Francisca Robles Avila, CEO of AYAX underwriting, interviewed in the newspaper Cinco Dias.

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  • 12/03/2013

On March 12, 2013, Francisca Robles Avila, CEO of AYAX gave an interview to the newspaper Cinco Dias, the content of the interview can be read below:

Interview Cinco Días

"We provide innovative insurance solutions to the travel industry"


What type of insurance offers Ayax as Underwriting Agency?


Since the beginning of the activity, our goal has been to design specialized insurance products through which we can bring added value to customers. We currently offer insurance solutions ranging from travel assistance insurance to individuals, contingencies related to tourism, airline bankruptcy coverage and accident insurance lines.


We represent the insurer Professional Travel Insurance Company Ltd, and in the coming weeks is expected to sign a distribution agreement for the field of travel assistance and accidents with Lloyd's of London, the first subscription agency in Spain that operate both entities foreign insurers as Lloyd's.


Do they act as mediators or as direct distributors of insurance products?


Our natural form of distribution is working with insurance brokers and brokerages, as we understand that brokerages provide added value advice to customers.


What added value have their coverage about other also facing the travel industry?


Unlike other companies, Ajax, being a specialist agency primarily in the travel sector subscription is continuously analyzing needs of the sector and, therefore, seeking specific solutions and providing coverage for risks that others do not offer.


Within the coverage of our portfolio of products include: Insurance Bankruptcy Airlines, Coverage volcanic ash cloud, strikes, Accident insurance for higher capital (up to 2 million € per insured), medical costs with limits of up to 15 million €, among other.


How to face the challenge of keeping abreast of the changing needs of your customers?


Given the demands of an increasingly globalized market and a customer who every day demand more specific to their needs, Ayax department has created a product that continuously analyzes the needs of customers and looking for innovative insurance solutions. At the same time Ayax also operates as a reinsurance broker, which allows us to offer not only solutions to insurance customers, but also to insurance companies.


One of the latest products we have is sure Bankruptcy Airlines, for which it has created a quality label called Guarantee SQA (www.garantiasqa.es). Such coverage is one of the most requested by customers in other EU countries. In recent weeks and motivated by financial uncertainty, we have developed a specific product for those travel agencies with IATA license ticketing, by providing a unique market coverage that replaces the current guarantees and policies bail. Finally, and no less important, it should be noted that the success of our agency and the ability of product design, also resides in the important and powerful technology on which we operate. Ayax has the latest advances in connectivity that allows both insurance brokers as any travel agency, whatever their size, do business quickly, safely and transparently with Ayax.