Services
Platform

Client
Icatu Seguros | Insurance, Brazil
Designing with
Product Owner
Product Manager
Engineering Manager
Commercial Team
Marketing Team
Stakeholders
Services
Discovery and Empathize, Define Value Proposition, Ideate and Prototype
Date
2022
ContextContextoIcatu, Brazil’s largest independent insurer, sells through partners on a Services Platform built in 2007 and last updated in 2013, across life insurance, private pension and capitalization.A Icatu, maior seguradora independente do Brasil, vende por parceiros numa Plataforma de Serviços criada em 2007 e atualizada pela última vez em 2013, em seguro de vida, previdência e capitalização.
ProblemProblemaEach new partner front end took about 45 days, contracts still ran on uploaded PDFs, and there was no after-sales or standard reporting.Cada novo front-end de parceiro levava cerca de 45 dias, contratos ainda dependiam de PDFs enviados à mão, e não havia pós-venda nem relatórios padronizados.
My roleMeu papelDiscovery and service design with PO, PM, Engineering, Commercial and Marketing: benchmarks, interviews, three service blueprints, proto-personas, lo-fi prototypes and the design system setup.Discovery e service design com PO, PM, Engenharia, Comercial e Marketing: benchmarks, entrevistas, três blueprints de serviço, proto-personas, protótipos de baixa fidelidade e a base do design system.
OutcomeResultadoA single platform concept for the three fronts, validated with users, commercial, security/IT and engineering, handed over with a design system and a KPI plan (NPS, churn, LTV, CAC).Um conceito único de plataforma para as três frentes, validado com usuários, comercial, segurança/TI e engenharia, entregue com design system e plano de KPIs (NPS, churn, LTV, CAC).

Icatu Seguros is today the largest independent insurance company in Brazil, specialized in selling products through partnerships.

Managing third-party assets and resources that exceed the sum of R$23 billion, they are at the top of the most important national financial rankings. Most of it runs through a partner tool called the Services Platform, launched in 2007.

Our goal was to identify the points of improvement that the new platform should contain, considering the three business fronts: Life Insurance, Private Pension and Capitalization

Diverging process

1

Internal Benchmark

• Client material deep dive
• Tools access
• System exploration
• Technology survey
• Stakeholders interview
• Team Interview
• How it works

2

External Benchmark

• Client material Debriefing
• Onboarding of small and large partners
• Competitive Benchmark
• User interview

3

Indicator's analysis

• Data tools research: GA, Dynatrace and Hotjar
• User testing
• Review results

4

Vision Statement

• Service Blueprint
• Value proposition
• Business analysis and validation
• Team and Stakeholders interviews

Modeling a service Blueprint for each 3 big areas of Icatu ecosystem:

Developing products roadmaps gave us a clear view of how the ecosystem of each area works, and how they relate to each other.

Problems outlined:

🕰 Outdated system – The system was developed in 2007 and the last update was carried out in 2013.

🐢 Frontend Construction – Today, the expected SLA lasts an average of 45 days for production, causing a bottleneck and even anxiety in the partner.

➿ Large volume of API’s for systems – To meet the partner’s needs, specific API’s are created and integrated within the system, generating limitations to create a unified solution.

✍🏼 Use of pdf’s for contract – There is no digital solution for a contract, having to download the document and upload it manually into the system, being only PDF the accepted format.

💬 After-Sales System – Currently, Icatu does not have an After Sales system that helps to better relate to its end customer.

😵‍💫 No standardization – Each front has specific features without standardization, which makes it difficult to create a single solution to meet the three fronts.

❌ Processes without electronic signature – Digital Signature is a differential for the business model that Icatu offers and its absence implies in the facilitation of sales processes.

📋 Management reports – Management reports are one of the biggest pains for system users, as they need to have an overview of the customer with relevant information and that they can extract data from different formats such as Excel.

Converging process

1

Proto Personas

• Hotjar questionary
• Data gathering
• Words Cloud
• Relevant answers
• Personas cards

2

Wireframing

• Unique login screen
• Admin setup, onboarding
• Selling Flow
• Centralized Home
• Post-selling
• Admin tools

3

Iteration

• Commercial validation
• Security and IT validation
• User validation
• Engineering validation

4

Design System

• Setup
• Componentize
• Validation
• Documentation
• Handover

Proto persona cards, to quick check features in / out hypothesis that should be present and also helping the prioritization process, based on user pain points.
Lo-fis prototype: tested with users and stakeholders. Could an introductory step-by-step tutorial cover the missing information interviewees reported?

How success would be measuredComo o sucesso seria medido

NPSNPSPartner satisfaction with the platform, benchmarked against competitors.Satisfação dos parceiros com a plataforma, comparada à concorrência.
ChurnChurnPartners (and revenue) lost per period: the first signal that the platform is failing them.Parceiros (e receita) perdidos por período: o primeiro sinal de que a plataforma está falhando.
LTVLTVRevenue each partner brings over time, and where the platform can grow it.Receita que cada parceiro gera ao longo do tempo, e onde a plataforma pode aumentá-la.
CACCACCost to onboard a partner. Faster, standardized front ends should push it down against LTV.Custo para trazer um parceiro. Front-ends mais rápidos e padronizados devem reduzi-lo em relação ao LTV.

Thanks for reading!