Crux
Creating a start-up with pedigree
Crux Underwriting is a specialty Managing General Agent (MGA) that fuses underwriting with technology. Its vision is to be an underwriter of the future, where trust and credibility define its underwriting philosophy and technology transforms the user experience of all stakeholders in the insurance value chain.
This duality of old and new, underwriting and technology is a central tenet of their brand. They are a future-facing company with user experience at its core. Yet, trust and credibility are hard-earned by an audience sceptical of start-ups with yet another technology promise.
- Visual identity
- Positioning
Designed for scale
Crux believes there is a better way to do business. To succeed, the brand needed to scale and be recognised for its founding principles of people and technology combining to create a stellar user experience.
Crux expresses trust through a black-and-white colour palette, beautifully simple layouts, serif typeface and language that doesn’t lean on hyperbole or unsubstantiated claims. Crux’s colourful gradients are bold, like their vision. Crux’s brand architecture contains motion. And the use of typographic symbols is born out of code — the engine of their business.
- Visual design
- Brand and messaging application
A sprint to the start-line
Crux thinks and behaves like a technology company, so speed to market was a critical factor in launching its brand. Working with the founders, Graham Elliott and Mike O’Connor, we split the project into four design sprints to create a scalable brand and launch a website. We started each sprint with a dedicated workshop to define their north star and sense-check the work needed to turn their vision into reality.
- UI & UX
