Investor information

Five-year summary

Over the last five years the Hiscox Group has:

increased gross written premiums by 50% to £2.55 billion
achieved compound dividend growth of 8.4%
returned capital to shareholders of £742 million
delivered average combined ratio of 87.2%
posted average return on equity of 15.4%

Find out more about our recent performance

	2017 £000	2016 £000	2015 £000	2014 £000	2013 £000
Results
Gross premiums written	2,549,279	2,402,579	1,944,220	1,756,260	1,699,478
Net premiums written	1,864,233	1,787,943	1,571,844	1,343,410	1,371,114
Net premiums earned	1,874,481	1,675,013	1,435,016	1,316,259	1,283,311
Profit before tax	30,798	354,543	216,100	231,075	244,538
Profit for the year after tax	26,310	336,986	209,895	216,152	237,758

	2017 £000	2016 £000	2015 £000	2014 £000	2013 £000
Assets employed
Intangible assets	137,814	123,724	126,22	105,946	72,720
Financial assets carried at fair value	3,807,143	3,792,033	2,921,585	2,828,847	2,585,054
Cash and cash equivalents	642,789	664,816	727,880	650,651	564,375
Insurance liabilities and reinsurance assets	(3,092,216)	(3,047,327)	(2,509,552)	(2,309,854)	(2,150,299)
Other net assets	258,897	285,157	262,694	178,616	337,611
Net assets	1,754,427	1,818,403	1,528,829	1,454,206	1,409,461
Net asset value per share (p)	618.6	649.9	545.0	462.5	402.2

	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013
Key statistics
Basic earnings per share (p)	9.3	119.8	72.8	67.4	66.3
Diluted earnings per share (p)	9.0	116.0	70.5	64.5	63.5
Combined ratio (%)	99.9	84.4	85.0	83.9	83.0
Return on equity (%)	1.5	23.0	16.0	17.1	19.3
Dividends per share (p)	29.0	27.5	24.0	22.5	21.0
Share price – high (p)	1,470.0	1,097.0	1,059.9	735.0	695.0
Share price – low (p)	997.5	900.5	707.5	624.5	453.6

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