Improving travel insurance conversions
and setting a 3-year record by surfacing
a hidden upsell

Breaking a 3-year record with a hidden travel insurance upsell

Improving travel insurance conversions
and setting a 3-year record by surfacing
a hidden upsell

Improving travel insurance conversions
and setting a 3-year record by surfacing
a hidden upsell

Breaking a 3-year record with a hidden travel insurance upsell

Episode 1: The one where my onboarding turned into real work

Episode 1: The one where my onboarding turned into real work

Episode 1: The one where my onboarding turned into real work

Episode 1: The one with my onboarding

A few weeks into my new role, I jumped into the task of promoting annual multi-trip insurance (AMT)

A few weeks into my new role, I jumped into the task of promoting annual multi-trip insurance (AMT)

Faced with tight timelines, clashing opinions, and a fragmented design system, I worked with the PM to turn a vague request into clear solutions that boosted conversions and broke a 3-year AMT sales record.

All data adjusted for NDA and shown

to illustrate overall direction only

All data adjusted for NDA and shown to illustrate overall direction only

Timeline

3 weeks, August 2024

Team

1 designer, 1 product manager

Scope

Design, prototyping, A/B testing, stakeholders management

Design, prototyping, A/B testing,

stakeholders management

Goal

Push single trip to annual multi-trip insurance

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increase in multi-trip share, delivering the strongest result in 3 years

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uplift in total travel insurance conversions, improving performance across the funnel

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Experimentation Award — Finance and Insurance Campaign of the Year

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uplift in multi-trip sales, highest recorded in 3 years

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uplift in total travel insurance conversions

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Finance and Insurance Campaign of the Year

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increase in multi-trip share, delivering the strongest result in 3 years

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uplift in total travel insurance conversions

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Experimentation Award — Finance and Insurance Campaign of the Year

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increase in multi-trip share, delivering the strongest result in 3 years

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uplift in total travel insurance conversions, improving performance across the funnel

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Experimentation Award — Finance and Insurance Campaign of the Year

Episode 2: The one with the data

Episode 2: The one with the data

Episode 2: The one with the data

Episode 2: The one with the data

Customers overlook multi-trip cover
and opt for single cover instead

Customers overlook multi-trip cover and opt for
single cover instead

Customers overlook multi-trip cover and opt for single cover instead

Lack of easy comparison and duplicated content led customers to abandon the flow before discovering AMT. I also reviewed the funnel to identify drop-offs, moments of disengagement, and missed opportunities to upsell.

Before

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Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

Hypothesis

By surfacing the annual multi-trip offer earlier in the journey, customers are more likely to choose AMT, increasing its share from 18 to 22%

By surfacing the annual multi-trip offer earlier in the journey, customers are more likely to choose AMT, increasing its share from 18 to 22%

By surfacing the annual multi-trip offer earlier in the journey, customers are more likely to choose AMT, increasing its share from 18 to 22%

Episode 3: The one where everyone finds out

Episode 3: The one where everyone finds out

Episode 3: The one where everyone finds out

Episode 3: The one where everyone finds out

Prototyping ideas helped shift
the debate from opinions to impact
among stakeholders

Prototyping ideas helped shift the debate from opinions to impactamong stakeholders

Prototyping ideas helped shift
the debate from opinions to impact among stakeholders

Limited time and resources made stakeholder alignment critical, especially as new requests and opinions kept surfacing. I prototyped solutions and worked with the PM to steer focus away from low-value sales tests.

Pop-up after cover selection

Provides space to present AMT value clearly

Forces visibility - hard to miss

Interrupts flow and may reduce trust

Adds friction, especially on mobile

Doesn’t address the main drop-off point and adds another step

Ideation

Pop-up after cover selection

Provides space to present AMT value clearly

Forces visibility - hard to miss

Interrupts flow and may reduce trust

Adds friction, especially on mobile

Doesn’t address the main drop-off point and adds another step

Ideation

Ideation

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Episode 4: The one with the results

We tested the toggle idea for three reasons and…

It worked. For the next phase, we planned an additional banner with toggle on the ‘Additional Cover’ page, giving customers a second chance to upgrade if they skipped AMT.

Episode 4: The one with the results

We tested the toggle idea for three reasons and…

It worked. For the next phase, we planned an additional banner with toggle on the ‘Additional Cover’ page, giving customers a second chance to upgrade if they skipped AMT.

Episode 4: The one with the results

We tested the toggle idea for three reasons and…

It worked. For the next phase, we planned an additional banner with toggle on the ‘Additional Cover’ page, giving customers a second chance to upgrade if they skipped AMT.

Episode 4: The one with the results

We tested the toggle idea for three reasons and…

It worked. For the next phase, we planned an additional banner with toggle on the ‘Additional Cover’ page, giving customers a second chance to upgrade if they skipped AMT.

Drop-off. It tackles the biggest drop off point (60%)

Drop-off

It tackles the biggest drop off point (60%)

Visibility. It surfaces AMT earlier, next to Single Trip

Visibility. It surfaces Annual Multi-trip earlier, next to Single Trip

Visibility

It surfaces AMT earlier, next to Single Trip

Mobile-first. Cuts down scrolling for mobile traffic (70%)

Mobile-first

Cuts down scrolling for mobile traffic (70%)

Ideation

Ideation

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After

After

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After

After

Improved visibility

of annual multi-trip offer and made it easier to compare, giving customers confidence to upgrade (+2.1% CVR increase)

Defined roadmap

and stakeholder alignment across design, product, and marketing teams for future testing experiments (3 test phases)

Increased revenue

by driving AMT engagement at the quote stage, unlocking conversion uplift and record-breaking growth (+12.5% AMT share)

Improved visibility

of annual multi-trip offer and made it easier to compare, giving customers confidence to upgrade (+2.1% CVR increase)

Defined roadmap

and stakeholder alignment across design, product, and marketing teams for future testing experiments (3 test phases)

Increased revenue

by driving AMT engagement at the quote stage, unlocking conversion uplift and record-breaking growth (+12.5% AMT share)

Improved visibility

of annual multi-trip offer and made it easier to compare, giving customers confidence to upgrade (+2.1% CVR increase)

Defined roadmap

and stakeholder alignment across design, product, and marketing teams for future testing experiments (3 test phases)

Increased revenue

by driving AMT engagement at the quote stage, unlocking conversion uplift and record-breaking growth (+12.5% AMT share)

Improved visibility

of annual multi-trip offer and made it easier to compare, giving customers confidence to upgrade (+2.1% CVR increase)

Defined roadmap

and stakeholder alignment across design, product, and marketing teams for future testing experiments (3 test phases)

Increased revenue

by driving AMT engagement at the quote stage, unlocking conversion uplift and record-breaking growth (+12.5% AMT share)

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