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LifeSearch
Financial Services
PE-Backed
Designing a multichannel customer experience to unlock the D2C insurance market
Leading LifeSearch through its most significant digital transformation – building the capability and proposition needed to capture a £5B direct-to-consumer opportunity.
OVERVIEW
LifeSearch is a prominent UK insurance broker with strong brand recognition and an established partner distribution model. Recognising a £5B direct-to-consumer market opportunity, the leadership team engaged Palladium to guide the business through a fundamental shift toward a user-centric model with strong data capabilities — its most significant digital transformation to date.
THE CHALLENGE
LifeSearch’s growth had been built on partner relationships. Moving toward a direct-to-consumer model required a fundamentally different approach to customer understanding, journey design and channel strategy. The business needed to define what the D2C proposition would look like, how it would be positioned, and what organisational and technology capabilities would be required to deliver and sustain it.
OUR APPROACH
Over a two-year engagement, Palladium brought together experts in customer experience, branding and customer acquisition. The work began with a deep segmentation exercise, achieving business-wide alignment around seven user personas informed by demographic, behavioural, psychographic and geographic data. Palladium then led a comprehensive, user-centric redesign of the customer experience, producing a detailed service blueprint. A new in-house capability was established to give LifeSearch ongoing ownership of the customer experience and the ability to drive continuous improvement.
OUTCOMES
User personas aligned
Achieved business alignment around seven user personas informed by four data dimensions.
Customer experience redesigned
Completed a comprehensive, user-centric redesign of the customer experience resulting in a detailed service blueprint.
Quick-win initiatives delivered
Developed and prioritised a list of initiatives including several quick wins implemented during the project.
In-house CX capability built
Established a new in-house capability, empowering LifeSearch to act as custodians of the customer experience.
D2C market readiness achieved
Positioned LifeSearch to capitalise on the D2C market, enabling more direct and engaging relationships with customers.
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£5B
D2C market opportunity targeted
direct-to-consumer insurance market addressed by the new proposition
7
User personas defined and validated
across demographic, behavioural, psychographic and geographic dimensions
2 yrs
Embedded transformation engagement
driving CX, proposition design and capability building
PROJECT DETAILS
SECTOR
Financial Services / Insurance
CLIENT
LifeSearch
BACKER
not disclosed
SERVICES
Design & Delivery
CAPABILITIES DEPLOYED
Sales, Marketing & Services Acceleration
Growth Strategy & Market Intelligence
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