METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENDOWMENT INSURANCE AT AUTONOMOUS INTEREST RATES

• US 20090070153A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shacom.com Inc
• Original Assignee: Shacom.com Inc
• Inventors: Ling, Kun Bao, Chien, Yung-Sung
• Application Number:
  US12/209,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20090070153A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A method and a system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates implemented in the insurance field of financial e-commerce are provided, in which endowment insurance funds are operated in a new mode through a deposit and borrowing platform at autonomous interest rates. Thus, an insurance company can avoid bearing interest rate risks, and a consumer earns an interest of direct finance before winning a bid and has opportunities of raising funds and expanding investment after winning the bid, so as to earn higher returns than the conventional endowment insurance in a form of club deposit.

The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates performs various operating procedures of the endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, including policy purchasing, guaranty and security, funds competitive bidding for the deposit and borrowing platform at autonomous interest rates, investment management, calculation of investment profit and loss, profit sharing, and insurance money payment.

Claims

1. A method for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, applied in a system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, comprising:

a proposer logging in to the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates with an electronic certificate, an online policy purchasing operation module of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates obtaining basic information of the proposer corresponding to the electronic certificate from an electronic certificate issuing institution, and verifying the basic information, and the proposer purchasing an endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates provided by the online policy purchasing operation module;

the proposer logging in to the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates and entering a bidding amount to participate in a competitive bidding, a deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates calculating an average deposit interest rate and a borrowing interest rate of the bidding proposer according to the entered bidding amount, and determining a successful bidding amount and a number of successful bidders according to a fund balance of the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates and the borrowing interest rates of the bidding proposer;

an insurance money payment operation module of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates clearing a total successful bidding amount and a repayment amount according to the successful bidding amount, and clearing a deposit amount according to the average borrowing interest rate and a deposit bid bond of the successful bidding proposer, a highest bidding amount of the unsuccessful bidding proposer, or a benchmark interest rate;

the insurance money payment operation module settling the deposit amount that has been deposited in a personal virtual account of the unsuccessful bidding proposer;

when the proposer does not win the bid, the insurance money payment operation module determining whether an accident happens to an insurant before the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires;

when the proposer does not win the bid, the insurance money payment operation module paying endowment insurance proceeds of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to a beneficiary if an accident happens to the insurant before the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires;

the insurance money payment operation module settling the repayment amount of the successful bidding proposer;

the insurance money payment operation module settling and depositing the total successful bidding amount in an investment management account of the proposer who wins the bid in a current session;

an investment management operation module of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates providing various investment objectives for the proposer to make an investment of the total successful bidding amount of the investment management account, and publishing an investment objective, an investment profit and loss, and a net asset value corresponding to the investment of the total successful bidding amount;

when the proposer has won the bid, the insurance money payment operation module determining whether the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires;

if the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires, the insurance money payment operation module clearing the net asset value gained through the investment of the total successful bidding amount of the investment management account of the proposer, and clearing a bonus generated after the endowment insurance payment is deducted from the net asset value;

when the bonus is positive, the insurance money payment operation module paying the endowment insurance payment and the bonus to the proposer;

when the bonus is negative or zero, the insurance money payment operation module paying the endowment insurance payment to the proposer;

if the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates does not expire, the insurance money payment operation module determining whether an accident happens to the insurant when the proposer has won the bid;

when the proposer has won the bid, the insurance money payment operation module clearing the net asset value gained through the investment of the total successful bidding amount of the investment management account of the proposer and clearing the bonus generated after the endowment insurance proceeds are deducted from the net asset value if an accident happens to the insurant; and

when the bonus is positive, the insurance money payment operation module paying the endowment insurance proceeds and the bonus to the beneficiary;

when the bonus is negative or zero, the insurance money payment operation module paying the endowment insurance proceeds to the beneficiary.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

the insurance money payment operation module collecting a premium paid by the proposer, and the online policy purchasing operation module issuing an electronic policy of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the proposer;

when the proposer does not win the bid, performing the step of the proposer logging in to the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates and entering the bidding amount to participate in the competitive bidding if no accident happens to the insurant;

when the proposer has won the bid, performing the step of the insurance money payment operation module determining whether the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires if no accident happens to the insurant; and

when the beneficiary or the proposer receives the endowment insurance payment and/or the bonus, terminating a contract of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein underwriting items of the electronic policy comprise whether contents of a proposal form are complete and true, a qualification of the proposer, a relation between the proposer and an insurant, a qualification of the insurant, whether the insurance contract receives a written approval from the insurant, a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates participated by the proposer, a proportion between an actual economic demand and a sum insured of the insurant, and whether the proposer can continually and stably pay the premium for a long term according to a personal condition, an employment situation, and an annual income of the proposer.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates communicates with a terminal through a network and in a wired and wireless communication mode, so as to perform a real-time and safe message exchange with the proposer.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein an amount of the endowment insurance proceeds or the endowment insurance payment of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates is equal to that of a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the competitive bidding transaction combination comprises a competitive bidding time limit, a number of competitive bidding sessions, and the total contribution amount.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the investment objective comprises a financial product of at least one of a common fund, securities, and a financial derivative product.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates calculates an amount that all unsuccessful bidding proposers should deposit at a bid opening time point minus a total successful bidding amount of all successful bidding proposers at this time point, and stores the total successful bidding amount in a database of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates;

the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates determines whether the fund balance at a previous bid opening time point plus the fund balance at this bid opening time point is smaller than or equal to zero, and stores the calculated fund balance in the database;

the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates calculates the borrowing interest rates according to the bidding amount of the bidding proposer and a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates read out from the database, sorts the borrowing interest rates of all the bidding proposers, and stores the borrowing interest rates in the database; and

