Method of managing a life insurance policy and a system therefor

• US 20050256748A1
• Filed: 04/01/2005
• Published: 11/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Discovery Life Limited (Discovery Limited)
• Original Assignee: Discovery Life Limited (Discovery Limited)
• Inventors: Gore, Adrian, Mayers, Herschel Phillip, Rabson, Kenneth Steven
• Application Number:
  US11/097,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20050256748A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of managing a life insurance policy in which the life insurer receives a premium from an insured life and wherein if the insured life suffers an insured event, the life insurer pays a predetermined sum assured to the insured life or a beneficiary nominated by the insured life. The method includes defining a retirement age and when the insured life reaches the retirement age, paying at least one payment from the life insurer to the insured life. After the at least one payment the sum assured is reduced so that the amount which will be paid to the insured life or their nominated beneficiary in the event of them suffering an insured event in the future is reduced.

Claims

1. A method of managing a life insurance policy, in which the life insurer receives a premium from an insured life and wherein if the insured life suffers an insured event, the life insurer pays a predetermined sum assured to the insured life or a beneficiary nominated by the insured life, the method including:

defining a retirement age; and

when the insured life reaches the retirement age, paying at least one payment from the life insurer to the insured life.

2. A method according to claim 1 wherein after the at least one payment the sum assured is reduced so that the amount which will be paid to the insured life or their nominated beneficiary in the event of them suffering an insured event in the future is reduced.

3. A method according to claim 2 wherein the reduction of the sum assured is equivalent to the at least one payment made to the insured life.

4. A method according to claim 1 wherein the retirement age is one of 50, 55, 60, 65 or 70 or any age between 50 and 70.

5. A method according to claim 1 wherein when the insured life reaches retirement age, periodic payments are made from the life insurer to the insured life.

6. A method according to claim 1 wherein the insured life receives a lump sum payout at retirement.

7. An electronic system for managing a life insurance policy, in which the life insurer receives a premium from an insured life and wherein if the insured life suffers an insured event, the life insurer pays a predetermined sum assured to the insured life or a beneficiary nominated by the insured life, the system including:

a memory for storing;

information relating to the insured life;

information relating to a predefined retirement age of the insured life; and

information relating to a sum assured; and

a processor disposed in communication with the memory, the processor being adapted to;

when the insured life reaches the retirement age, pay at least one payment from the life insurer to the insured life;

8. An electronic system according to claim 7 wherein the processor is further adapted to after the at least one payment, reduce the sum assured so that the amount which will be paid to the insured life or their nominated beneficiary in the event of them suffering an insured event in the future is reduced.

9. An electronic system according to claim 8 wherein the processor is further adapted to reduce the sum assured by an amount which is equivalent to the at least one payment made to the insured life.

10. An electronic system according to claim 7 wherein the processor is further adapted to make periodic payments from the life insurer to the insured life when the insured life reaches retirement age.

11. An electronic system according to any one of claim 7 wherein the processor is further adapted to make a lump sum payout to the insured life at retirement.