Method and System for Assessing Insurance Risk
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for assessing insurance risk of a property, comprising:
- preparing a list of a plurality of locations, wherein each location in said list is characterized by an address;
calculating, by a computer, a score for each location based on geographic data specific for said location, wherein said score is obtained from a plurality of risk factors and is specific for a given peril;
combining, by said computer, scores obtained for each peril to arrive at a combined score; and
using said combined score as a factor in the calculation of the insurance premium and/or in underwriting the property.
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Abstract
The disclosed technology provides systems and methods for estimating the risk of loss for a location. A computer implemented method in accordance with the disclosed technology accesses one or more geographical characteristics associated with a geographical address, considers a plurality of perils and for each peril, computes a corresponding measure of peril that indicates a risk of loss at the geographical address from that peril. The corresponding measure of peril is computed based on the geographical characteristic(s) associated with the geographical address. The individual measures of peril are combined to form a combined measure that indicates a combined risk of loss at the geographical address from the plurality of perils. In one embodiment, the combined measure is used to compute an insurance premium for property at the geographical address. The disclosed technology also includes a computer executing software, wherein the executed software causes the computer to perform the steps above.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for assessing insurance risk of a property, comprising:
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preparing a list of a plurality of locations, wherein each location in said list is characterized by an address; calculating, by a computer, a score for each location based on geographic data specific for said location, wherein said score is obtained from a plurality of risk factors and is specific for a given peril; combining, by said computer, scores obtained for each peril to arrive at a combined score; and using said combined score as a factor in the calculation of the insurance premium and/or in underwriting the property. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer implemented method for estimating risk of loss at a geographical address, comprising:
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accessing at least one geographical characteristic associated with the geographical address; for each peril in a plurality of perils, computing, by a computer, a corresponding measure of peril indicating a risk of loss at the geographical address from that peril, wherein the corresponding measure of peril is computed based on the at least one geographical characteristic associated with the geographical address; and computing, by said computer, a combined measure indicating a combined risk of loss at the geographical address from the plurality of perils, wherein the combined measure is computed based on the measures of peril corresponding to the plurality of perils. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer executing software for estimating risk of loss at a geographical address, wherein the executed software causes the computer to perform steps comprising:
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accessing at least one geographical characteristic associated with the geographical address; for each peril in a plurality of perils, computing a corresponding measure of peril indicating a risk of loss at the geographical address from that peril, wherein computing the corresponding measure of peril takes into account the at least one geographical characteristic associated with the geographical address; and computing a combined measure indicating a combined risk of loss at the geographical address from the plurality of perils, wherein the combined measure is computed based on the measures of peril corresponding to the plurality of perils. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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