Hiscox Group Brokers Home magazine Business blog Contact us Investors Careers Press room About us Home Business Travel Events Motor Hiscox > Accessibility Web accessibility policy Hiscox is committed to ensuring our online products and services are accessible to everyone, regardless of their ability. Providing an accessible website has a positive effect on general usability and we believe that websites that are accessible and usable benefit everyone. We will continue to review, test and modify our website and any future releases of the site, for web accessibility issues and aim to ensure that this is an ongoing commitment. Web accessibility standards This site has been validated against XHTML 1.0 Transitional. We also try to ensure that: All images in our sites contain appropriate alternate text Pages and images on this website are optimised to load quickly and smoothly All foreground and background colours are checked to ensure sufficient contrast, or given alternative text in the case of images Our content is written clearly, concisely, free of jargon and in plain English All pages use headings All ‘calls to action’ highlighted with icons and/or different colour font or underlined Symbols (e.g. >) are used in context and for their semantic use Consistent navigation and page layouts are used All forms are navigable using a keyboard We have submit buttons on all forms We use cascading style sheets to control layout and presentation We use JavaScript (a scripting language widely used in website development) to deliver an enhanced user experience for things like rollover menus and conditional content visibility. Google has further information on how to enable JavaScript. If you have a question about web accessibility or feedback about our website please contact us or email us at: customerservices@hiscox.com Useful resources Web accessibility initiative – how to change text sizes or colours > Direct Gov – The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) > Microsoft – accessibility support centre > Home insurance Contents insurance Buildings insurance Jewellery insurance Contents calculator More home insurance products > Business insurance Professional indemnity insurance Public liability insurance IT consultants Business and management consultants More business insurance products > Event insurance Business and charity events Community, entertainment and sports events Exhibitors Exhibition and conferences Private events Hiscox Corporate News Careers Investors Media Find a broker © 2014 Hiscox Limited Not in the UK? Select your country Belgium France Germany Ireland Netherlands Portugal Spain United States Bermuda Accessibility Site feedback Site map Cookies & privacy Terms and conditions