How a new digital engagement model attracts and educates customers

EY's strategists, digital professionals and actuaries collaborated in analyzing the market and the competition and determining the “sweet spot” for a digital offering. The team then developed the offering and a simplified product and tested it on consumers.

As part of the customer journey mapping and concept design, the team developed first-generation journey maps for each persona. We provided research and insight to better enable the insurer to identify the addressable market and opportunity for this new initiative by analyzing external market data across target demographics. The team also conducted product and consumer testing of proposed product attributes to inform the initial product build. Design recommendations and critical product specifications were based on direct consumer feedback. 

We provided an initial view of the technology and CRM required for the new strategy and formulated a concept for the proposed product and launch plan considerations. The process also included:

• Opportunity analysis, partnership and suitability review
• Analyzed landscape of competitors and potential partnerships within the InsurTech space and evaluated best practices related to investment suitability
• Executive level business concept deck and launch plan
• Developed final executive-level deck summarizing findings and recommendations for the new product concept
• Provided launch plan considerations across marketing, technology, branding and organizational design

The digital enablers included digital strategy, use of the cloud and advanced analytics.

The engagement opened an opportunity to target millions of new retail customers (with close to US$3 trillion in investable assets) by engaging digitally. In addition, the EY teams delivered additional value to the client by:

• Testing and validating the concept of a new digital retirement ecosystem (greenfield opportunity) that resulted in a new digital customer engagement model and total re-evaluation of the insurer’s retirement income product segment. 
• Supporting the development of an opportunity analysis to launch a new digital ecosystem and income tool.
• Providing launch plan considerations addressing organizational design, staffing, marketing and technology aspect.
• Assembling a multi-disciplinary team to drive exceptional client service.