYana O'Sullivan, Director of Investor Relations, London +44 (0)20 3321 5598\nMarc Wetherhill, Group Company Secretary, Bermuda +1 441 278 8300\n \nMedia\nEleanor Orebi Gann, Group Director of Communications, London +44 (0)20 7081 4815\nSimone Selzer, Brunswick +44 (0)20 7404 5959\nTom Burns, Brunswick +44 (0)20 7404 5959\n \nNotes to editors\n \nAbout The Hiscox Group\n \nHiscox is a global specialist insurer, headquartered in Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE:HSX). Our ambition is to be a respected specialist insurer with a diverse portfolio by product and geography. We believe that building balance between catastrophe-exposed business and less volatile local specialty business gives us opportunities for profitable growth throughout the insurance cycle. \n \nThe Hiscox Group employs over 3,000 people in 14 countries, and has customers worldwide. Through the retail businesses in the USA, UK, Europe and Asia, we offer a range of specialist insurance products in commercial and personal lines. Internationally-traded, bigger-ticket business and reinsurance is underwritten through Hiscox London Market and Hiscox Re & ILS.\n \nOur values define our business, with a focus on people, courage, ownership and ...