UNDERWRITING SYSTEM AND METHOD ASSOCIATED WITH A CIVIC IMPROVEMENT PLATFORM

• US 20130060582A1
• Filed: 09/01/2011
• Published: 03/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company (The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cutino, Brian M., Johnson, Bryan Matthew, Pandhi, Rohini H., Serignese, Heather Anne, Turner, David J.
• Application Number:
  US13/223,638
• Publication Number:
  US 20130060582A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A system for underwriting using civic improvement platform based data is disclosed. In some embodiments, an automated insurance underwriting platform for rating and pricing insurance policies through the accessing and evaluating of civic improvement platform based information is implemented. According to some embodiments, civic improvement platform data associated with a potential entity to be insured may be received. The civic improvement platform data may be, for example, associated with user safety reports received by a civic improvement platform. The civic improvement platform data may be analyzed, and an underwriting decision for the potential entity to be insured may be made based at least in part on said civic improvement platform data. The underwriting decision may be associated with, for example, a premium for an insurance policy, a benefit for an insurance policy, an insurance policy renewal, and/or an insurance policy premium adjustment.

Claims

1. A system for underwriting insurance policies using civic improvement platform based data, comprising:

a communication device to receive civic improvement platform data associated with a potential entity to be insured, wherein the civic improvement platform data is associated with user safety reports received by the civic improvement platform;

a processor coupled to the communication device; and

a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions executed by said processor to;

analyze said civic improvement platform data to assign a civic score to the potential entity to be insured, and

transmit an underwriting decision for the potential entity to be insured based at least in part on said civic score.

2. The system of claim 1, the underwriting decision comprising at least one of:

(i) a premium for an insurance policy decision, (ii) a benefit for an insurance policy decision, (iii) an insurance policy renewal decision, and (iv) an insurance policy premium adjustment decision.

3. The system of claim 1, the

civic score being based on (i) safety report frequency data and (ii) safety report quality data;

and the processor calculates an insurance premium discount for the potential entity to be insured based on the assigned civic score.

4. The system of claim 1, the storage device further storing instructions executed by said processor to determine at least one of a route or location associated with the potential entity of be insured based on safety reports.

5. The system of claim 1, the storage device further storing instructions executed by said processor to trigger a loss control response based on safety reports.

6. The system of claim 1, the insurance policy comprising at least one of:

(i) automobile insurance, (ii) life insurance, (iii) a wealth management insurance product, (iv) personal injury insurance, and (v) property insurance.

7. The system of claim 1, the potential entity to be insured comprising:

(i) a person, or (ii) a business.

8. The system of claim 1, the civic improvement platform forwarding information associated with user safety reports to at least one of:

(i) a governmental agency, and (ii) a public utility.

9. The system of claim 1, the civic improvement platform posting user safety reports to a plurality of users.

10. The system of claim 1, at least one user safety report comprises at least one of:

(i) a road condition, (ii) a traffic sign condition, (iii) a streetlight condition, (iv) a traffic light condition, (v) an electrical wire condition, (vi) a water hazard, (vii) a weather hazard, (viii) a street condition, (ix) a plant hazard, (x) a sidewalk condition, (xi) a guardrail condition, and (xii) a criminal activity.

11. The system of claim 10, at least one user safety report including at least one of:

(i) a user identifier, (ii) a location, (iii) a time and date, (iv) image information, and (v) an insurance identifier.

12. The system of claim 1, the underwriting decision being based at least in part on:

(i) an overall number of safety reports associated with the potential entity to be insured, (ii) a frequency of safety reports associated with the potential entity to be insured, (iii) a quality of safety reports associated with the potential entity to be insured, and (iv) a point value associated with the potential entity to be insured.

13. The system of claim 1,

the storage device further storing instructions executed by said processor to receive, from the potential entity to be insured, permission to access the civic improvement platform data.

14. The system of claim 13, the permission including at least one of:

(i) a civic improvement platform username, and (ii) civic improvement platform password.

15. The system of claim 1, the underwriting decision being further based on conventional underwriting data.

16-17. -17. (canceled)

18. A computerized method performed by an insurance underwriting platform, comprising:

receiving civic improvement platform data associated with a potential entity to be insured, wherein the civic improvement platform data is associated with user safety reports received by a civic improvement platform;

analyzing, by a processor, said civic improvement platform data to assign a civic score to the potential entity to be insured; and

transmitting an underwriting decision for the potential entity to be insured based at least in part on said civic score.

19. The method of claim 18, the underwriting decision comprising at least one of:

(i) a premium for an insurance policy decision, (ii) a benefit for an insurance policy decision, (iii) an insurance policy renewal decision, and (iv) an insurance policy premium adjustment decision.

20. The method of claim 18, the insurance policy comprising at least one of:

(i) automobile insurance, (ii) life insurance, (iii) a wealth management insurance product, (iv) personal injury insurance, and (v) property insurance.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

forwarding, by the civic improvement platform, information associated with user safety reports to at least one of;

(i) a governmental agency, or (ii) a public utility.

22. The method of claim 18, at least one user safety report comprising at least one of:

(i) a road condition, (ii) a traffic sign condition, (iii) a streetlight condition, (iv) a traffic light condition, (v) an electrical wire condition, (vi) a water hazard, (vii) a weather hazard, (viii) a street condition, (ix) a plant hazard, (x) a sidewalk condition, (xi) a guardrail condition, and (xii) a criminal activity.

23. The method of claim 18, at least one user safety report including at least one of:

(i) a user identifier, (ii) a location, (iii) a time and date, (iv) image information, and (v) an insurance identifier.

24-26. -26. (canceled)