Method and system for insuring users of electronic trading systems or exchanges and traditional established commodity exchanges against weather-related risks and hazards
First Claim
1. A method for bundling a weather-related insurance product in conjunction with trading a commodity through an electronic exchange, comprising:
- creating a weather-related insurance product for the commodity, the insurance product providing a predetermined coverage, requiring payment of premium and providing for compensation for a weather-related incident;
posting offers by counter-parties to buy and/or sell the commodity on the exchange;
receiving an acceptance from a counter-party indicating an intention to create an agreement to trade the commodity;
when an acceptance is received, notifying the counter-parties (buyer and seller) that an agreement to trade the commodity has been accepted; and
including the insurance product in the agreement such that weather-related insurance is integrated into the trading transaction, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the insurance product.
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Abstract
Method and system for bundling a weather-related risk management product to the trading of commodities, such as agriculture, food, electricity, natural gas, oil and other products being traded through independent electronic commerce exchanges including business-to-consumer, business-to-business and traditional established commodity exchanges. A weather-related insurance product is created for a commodity which will specify the weather-related risk premium and compensation to be paid if certain defined events occur. The exchange offers the insurance product to its members, and for those that purchase the insurance product, a premium is added to the cost for each transaction in which the member is a party. By bundling a weather-related insurance product together with each trade or transaction, the weather-related risk premium is incorporated as an added transaction cost at the time the trade is confirmed. The amount of premium paid by each trading party may be accumulated and recorded as “weather credits”. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the insurance product which vary depending upon the commodity and the risks being covered, different amounts of weather credits are required in order to obtain compensation for a weather-related incident. As such, insurance for weather-related risk is made easily and readily available to all buyers and sellers regardless of the platform used for trading.
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48 Claims
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1. A method for bundling a weather-related insurance product in conjunction with trading a commodity through an electronic exchange, comprising:
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creating a weather-related insurance product for the commodity, the insurance product providing a predetermined coverage, requiring payment of premium and providing for compensation for a weather-related incident;
posting offers by counter-parties to buy and/or sell the commodity on the exchange;
receiving an acceptance from a counter-party indicating an intention to create an agreement to trade the commodity;
when an acceptance is received, notifying the counter-parties (buyer and seller) that an agreement to trade the commodity has been accepted; and
including the insurance product in the agreement such that weather-related insurance is integrated into the trading transaction, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the insurance product. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for bundling a weather-related insurance product in conjunction with trading a commodity through an electronic commerce exchange, comprising:
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creating a weather-related insurance product for the commodity, the product providing for a predetermined coverage, requiring payment of premium and providing compensation for a weather-related incident;
forming trade agreements between counter-parties (buyer and seller) of the commodity on the exchange using a server and remote terminals connected over a communication network to the server; and
including the weather-related insurance product in the trade agreements and thereby providing the coverage to the buyers and sellers. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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35. A method for bundling a weather-related insurance product in conjunction with sale of a commodity, comprising:
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creating a weather-related insurance product for the commodity, the insurance product providing for a predetermined coverage, requiring payment of premium and providing for compensation for a weather-related incident;
including the premium in the price of the commodity; and
selling the commodity;
whereby a buyer of the commodity is entitled to compensation for a weather-related incident pursuant to the product.
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44. A system for trading a commodity through an electronic commerce exchange, comprising:
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a server for insuring trades of the commodity on an electronic commerce exchange, said server comprising a processor and a memory component including a trading program;
links for coupling said server to remote terminals accessible by buyers and sellers of the commodity over a communication network; and
a risk assessment program for creating an insurance product based on weather-related risk of the trades on the electronic commerce exchange, the insurance product providing for a predetermined coverage and including a premium, covered incidents and compensation payable for the covered incidents, said risk assessment program being coupled to said processor such that said processor notifies the trade participants of the terms and conditions of the insurance product, the insurance product being issued upon payment of the premium. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48)
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