Method and system of insuring risk

• US 8,260,638 B2
• Filed: 05/15/2009
• Issued: 09/04/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: American International Group Incorporated
• Original Assignee: American International Group Incorporated
• Inventors: McNamee, Jacqueline, Williams, Guy, Mucerino, Ralph
• Primary Examiner(s): Ebersman, Bruce I
• Application Number:
  US12/466,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20100036684A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,208 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 705/4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

A method for underwriting an insurance product includes identifying a plurality of event categories of operational risk loss and drafting information requests for operational risk management components thereof. A database of the insurance company for stores and analyzes information provided by the client to yield an operational risk exposure assessment of the client.

Claims

1. A method for underwriting an insurance product provided by an insurance company having servers and other electronic storage and computational devices for storing, retrieving, and processing information, the insurance product directed to insuring assets, the retention of which is governed by legislation, against operational risk of a client controlling the assets and engaged in transacting business in an industry, the method comprising the steps of:

creating and storing a table in a server database by use of a computer, the table identifying a plurality of event categories of operational risk loss associated with the client'"'"'s control of the assets based on pertinent legislative regulations of the industry;

identifying at least one operational risk management component for each of the plurality of event categories, and updating the table in the server database by use of the computer to include the same;

drafting at least one information request for each of the operational risk management components, and creating a checklist in electronic form by use of a computer program that includes the at least one information request;

electronically transferring the table and the checklist from the servers of the insurance company to servers of the client;

creating a database infrastructure on the servers of the insurance company for storing and analyzing information provided by the client;

populating the database infrastructure with client information provided by the client in response to the at least one information request;

analyzing the client information by using a computer to execute computer executable instructions to query and retrieve portions of the client information from the database infrastructure and analyze said portions using software applications operating on the servers of the insurance company, wherein analyzing the client information includes providing a plurality of scores, said scores are calculated using a computer program such that each of said scores corresponds to one of the plurality of event categories, and using the computer program to rank the client according to the plurality of scores;

determining an operational risk exposure assessment based on the analysis of portions of the client information stored in the database infrastructure;

calculating a value of capital relief based on the analysis of portions of the client information stored in the database infrastructure and by using statistical and scenario analysis software operating in the servers of the insurance company, wherein the value of capital relief represents capital retained by the client to offset identified operational risks; and

drafting a proposal for the insurance product based, at least in part, on the operational risk exposure assessment, on the plurality of scores and on the value of capital relief.

2. The method of claim 1, further including the step of:

transmitting the proposal from the servers of the insurance company to the servers of the client for electronic storage and retrieval.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of event categories includes at least one of the following seven event categories:

a) governance of a client organization;

b) risk identification and assessment procedures of the client;

c) risk monitoring procedures of the client;

d) reporting procedures of the client;

e) quantification of risk exposure by the client;

f) risk appetite and risk aversion policies of the client; and

g) assess use systems and controls of the client.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identification of the plurality of event categories further includes the steps of:

identifying a plurality of indicators indicative of an extent of organizational maturity of the client;

drafting at least one additional information request for each of the plurality of indicators; and

augmenting the checklist with the at least one additional information request.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein identification of the plurality of event categories further includes the step of identifying risk categories based on general underwriting considerations, which are selected by a computer program from the list consisting of governance of the client, investment banking activity of the client, treasury and trading activity of the client, and audit procedures of the client.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of scores is between one and seven, wherein each of the scores is plotted on a radial chart using an electronic data manipulator application operating on the servers of the insurance company, and wherein an area within the radial chart for the client is compared by use of a computer application to statistical data compiled in the database infrastructure for the industry by the computer application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the client information includes information archived in the servers of the client relative to aggregated or individual loss events experienced by the client within a finite preceding period.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of analyzing the client information includes assigning a maturity rating for each of the plurality of event categories of operational risk loss, the maturity rating being one of basic, average, and industry leading.

9. The method of claim 1, further including the step of calculating an expected loss ratio of the client based on the client information using software applications being executed on the servers of the insurance company.