Pax Digital Insurance Journey

Hackathon Winner — Simplifying Insurance with Smart Digital Onboarding

Overview

Pax Digital Insurance Journey is our award-winning hackathon project aimed at modernizing the insurance purchasing process.
We built a seamless onboarding experience with instant approvals, chat-like interaction, and an intelligent back-office system to handle applications automatically.

Product Highlights

Onboarding

A fast, form-based onboarding process that feels like a conversation.
It eliminates unnecessary chatbot complexity while staying engaging and intuitive.

Back-Office

Not all applicants can be automatically accepted — so we built a smart backend for employees to review cases efficiently.

• Green: Auto-accepted
• Orange: Needs more info or adjusted insurance sum
• Red: Declined, but automatically re-evaluated later

Our process leading to the final product

---

Key Features

• Chat-like form input for a natural experience
• Instant quote generation
• Streamlined employee back-office
• Personalized insurance recommendations

---

Screenshots

Demo

Full app flow demonstration

App Interface

Back Office

---

Tech Stack

• Frontend: Next.js 14, Shadcn/UI, Tailwind, Framer Motion
• Backend: Next.js API routes, PostgreSQL + Prisma
• Other: Clerk authentication, Zustand store, SWR, Recharts, TypeScript, Turborepo monorepo setup

---

Challenges & Learnings

• Integrated Clerk for secure authentication in a complex monorepo setup
• Implemented type-safe URL query parameters for the chat and location logic
• Designed persistent session storage for natural scrolling and state restoration
• Tuned Framer Motion animations to make the chat flow feel organic

---

Team

• Ralf Boltshauser
• Oliver Baumgartner
• Robin Zweifel
• Lionel Ding