Flexible annuity settlement proposal generating system

• US 6,064,969 A
• Filed: 09/08/1995
• Issued: 05/16/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Citicorp Life Insurance Co. (Citigroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Citicorp Life Insurance Co. (Citigroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Haskins, Charles R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US08/525,037
• Time in Patent Office: 1,712 Days
• Field of Search: 364/401, 364/406, 364/408, 395/203, 395/202, 283/54, 705/1-3
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

An investment system includes a computer-implemented annuity system generating annuity proposals for customers. The annuity system includes a memory storing customer information input from a customer and annuity information, and a processor, connected to the memory. The processor retrieves the customer and annuity information from the memory, and generates an annuity proposal responsive to the customer and annuity information. According to the annuity system, the annuity proposal includes one of fixed period installments, life, joint and survivor, joint and contingent and proceeds at interest annuities. The proceeds at interest annuity may also be viewed as a flexible Certificate of Deposit (CD) investment proposal for use by companies providing banking services.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method of generating an annuity proposal, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing customer information signals and annuity information signals including pricing parameters and interest rates in a memory;

(b) a home office system providing updated annuity information signals to a plurality of customer location annuity systems, including updated investment yields for the appropriate investment duration, and ensuring that said updated annuity information signals are correct using an update code; and

(c) retrieving and processing said customer and updated annuity information signals and generating an annuity proposal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said code is determined based on at least the update date and the estimated gross yield figures.

3. The method of claim 1, further including the step of transmitting said update code back to said home office system to verify that the update code used on said annuity proposal was correct.

4. A computer-implemented method of generating an annuity proposal, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing customer information signals and annuity information signals in a memory;

(b) determining interest rate discount factors;

(c) determining a present value at the start of each year in said annuity proposal of each mode payment;

(d) determining an assumed modal benefit amount for each year;

(e) determining a present value of assumed benefit payments made in each future year;

(f) determining preliminary annual cost, preliminary present value, and actual present value of pricing parameters; and

(g) generating said annuity proposal.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of determining an assumed initial mode benefit payment excluding expenses.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the steps of determining a probable amount of percentage of payments made during a year in which benefits cease;

and determining a probability that the benefits cease due to death of the annuitant.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of determining actual initial reserve and present value charges.

8. A computer-implemented annuity system that generates an annuity proposal, comprising:

an electronic memory that stores customer information signals and annuity information signals;

an electronic processor that processes said customer and annuity information signals and generates an annuity proposal; and

wherein said processor is also programmed to generate an investment matching proposal at the time of generating said annuity proposal, where said investment matching proposal includes, by investment period, estimated yield data and purchase amount data, to determine the appropriate investment to support said annuity proposal.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein said processor performs the summation of TOTBENt*V_t, where t=s to e, and s is the starting period of the investment block and e is the ending period of the investment block.

10. A computer implemented of generating an annuity proposal, comprising the steps of:

(a) storing customer information signals and annuity information signals in a memory;

(b) determining a present value of maintenance expenses;

(c) converting said maintenance expenses into annual maintenance basis points;

(d) determining a total cost in basis points and subtracting said total cost in basis points from a gross investment yield; and

(e) generating a proceeds at interest annuity proposal.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising the steps of determining an average net investment;

determining an annual amount for repaying an issue commission; and

determining a modal benefit payment.