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Computer system for underwriting a personal guaranty liability by utilizing a risk apportionment system

  • US 8,095,396 B1
  • Filed: 03/13/2009
  • Issued: 01/10/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A risk apportionment system for providing personal guaranty insurance to a guarantor, the guarantor having received a loan from a lender for an organization associated with the guarantor, the guarantor being required by the lender to provide a personal guaranty on the loan, the personal guaranty obligating the guarantor to pay a personal guaranty liability, the personal guaranty liability comprising a difference between an aggregate liability on the loan and an asset liquidation value of the organization, the system comprising:

  • one or more processers configured to execute a policy generator and a claims module, the policy generator comprising a policy risk management module and a portfolio risk management module;

    the policy risk management module configured to determine a degree of policy risk by programmatically evaluating characteristics of the guarantor, the organization, the loan, and the lender, wherein;

    the characteristics of the guarantor comprise one or more of the following;

    prior bankruptcies, credit score, criminal history, net worth, other contingent liabilities, and length of time associated with the lender;

    the characteristics of the organization comprise one or more of the following;

    longevity of the organization, type of the organization, type of the loan, geographic location of the organization, types of assets owned by the organization, and other insurance coverage of the organization;

    wherein the characteristics of the loan comprise one or more of the following;

    origination timing, loan contract type, and loan contract size;

    the characteristics of the lender comprise one or more of the following;

    asset value of the lender, a percentage of personal guarantys required by the lender for a total number of loans originated by the lender, and credit monitoring characteristics of the lender; and

    the portfolio risk management module configured to determine a degree of portfolio risk by programmatically evaluating one or more of the following portfolio risk factors;

    assets integral to the organization, the type of assets owned by the organization, the geographic location of the organization, industry of the organization, and size of the loan; and

    wherein the policy generator, in response to the determination that the degrees of policy and portfolio risk represented by the guarantor are below a threshold of risk, is configured to generate an insurance policy between the guarantor and an insurer corresponding to the guaranty, the insurance policy comprising the premium and providing for a variable retention of risk by the guarantor, wherein a value of the variable retention comprises at least a portion of the guaranty liability; and

    the claims module configured to, in response to a request for a claim on the personal guaranty insurance policy;

    compute a liquidation percentage (LP), the liquidation percentage comprising the asset liquidation value of the organization divided by the aggregate liability of the loan, the aggregate liability comprising an outstanding loan amount plus interest and fees;

    compute the personal guaranty liability (PGL);

    compute the variable retention (VR), wherein the variable retention is represented as VR=(1−

    m*LP)*PGL, where m represents a modifier value; and

    compute a claim amount of the personal guaranty insurance, the claim amount comprising the aggregate liability minus the computed variable retention.

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