SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING CREDIT INSURANCE POLICIES
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1. A system for optimizing insurance policies comprising:
- a processor-readable medium programmed with software modules that include instructions for optimizing insurance policies;
a processor that reads the processor-readable medium and executes instructions included in the software modules, whereinthe software modules include;
a goal module that, when executed by the processor, receives qualifying information for a customer'"'"'s current credit insurance policy or policies and uses the qualifying information to determine one or more actual coverage amounts for which one or more debtors qualify under that customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, the qualifying information including the one or more actual coverage amount and one or more first terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for each of the one or more debtors to qualify for each of the one or more actual coverage amounts;
a compliance module that, when executed by the processor, receives compliance information for the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies and uses the compliance information to identify any actions that need to be taken to prevent the one or more debtors that qualify for the actual coverage amount from falling out of compliance with the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, the compliance information including one or more second terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for an insurance claim to be payable on the one or more debtors that qualify for the actual coverage amount; and
a marketplace module that, when executed by the processor, aggregates market information for a plurality of insurers and uses that market information to identify one or more other insurance policies that provide coverage for one or more debtors that qualify for actual coverage amounts that are less than a desired coverage amount and/or that do not satisfy at least one of the one or more first terms and/or conditions and the one or more second terms and/or conditions, the desired coverage amount being specified by the customer and the aggregated market information including at least one of premium rates, deductible rates, and approved coverage amounts for the other insurance policies.
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A system and method for optimizing insurance policies are disclosed. The system and method include a goal module that receives qualifying information for a customer'"'"'s current credit insurance policy or policies and uses the qualifying information to determine one or more actual coverage amounts for which one or more debtors qualify under that customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, a compliance module that receives compliance information for the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies and uses the compliance information to identify any actions that need to be taken to prevent the one or more debtors that qualify for the actual coverage amount from falling out of compliance with the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, and a marketplace module that aggregates market information for a plurality of insurers and identifies one or more other insurance policies that provide coverage for one or more debtors that do not qualify for an actual amount of coverage greater than or equal to a desired amount of coverage and/or that are out of compliance with the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies.
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1. A system for optimizing insurance policies comprising:
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a processor-readable medium programmed with software modules that include instructions for optimizing insurance policies; a processor that reads the processor-readable medium and executes instructions included in the software modules, wherein the software modules include; a goal module that, when executed by the processor, receives qualifying information for a customer'"'"'s current credit insurance policy or policies and uses the qualifying information to determine one or more actual coverage amounts for which one or more debtors qualify under that customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, the qualifying information including the one or more actual coverage amount and one or more first terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for each of the one or more debtors to qualify for each of the one or more actual coverage amounts; a compliance module that, when executed by the processor, receives compliance information for the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies and uses the compliance information to identify any actions that need to be taken to prevent the one or more debtors that qualify for the actual coverage amount from falling out of compliance with the customer'"'"'s current insurance policy or policies, the compliance information including one or more second terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for an insurance claim to be payable on the one or more debtors that qualify for the actual coverage amount; and a marketplace module that, when executed by the processor, aggregates market information for a plurality of insurers and uses that market information to identify one or more other insurance policies that provide coverage for one or more debtors that qualify for actual coverage amounts that are less than a desired coverage amount and/or that do not satisfy at least one of the one or more first terms and/or conditions and the one or more second terms and/or conditions, the desired coverage amount being specified by the customer and the aggregated market information including at least one of premium rates, deductible rates, and approved coverage amounts for the other insurance policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for meeting coverage goals with one or more insurance policies, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing the coverage goals for the one or more insurance policies at one or more first computing devices, the coverage goals including desired coverage amount for one or more of a customer'"'"'s debtors; providing coverage information for one or more of the customer'"'"'s current insurance policies at the one or more first computing devices, the coverage information including an actual coverage amount provided by the one or more current insurance policies and one or more conditions that must be met by the one or more debtor'"'"'s to qualify for the actual coverage amount; providing accounts receivable information for the one or more debtors at the one or more first computing devices, the accounts receivable information including the one or more debtors'"'"' outstanding balances with the customer; performing a first comparison with the one or more first computing devices that includes comparing the one or more debtors'"'"' outstanding balances with the one or more conditions that must be met by the one or more debtors, the first comparison yielding first results that identify the actual coverage amount for which each of the one or more debtors qualify; and performing a second comparison with the one or more first computing devices that includes comparing the first results with the desired coverage amount for the one or more debtors, the second comparison yielding second results that identify the one or more debtors for which the desired coverage amount is greater than the actual amount coverage for which each of the one or more debtors qualify. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for maintaining compliance with one or more credit insurance policies using an online system, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing compliance information for one or more of a customer'"'"'s current credit insurance policies at one or more first computing devices, the compliance information including one or more terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for one or more of the customer'"'"'s debtors to be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies; monitoring financial information for the one or more debtors with the one or more first computing devices, the financial information including at least one of the one or more debtors'"'"' outstanding balances with the customer, financial statements, payment histories, bank references, trade references, and agency reports; performing a comparison with the one or more first computing devices that includes comparing at least one of the outstanding balances, financial statements, payment histories, bank references, trade references, and agency reports with the one or more terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for one or more of the customer'"'"'s debtors to be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies, the results of the comparison identifying which of the one or more debtors do not or will not be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies because they do not or will not satisfy at least one of the one or more terms and/or conditions; generating an alert with the one or more first computing devices that notifies the customer and/or a broker managing the one or more credit insurance policies which of the one or more debtors do not or will not be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies; and completing one or more pre-defined milestones with the one or more first computing devices as required to satisfy the terms and/or conditions of the one or more credit insurance policies so that the one or more debtors that do not or will not be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies will thereafter be eligible for coverage under the one or more credit insurance policies. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A method for maintaining compliance with one or more insurance policies, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing compliance information for one or more of a customer'"'"'s current insurance policies at one or more first computing devices, the compliance information including one or more terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for an insurance claim to be payable on one or more of the customer'"'"'s debtors under the one or more insurance policies; providing financial information for the one or more debtors at the one or more first computing devices, the financial information including at least one of the one or more debtors'"'"' outstanding balances with the customer, financial statements, payment histories, bank references, trade references, and agency reports; and performing a comparison with the one or more first computing devices that includes comparing at least one of the outstanding balances, financial statements, payment histories, bank references, trade references, and agency reports with the one or more terms and/or conditions that must be satisfied for an insurance claim to be payable on one or more of the customer'"'"'s debtors under the one or more insurance policies, wherein the comparison yields results that identify each of the one or more debtors that will not be in compliance with the one or more terms and/or conditions of the one or more insurance policies if remedial action is not taken. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method for predicting a insurance policy'"'"'s stability within a marketplace, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing market information at one or more first computing devices, the market information defining the marketplace based on at least one of an industry, a region, a country, and a revenue range; providing desired coverage information for one or more insurance policies at the one or more first computing devices, the desired coverage information including a length of time during which a customer desires insurance coverage; providing available coverage information at the one or more first computing devices, the coverage information including approved amounts of insurance coverage and requested amounts of insurance coverage for one or more insurers in the marketplace over the length of time during which the customer desires insurance coverage; and performing a first analysis with the one or more first computing devices that includes comparing the approved amounts of insurance coverage to the requested amounts of insurance coverage for the one or more insurers over the length of time during which the customer desires insurance coverage, wherein the first analysis yields results that identify whether the one or more insurers have shown a tendency to increase, reduce, or cancel the approved amounts of insurance coverage compared to the requested amounts of insurance coverage over the length of time during which the customer desires insurance coverage. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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