Time:To – Axa’s Briggs on product innovation priorities
In the latest Insurance Post Time:To video, Matt Briggs, UK technical director for commercial property underwriting at Axa UK, sets out three priorities for insurers when it comes to product innovation.
Briggs recommends:
• Always look to the quality of the risk first.
• Invest in pricing and know your technical rate.
• Build in profitable niches that are counter-cyclical in terms of rate change to
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