Arch Insurance

Building a next-generation insurance broker portal

Arch is a global insurer, providing specialty risk solutions to clients worldwide across a wide range of industries. They operate from offi ces in the UK, Australia and South Africa.

Arch chose us to design and build a new insurance broker portal using an Agile delivery process. The project brief was to create a cutting-edge, self-service user experience for brokers and integrate the platform with their core insurance platform, SSP.

We kicked off the project with on-site discovery workshops and focussed on user stories, user flows, personas, competitor analysis and technical dependencies. We also drew on our deep sector experience and existing insurance UX research to highlight upcoming trends and innovations.

Early in the project, the team began building interactive prototypes, which were iterated with the client before testing early versions with brokers. These prototypes were refined based on user feedback and underwent a final validation test with brokers before we passed the prototypes to our development team for implementation.

The portal was developed on Microsoft.NET MVC and SQL Server, integrated with the SSP insurance platform. Security and performance were central to the build process, which included rigorous penetration and scalability testing before launch.

“MagiClick were a great fit for Arch. Their team hit the ground running and the project really benefited from their previous experience on insurance portal builds. They delivered to the brief very effectively, worked well with the Arch team and added value throughout the process.”

Ben Young, Head of IT at Arch Insurance in London