If only you’d invested in: Hiscox

Hiscox is a group of companies that operate in the insurance markets in the UK and Europe. In February it reported reduced profits for 2017.

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Hiscox (LSE: HSX) is a group of companies that operate in the insurance markets in the UK and Europe. In February it reported reduced profits for 2017 (down to £30.8m from £354.5m in 2016), which it blamed on the £160m it had reserved for insurance claims in a "historic year for catastrophes".

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Alice grew up in Stockholm and studied at the University of the Arts London, where she gained a first-class BA in Journalism. She has written for several publications in Stockholm and London, and joined MoneyWeek in 2017.