Credit risk evaluation with responsibility factors

• US 8,086,523 B1
• Filed: 08/07/2006
• Issued: 12/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/07/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Palmer, Frank P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Colbert, Ella
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tien C
• Application Number:
  US11/462,892
• Time in Patent Office: 1,968 Days
• Field of Search: 180/289, 235/380, 340/426, 340/430, 340/435, 340/439, 463/20, 463/29, 702/62, 705/4, 705 10- 45, 709/222, 715/738, 717/106
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof

Abstract

A system, device, and method for calculating an enhanced credit score using insurance rating information, individual rating factors, interaction rating factors, geographic rating factors, vehicle monitoring rating factors, and/or credit risk information is disclosed. Insurance rating information, individual rating factors, interaction rating factors, geographic rating factors, and vehicle monitoring rating factors, either individually or in combinations, may be used as inputs to a novel credit-scoring model to calculate an enhanced or improved credit score for an individual or other type of credit user. The novel credit-scoring model may be implemented in a computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions for causing a computing device to calculate an enhanced credit score. The computer-executable instructions may be arranged into an input module, output module, and calculation module. The modules may be used to calculate an enhanced credit score that may be used by lending institutions and others to determine the terms of a financing agreement with a user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a computer, credit risk information, insurance rating information, and at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor relating to a user; and

calculating, by the computer, an enhanced credit score for the user using the credit risk information, the insurance rating information, and the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor; and

providing a displayable output relating to the enhanced credit score.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein financing agreement is for a loan to at least the user, and the terms of the financing agreement comprise an interest rate of the loan and an amount of the loan.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein financing agreement is a credit card agreement, and the terms of the financing agreement comprise the monthly interest for outstanding balances on the credit card account.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the insurance rating information comprises at least one of:

number of minor violations in the past predetermined number of years, number of major violations in the past predetermined number of years, number of accidents in the past predetermined number of years, current status of automobile insurance, automobile insurance lapse in the past predetermined number of years, number of speeding citations, number of reckless driving citations, number of citations for driving under the influence (DUI), number of citations for disobeying traffic control signals, and number of insurance claims made in the past predetermined number of years.

5. The of claim 4, wherein the insurance rating information comprises number of minor violations in the past predetermined number of years.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the insurance rating information comprises number of speeding citations.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the insurance rating information comprises number of accidents in the past predetermined number of years.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the insurance rating information comprises number of insurance claims made in the past predetermined number of years.

9. The method of claim 4, wherein the insurance rating information comprises exterior construction of dwelling.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises at least one of:

number of minutes driving in high-risk locations in the past predetermined number of years, number of minutes of driving at high-risk times in the past predetermined number of years, number of sudden acceleration situations in the past predetermined number of years, number of sudden braking situations in the past predetermined number of years, number of occasions of airbag deployment in the past predetermined number of years, number of occasions of hazard lights on in past predetermined number of years, average level of fuel in tank in past predetermined number of years, and average level of vehicle speed in past predetermined number of years.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the insurance rating information further comprises the number of minor violations in the past predetermined number of years, the number of major violations in the past predetermined number of years, the number of accidents in the past predetermined number of years, and the number of insurance claims made in the past predetermined number of years.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises number of minutes driving in high-risk locations in the past predetermined number of years.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises number of minutes driving in high-risk times in the past predetermined number of years.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises number of sudden acceleration situations in the past predetermined number of years.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises number of sudden braking situations in the past predetermined number of years.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor comprises number of occasions of occasions of hazard lights on in past predetermined number of years.

17. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer, at least one individual rating factor; and

calculating the enhanced credit score of the user using the credit-scoring model, where the at least one individual rating factor is an input into the credit-scoring model.

18. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer, at least one interaction rating factor; and

calculating the enhanced credit score of the user using the credit-scoring model, where the at least one interaction rating factor is an input into the credit-scoring model.

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer, at least one geographic rating factor; and

calculating the enhanced credit score of the user using the credit-scoring model, where the at least one geographic rating factor is an input into the credit-scoring model.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

receiving, at the computer, at least one individual rating factor and at least one interaction rating factor; and

calculating the enhanced credit score of the user using the credit-scoring model, where the at least one individual rating factor and at least one interaction rating factor are inputs into the credit-scoring model.

21. A computer-readable non-transitory medium storing computer-executable instructions configured to cause an apparatus to:

receive credit risk information and at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor relating to a user;

calculate an enhanced credit score for the user using the credit risk information, insurance rating information, and the vehicle monitoring rating factor; and

provide a displayable output relating to the enhanced credit score.

22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the enhanced credit score is a non-numeric representation.

23. An apparatus comprising:

a processing unit comprising a processor; and

a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processing unit, cause the apparatus to perform a method of calculating an enhanced credit score of a user for use in determining the terms of a financing agreement, the method comprising;

receiving, at a computer, at least one of the following relating to a user;

insurance rating information, at least one geographic rating factor, at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor, at least one individual rating factor, and at least one interaction rating factor; and

calculating an enhanced credit score for the user using the at least one of the following relating to a user;

insurance rating information, at least one geographic rating factor, at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor, at least one individual rating factor, and at least one interaction rating factor; and

providing a displayable output relating to the enhanced credit score.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the financing agreement is for a loan to the user, and the terms of the financing agreement comprise an interest rate of the loan.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the at least one of the following relating to a user:

insurance rating information, at least one geographic rating factor, at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor, at least one individual rating factor, and at least one interaction rating factor comprises at least one vehicle monitoring factor.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the at least one of the following relating to a user:

insurance rating information, at least one geographic rating factor, at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor, at least one individual rating factor, and at least one interaction rating factor comprises at least one individual rating factor.

27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the at least one of the following relating to a user:

insurance rating information, at least one geographic rating factor, at least one vehicle monitoring rating factor, at least one individual rating factor, and at least one interaction rating factor comprises at least one of;

use of online bill payment in a past predetermined number of years, the number of occupants in a dwelling in a past predetermined number of years multiplied by the square footage of dwelling, the voter registration and voter turnout rates of a dwelling area in a past predetermined number of years, and the number of sudden braking situations in which a vehicle has been involved in a past predetermined number of years.