SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA PROCESSING FOR TERM LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES ISSUED BEFORE COMPREHENSIVE UNDERWRITING

• US 20130035964A1
• Filed: 09/20/2012
• Published: 02/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/23/2009
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Prudential Insurance Company of America (Prudential Financial Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Roscoe, Michael J., Reynolds, Leslie Ann
• Application Number:
  US13/623,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20130035964A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A computer system for administering applications for term life insurance has a processor and a memory storage device in communication with the processor. The processor is configured to receive data indicative of application data and data indicative of a health of a proposed insured; based on the received data, determine whether the proposed insured is eligible, and generate an output signal to cause a policy to be generated and comprehensive underwriting to commence, the life insurance policy providing for a first premium rate for a first period after issue, and a second premium rate for a second period commencing on expiration of the first period, at least one of the second premium rate being determined based on data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting. Upon completion of comprehensive underwriting, data is generated for notification of results of comprehensive underwriting and the second premium rate to the insured.

Claims

1. A computer system for processing data related to term life insurance policies, comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more memory storage devices having stored data indicative of criteria for eligibility for issue of a life insurance policy prior to comprehensive underwriting, in communication with the one or more computer processors;

wherein the one or more processors are configured to;

receive data indicative of an application by a proposed insured for life insurance, the data including data indicative of responses furnished by the proposed insured relating to health conditions of the proposed insured known to the proposed insured, and requested policy data, including data indicative of proposed insured information, requested face amount, requested guaranteed level premium period, identification of beneficiary, and initial premium paid;

store in the one or more memory storage devices the received health condition data and requested policy data;

access from the one or more memory storage devices the stored data indicative of criteria for eligibility for issue of a life insurance policy prior to comprehensive underwriting;

determine based on the received data relating to the health conditions of the proposed insured and the accessed data indicative of criteria for eligibility, whether the proposed insured is eligible for life insurance; and

responsive to a determination that the proposed insured is eligible, generate output data indicative of instructions to a policy owner reporting computer system to issue a life insurance policy on the life of the proposed insured, the life insurance policy providing for a first premium rate for a first period after issue, and a second premium rate for a second period commencing on expiration of the first period, at least one of the second premium rate and the commencement of the second period being determined based on data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting, and output data indicative of instructions to commence comprehensive underwriting of the proposed insured.

2. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive from a comprehensive underwriting computer system data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting and to determine a commencement date of the second period based on the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting.

3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting comprises a rate class associated with the insured, the processor is further configured to determine the commencement date of the second period based on data indicative of the rate class associated with the insured.

4. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting comprises data indicative of mortality risk of the insured.

5. The computer system of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the commencement date of the second period by accessing data stored in a data storage device associating second period commencement date data with insured rate class, data indicative of age of insured and data indicative of gender of insured.

6. The computer system of claim 1, further comprising a policy owner reporting computer system in communication with the one or more processors and configured to select for printing upon initial issue of a policy and prior to comprehensive underwriting, first policy documents relating to the initial issued policy, and to select for printing second policy documents upon completion of comprehensive underwriting.

7. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to determine a third rate, higher than the second rate, for a third period commencing at the end of the second period, based on the result of comprehensive underwriting.

8. The computer system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are configured to adjust a guaranteed rate period based on the results of comprehensive underwriting.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising receiving by the one or more processors from a comprehensive underwriting computer system data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting and determining a commencement date of the second period based on the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting comprises a rate class associated with the insured, and further comprising determining by the one or more processors the commencement date of the second period based on data indicative of the rate class associated with the insured.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting comprises data indicative of mortality risk of the insured.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, further comprising determining by the one or more processors the commencement date of the second period by accessing data stored in a data storage device associating second period commencement date data with insured rate class, data indicative of age of insured and data indicative of gender of insured.

9. A computer-implemented method for processing data related to term life insurance policies, comprising:

storing by one or more memory storage devices data indicative of criteria for eligibility for issue of a term life insurance policy prior to comprehensive underwriting;

receiving by one or more computer processors data indicative of an application by a proposed insured for life insurance, the data including data indicative of responses furnished by the proposed insured relating to health conditions of the proposed insured known to the proposed insured, and requested policy data, including data indicative of proposed insured information, requested face amount, requested guaranteed level premium period, identification of beneficiary, and initial premium paid;

storing by the one or more computer processors in the one or more memory storage devices the received health condition data and requested policy data;

accessing by the one or more computer processors from the one or more memory storage devices the stored data indicative of criteria for eligibility for issue of a life insurance policy prior to comprehensive underwriting;

determining by the one or more computer processors based on the received data relating to the health conditions of the proposed insured and the accessed data indicative of criteria for eligibility, whether the proposed insured is eligible for life insurance; and

responsive to a determination that the proposed insured is eligible, generating by the one or more computer processors output data, for transmission to a policy generation system, indicative of instructions to issue a life insurance policy on the life of the proposed insured, the life insurance policy providing for a first premium rate for a first period after issue, and a second premium rate for a second period commencing on expiration of the first period, at least one of the second premium rate and the commencement of the second period being determined based on data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting, and output data indicative of instructions to commence comprehensive underwriting of the proposed insured.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising, by a policy owner reporting computer system in communication with the one or more processors, selecting for printing upon initial issue of a policy and prior to comprehensive underwriting, first policy documents relating to the initial issued policy, and selecting for printing second policy documents upon completion of comprehensive underwriting.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising determining by the one or more processors a third rate, higher than the second rate, for a third period commencing at the end of the second period, based on the result of comprehensive underwriting.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising adjusting by the one or more processors a guaranteed rate period based on the results of comprehensive underwriting.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions store thereon, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

receive data indicative of an application by a proposed insured for life insurance, the data including data indicative of responses furnished by the proposed insured relating to health conditions of the proposed insured known to the proposed insured, and requested policy data, including data indicative of proposed insured information, requested face amount, requested guaranteed level premium period, identification of beneficiary, and initial premium paid;

store in one or more memory storage devices the received health condition data and requested policy data;

access from the one or more memory storage devices stored data indicative of criteria for eligibility for issue of a life insurance policy prior to comprehensive underwriting;

determine based on the received data relating to the health conditions of the proposed insured and the accessed data indicative of criteria for eligibility, whether the proposed insured is eligible for life insurance; and

responsive to a determination that the proposed insured is eligible, generate output data indicative of instructions to a policy owner reporting computer system to issue a life insurance policy on the life of the proposed insured, the life insurance policy providing for a first premium rate for a first period after issue, and a second premium rate for a second period commencing on expiration of the first period, at least one of the second premium rate and the commencement of the second period being determined based on data indicative of a result of comprehensive underwriting, and output data indicative of instructions to commence comprehensive underwriting of the proposed insured.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine a guaranteed term based on the data indicative of the results of comprehensive underwriting.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the data indicative of the results of comprehensive underwriting comprises data indicative of one of at least four underwriting classes assigned to the insured, and wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine up to three premium rate increases dependent on the assigned underwriting class.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to determine an earlier commencement date of the second period, the second rate being greater than the first rate, for results of comprehensive underwriting including data indicative of an underwriting class associated with greater mortality rates.