the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates determines the successful bidding amount and the number of the successful bidders according to the fund balance and the borrowing interest rates of the bidding proposers read out from the database, and stores the successful bidding amount and the number of the successful bidders in the database.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the insurance money payment operation module converts the deposit amount of the unsuccessful bidding proposers into a part of the total successful bidding amount of the proposers who win the bid in the session;

and

the insurance money payment operation module converts the repayment amount of the successful bidding proposers into a part of the total successful bidding amount of the proposers who win the bid in the session.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein an insurance company transfers information of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the electronic certificate issuing institution, after an encryption, digital signature, and storage, the electronic certificate issuing institution transfers the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the insurance company, and then, the insurance company transfers the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the proposer.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the insurance money payment operation module receives a claim application result transferred by an external insurance company claims operation system of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, and the claim application result is generated by an insurance company after receiving a claim application, carrying out an insurance accident identification, and determining whether the claim conforms to a claim standard upon an accident to the insurant.

12. A system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, comprising:

an online policy purchasing operation module, for obtaining basic information of a proposer from an external electronic certificate issuing institution of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to an electronic certificate of the proposer, verifying the basic information, and providing an endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates for the proposer to select to purchase;

a deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates, for the proposer to enter a bidding amount to calculate an average deposit interest rate and a borrowing interest rate, and to determine a successful bidding amount and a number of successful bidders according to a fund balance of the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates and the borrowing interest rate;

an investment management operation module, for providing various investment objectives for the proposer to make an investment of a total successful bidding amount of an investment management account, and publishing an investment objective, an investment profit and loss, and a net asset value corresponding to the investment of the total successful bidding amount of the investment management account; and

an insurance money payment operation module, for clearing the total successful bidding amount and a repayment amount according to the successful bidding amount, clearing a deposit amount according to the average borrowing interest rate and a deposit bid bond, a highest bidding amount, or a benchmark interest rate, settling and depositing the total successful bidding amount in the investment management account, settling the deposit amount that has been deposited in a personal virtual account, and settling the repayment amount paid at each session, and paying endowment insurance proceeds or an endowment insurance payment and/or a bonus to the proposer or a beneficiary according to whether the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates expires and whether an accident happens to an insurant, wherein the bonus is a positive balance generated after the endowment insurance proceeds or the endowment insurance payment are/is deducted from the net asset value gained through the investment of the total successful bidding amount.

13. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, further comprising:

the online policy purchasing operation module, for the insurance money payment operation module to collect a premium paid by the proposer, so as to issue an electronic policy of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the proposer; and

a database, for the online policy purchasing operation module to access the basic information of the proposer, information of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates, for the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates to access information of the bidding amount, the average deposit interest rate, the borrowing interest rate, the fund balance, the successful bidding amount, and the number of the successful bidders, for the investment management operation module to access information of the investment objective, the investment profit and loss, and the net asset value, and for the insurance money payment operation module to access information of the successful bidding amount, the total successful bidding amount, the average borrowing interest rate, the deposit bid bond, the repayment amount, the highest bidding amount, the benchmark interest rate, the deposit amount, accident information of the insurant, the endowment insurance proceeds, the insurance payment, the bonus, the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates, the investment management account, and the personal virtual account.

14. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 13, wherein underwriting items of the electronic policy comprise whether contents of a proposal form are complete and true, a qualification of the proposer, a relation between the proposer and an insurant, a qualification of the insurant, whether the insurance contract receives a written approval from the insurant, a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates participated by the proposer, a proportion between an actual economic demand and a sum insured of the insurant, and whether the proposer can continually and stably pay the premium for a long term according to a personal condition, an employment situation, and an annual income of the proposer.

15. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates communicates with a terminal through a network and in a wired and wireless communication mode, so as to perform a real-time and safe message exchange with the proposer.

16. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the electronic certificate issuing institution receives information of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates transferred by an insurance company, and transfers the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the insurance company after an encryption, digital signature, and storage, and then, the insurance company transfers the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates to the proposer.

17. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the insurance money payment operation module receives a claim application result transferred by an external insurance company claims operation system of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates, and the claim application result is generated by an insurance company after receiving a claim application, carrying out an insurance accident identification, and determining whether the claim conforms to a claim standard upon an accident to the insurant.

18. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein an amount of the endowment insurance proceeds or the endowment insurance payment of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates is equal to that of a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates.

19. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 18, wherein the competitive bidding transaction combination comprises a competitive bidding time limit, a number of competitive bidding sessions, and the total contribution amount.

20. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the investment objective comprises a financial product of at least one of a common fund, securities, and a financial derivative product.

21. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the deposit and borrowing platform competitive bidding module at autonomous interest rates performs the following steps:

calculating an amount that all unsuccessful bidding proposers should deposit at a bid opening time point minus a total successful bidding amount of all successful bidding proposers at this time point, and storing the total successful bidding amount in a database of the system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates;

determining whether the fund balance at a previous bid opening time point plus the fund balance at this bid opening time point is smaller than or equal to zero, and storing the calculated fund balance in the database;

calculating the borrowing interest rates according to the bidding amount of the bidding proposer and a total contribution amount of a competitive bidding transaction combination of the endowment insurance policy at autonomous interest rates read out from the database, sorting the borrowing interest rates of all the bidding proposers, and storing the borrowing interest rates in the database; and

determining the successful bidding amount and the number of the successful bidders according to the fund balance and the borrowing interest rates of the bidding proposers read out from the database, and storing the successful bidding amount and the number of the successful bidders in the database.

22. The system for endowment insurance at autonomous interest rates according to claim 12, wherein the insurance money payment operation module respectively converts the deposit amount of the unsuccessful bidding proposers and the repayment amount of the successful bidding proposers into a part of the total successful bidding amount of the proposers who win the bid in the session.