Hiscox counts cost of pandemic claims after 2020 loss
            
        
            
        
        
        
            Insurer Hiscox swung to a huge loss for 2020 today and continued to withhold a dividend due to a spike in business insurance claims from the Covid-19 pandemic, after it lost a high-profile court case over policy wordings earlier this year.
        
        
        
        
            
                Business
                 • 03 Mar 21