System for the acquisition of technology risk mitigation information associated with insurance

• US 7,610,210 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2003
• Issued: 10/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• 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: Helitzer, Jonathon, Kempton, Casey Ellen, Murchie, G. Stewart, Frey, Kelly L., Carvalko, Joseph R. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gilligan; C. Luke
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TRAN N
• Application Number:
  US10/655,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20050055248A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,245 Days
• Field of Search: 705/4
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

The invention herein generally pertains to underwriting an insurance policy utilizing sensors to detect, determine, measure and assess one or more conditions, states of affairs, physical properties and process as each relates an insurable property interest. More specifically is disclosed a method and computerized system for managing the underwriting, quoting and binding an insurance policy with regard to the technology used to militate against the financial consequences of certain property losses. The significance of operable safety related devices or system loads are important diagnostic safety markers for measuring one or more properties affecting the safety or risk aversion and for underwriting an insurable interest. This invention also relates to a system and a method for acquiring and assessing the qualities, variables and parameters that affect the underwriting premium for a building structure (commercial or residential), vehicle, aircraft, marine craft or cargo.

Claims

1. A computerized method of insuring a property comprising:

identifying a plurality of Standard Industrial Codes (SICs), wherein each SIC represents a manner of use for a potentially insurable property;

storing the plurality of SICs in a computer;

associating each SIC with a SIC-specific underwriting guideline in the computer;

receiving, by the computer, a request to insure the property by entering into the computer data representing the property;

receiving, by the computer, an indication of an intended use of the property by selecting with the computer a SIC from the plurality of stored SICs;

collecting sensor data related to the property and storing the collected sensor data in the computer; and

calculating, by the computer, a premium for an insurance policy for the property based at least in part on the collected sensor data, wherein an effect of the collected sensor data on the calculating of the premium is determined based on the selected SIC.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, comprising underwriting, using the computer, the property by applying the SIC-specific underwriting guideline associated with the selected SIC to the property and the stored sensor data to determine if the property is insurable or not insurable.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the calculating of the premium is performed in response to a determination based on the underwriting that the property is insurable.

4. The computerized method of claim 2, comprising, in response to a determination based on the underwriting that the property is uninsurable, displaying, by the computer, a denial of insurance coverage for the property.

5. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the property is determined to be uninsurable based at least in part on the collected sensor data.

6. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the property is determined to be insurable based at least in part on the collected sensor data.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the selected SIC indicates an industry in which the property is used.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the collected sensor data comprises data indicating the condition of the property.

9. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the collected sensor data comprises data indicating usage of technology incorporated into the property.

10. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the property comprises goods.

11. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the property comprises a building.

12. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein calculating the premium includes combining a first premium component derived from the collected sensor data with a second premium component determined based on data generic to the insured property.

13. A computerized method of insuring a property comprising:

identifying a plurality of Standard Industrial Codes (SICs), wherein each SIC represents a manner of use for a potentially insurable property;

storing the plurality of SICs in a computer;

associating each SIC with a SIC-specific underwriting guideline in the computer;

receiving, by the computer, a request to insure the property by entering into the computer data representing the property;

receiving, by the computer, an indication of an intended use of the property by selecting with the computer a SIC from the plurality of stored SICs;

collecting sensor data related to the property and storing the collected sensor data in the computer;

underwriting, using the computer, the property by applying the SIC-specific underwriting guideline associated with the selected SIC to the property and the stored sensor data to determine if the property is insurable or not insurable; and

calculating, by the computer, a premium for an insurance policy for the property based at least in part on the collected sensor data, wherein an effect of the collected sensor data on the calculating of the premium is determined based on the selected SIC.

14. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the selected SIC indicates an industry in which the property is used.

15. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the collected sensor data comprises data indicating the condition of the property.

16. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the collected sensor data comprises data indicating usage of technology incorporated into the property.

17. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the property comprises goods.

18. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the property comprises a building.

19. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the property is determined to be uninsurable based at least in part on the collected sensor data.

20. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein the property is determined to be insurable based at least in part on the collected sensor data.

21. The computerized method of claim 13, wherein calculating the premium includes combining a first premium component derived from the collected sensor data with a second premium component determined based on data generic to the insured property.