Hiscox appoints Stéphane Flaquet as chief operating officer

Hiscox has announced the appointment of Stéphane Flaquet as the Group’s Chief Operating Officer, effective from 1 September 2022 and subject to regulatory consents.

Flaquet has been with Hiscox since 2010 and has held a number of senior roles across the Group. He initially joined Hiscox as chief operating officer for Hiscox Europe, before moving on to become Group IT Director in 2012 and then chief executive officer for Hiscox Europe between 2016 and 2021.

He is currently group chief transformation officer and Interim chief executive officer for Hiscox UK.

In his new role, Flaquet will oversee a number of critical central functions including Group Claims, Group IT,  Property Services, Procurement and Group Marketing. He will be a member of the Group Executive Committee and report to Hiscox Group CEO, Aki Hussain.

Hussain commented: “As Stéphane takes on this new role for the Group, we will benefit enormously from his institutional knowledge, having run a number of Hiscox business areas. With a focus on driving process maturity, continued digital transformation and service excellence, [he] will play an important part in ensuring we continue to build a better business that delivers for our customers.”