System and method for catastrophic risk assessment
First Claim
1. A method for assessing an insurance company'"'"'s risk due to a plurality of catastrophic events, the method comprising determining a probability distribution for at least one catastrophic event occurring in at least one geographic location;
- determining a potential claim rate due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location;
acquiring information related to the insurance company'"'"'s issued insurance policies within the at least one geographic location; and
computing a probability distribution of expected insurance payout by the insurance company due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and methodology for quantification of insurance risks from a variety of catastrophic events in one or more geographic locations. A probability distribution for a given catastrophic event is developed. A potential claim distribution of the given event is developed. A geographic distribution of an insurance company'"'"'s issued policies related to the event is developed. Probabilistic models are built and stochastic simulations carried out to quantify the company'"'"'s insurance risk due to the catastrophic event. The assessment may be in the form of expected insurance payout, a stated risk level and/or net income impact. Decisions can then be made, based on the invention results, to adjust the related policy premiums or to purchase third-party reinsurance protection against the catastrophic event.
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1. A method for assessing an insurance company'"'"'s risk due to a plurality of catastrophic events, the method comprising
determining a probability distribution for at least one catastrophic event occurring in at least one geographic location; -
determining a potential claim rate due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location;
acquiring information related to the insurance company'"'"'s issued insurance policies within the at least one geographic location; and
computing a probability distribution of expected insurance payout by the insurance company due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for assessing an insurance company'"'"'s risk due to a plurality of catastrophic events, said computer readable program code comprising
code for determining a probability distribution for at least one catastrophic event occurring in at least one geographic location; -
code for determining a potential claim rate due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location;
code for acquiring information related to the insurance company'"'"'s issued insurance policies within the at least one geographic location; and
code for computing a probability distribution of expected insurance payout by the insurance company due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for assessing an insurance company'"'"'s risk due to a plurality of catastrophic events, the system comprising
means for determining a probability distribution for at least one catastrophic event occurring in at least one geographic location; -
means for determining a potential claim rate due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location;
means for acquiring information related to the insurance company'"'"'s issued insurance policies within the at least one geographic location; and
means for computing a probability distribution of expected insurance payout by the insurance company due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for assessing an insurance company'"'"'s risk due to a plurality of catastrophic events, the system comprising
a first determination module for determining a probability distribution for at least one catastrophic event occurring in at least one geographic location; -
a second determination module for determining a potential claim rate due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location;
an acquisition module for acquiring information related to the insurance company'"'"'s issued insurance policies within the at least one geographic location; and
a computation module for computing a probability distribution of expected insurance payout by the insurance company due to the at least one catastrophic event occurring in the at least one geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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