EP 23: How Empathy and Innovative Solutions Empowers Financial Futures

15 August 2024

Insurance for the New Possible was joined by Monica Millares, Principal, Product Ways of Working at BigPay and Om Bhatia, Head of Digital Business for Asia Pacific at Chubb.

Some of the insights they shared included:

  • Empathy must underpin product design. By genuinely understanding the diverse challenges and true financial circumstances of their customers, both Monica and Om emphasize that empathy leads to more inclusive and impactful products.
  • The importance of leveling up customers’ lives one transaction at a time. This approach not only makes financial management accessible but also integrates it seamlessly into everyday life, allowing users from varied backgrounds, such as migrant workers, to experience significant empowerment and autonomy over their finances.
  • How tailoring products to ‘micro-risks’ enables the crafting of insurance products that are not only more relevant but also more immediately beneficial to individuals’ everyday lives.
  • The challenge of maintaining financial tracking and budgeting tools that customers will continually engage with, stressing that the key to success is reducing customer effort, making technological solutions as frictionless as possible.
  • The necessity of creating global products that respect local nuances and how this is crucial for FinTechs looking to scale globally but remain suitable and effective locally.
  • Empathy must underpin product design. By genuinely understanding the diverse challenges and true financial circumstances of their customers, both Monica and Om emphasize that empathy leads to more inclusive and impactful products.
  • The importance of leveling up customers’ lives one transaction at a time. This approach not only makes financial management accessible but also integrates it seamlessly into everyday life, allowing users from varied backgrounds, such as migrant workers, to experience significant empowerment and autonomy over their finances.
  • How tailoring products to ‘micro-risks’ enables the crafting of insurance products that are not only more relevant but also more immediately beneficial to individuals’ everyday lives.
  • The challenge of maintaining financial tracking and budgeting tools that customers will continually engage with, stressing that the key to success is reducing customer effort, making technological solutions as frictionless as possible.
  • The necessity of creating global products that respect local nuances and how this is crucial for FinTechs looking to scale globally but remain suitable and effective locally.

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Monica Millares

Monica Millares

Principal, Product Ways of Working at BigPay

Monica is a product leader and financial wellbeing and diversity advocate who has spent the last decade building great product in the FinTech space. She moved to Malaysia to help launch and grow BigPay. Monica sits on the Board of PayEd – Education in Payments, she’s recognized as Singapore’s #Fintech65 Product Leaders and Women in FinTech.
Om Bhatia

Om Bhatia

Head of Digital Business for Asia Pacific at Chubb

Om’s responsibilities include increasing revenue growth with existing digital distribution partners using omnichannel and digital marketing strategies. Prior to joining Chubb, he was the Head of Digital and Direct Marketing at AIG. Mr. Bhatia also mentors at the Singapore Indian Development Association and has a Master’s in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.

More about Chubb Partners :

Chubb’s partners include leaders in retail, e-commerce, banking, fintech, airline, telecommunications and other industries. We co-create and design digital insurance solutions for their customers – individuals and businesses of all sizes.