Overview
Largest Insurance Carrier in North America embarked on a large-scale digital transformation initiative to unify its internal, external, and mobile digital footprint under a single, cohesive customer platform. This initiative aimed to enhance seamless handoffs between product lines, transaction types, and customer touchpoints, ensuring a frictionless experience for both consumers and employees.
IHI played a pivotal role in defining, executing, and governing a comprehensive digital strategy that aligned technological advancements with business objectives. The project focused on enhancing accessibility, streamlining workflows, and ensuring seamless transitions across customer transactions, ultimately reinforcing Largest Insurance Carrier in North America’s leadership in customer experience and digital efficiency.
Challenge
Largest Insurance Carrier in North America faced several challenges in modernizing its digital presence:
- Fragmented Digital Experience: Disjointed customer journeys across web, mobile, and internal platforms led to inefficiencies and user frustration.
- Inconsistent Design & UX Standards: Lack of unified usability guidelines and inconsistent UI elements caused brand and experience fragmentation.
- Scalability & Accessibility Issues: The company needed a future-proof design system that adhered to ADA compliance and W3C accessibility standards.
- Complex Business Transactions: Customers required simplified, intuitive workflows to manage insurance policies, claims, and financial services seamlessly.
Solution
IHI partnered with Largest Insurance Carrier in North America’s executive leadership and design teams to create a scalable, integrated digital ecosystem.
Key Features Implemented:
- Digital Visual Template System (DVTS) – Established a standardized design system ensuring brand consistency and accessibility compliance.
- Unified Customer Interaction Framework – Developed seamless user journeys across insurance claims, policy management, and customer support.
- Cross-Platform Experience Optimization – Implemented responsive designs tailored for web, mobile, and enterprise applications.
- Intelligent UI Standardization– Created reusable Pega UI kits to integrate with Pega BPM, optimizing workflow automation and transaction processing.
- Iterative Usability Testing & Prototyping – Conducted rigorous user testing to refine digital touchpoints based on customer insights.
- Dynamic Content & Accessibility Compliance – Designed ADA-compliant, adaptive UI elements to ensure inclusivity across all digital properties.
Outcome
The transformation resulted in significant operational efficiencies, improved customer experience, and enhanced brand consistency:
- Reduced UX inconsistencies by 75%, ensuring seamless customer interactions.
- 30% improvement in customer self-service adoption, reducing dependency on support centers.
- Streamlined digital workflows, cutting policy application time by 40%.
- Increased mobile accessibility, resulting in a 44% surge in mobile interactions.
- Faster Time-to-Market – Reduced design-to-development lifecycle by 50% through standardized UI kits.
- Enhanced ADA Compliance – Fully W3C-compliant platform, ensuring inclusivity for all users.