Systems and methods for calculating seasonal insurance premiums

• US 9,805,422 B1
• Filed: 05/24/2012
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: May, Jeffrey T, Taranda, Richard J
• Primary Examiner(s): Poinvil, Frantzy
• Application Number:
  US13/479,732
• Time in Patent Office: 1,986 Days
• Field of Search: 705 3- 44
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/22 Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services

Abstract

Insurance premiums for seasonal products may be generated. The insurance premium may be calculated by determining a historic seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer; determining a predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to the insurer; and generating a premium installment payment schedule. The predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to the insurer may be based on the historical seasonal variation in aggregate risk. The premium installment payment schedule may be based on the predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk. The monthly insurance premium may vary throughout the year and be based on a seasonal predicted risk to an insurer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for developing a seasonal payment schedule for insurance premiums comprising:

determining, by an insurance premium calculation and billing server, a historic seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer, wherein the insurance premium calculation and billing server includes a processor that controls operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server, memory that stores an operating system software for controlling overall operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a network interface, and input/output interfaces and the insurance premium calculation and billing server provides overall access, control, and administration of databases and the operating system software;

determining, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to the insurer, wherein the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk is based on the historical seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the aggregate risk is the real-time predicted seasonal variation based from the historical seasonal variation of risk towards the insurer;

generating, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a premium installment payment schedule for a seasonal product based on the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the seasonal product is only used during a portion of a calendar year;

generating a real-time notification when there is a change in the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer;

sending, over the Internet to an application on a client device, the real-time notification to cause the application to display an alert to adjust the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer; and

presenting, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, the generated premium installment payment schedule to a customer in a billing statement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the premium installment payment schedule includes at least one monthly premium.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the amount of the at least one monthly premium corresponds to a likelihood of damage to the seasonal product.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the amount of the at least one monthly premium corresponds to a predicted risk of loss to an insurer.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the billing statement is one of a printed, electronic, or online bill.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the amount of the at least one monthly premium corresponds to predicted usage of the seasonal product.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the seasonal product is one of a motorcycle, a boat, a recreational vehicle, a snowmobile, a jet ski, a motor home, or an off-road vehicle.

8. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer at least to perform:

determining, by an insurance premium calculation and billing server, a historic seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer, wherein the insurance premium calculation and billing server includes a processor that controls operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server, memory that stores an operating system software for controlling overall operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a network interface, and input/output interfaces and the insurance premium calculation and billing server provides overall access, control, and administration of databases and the operating system software;

determining, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to the insurer, wherein the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk is based on the historical seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the aggregate risk is the real-time predicted seasonal variation based from the historical seasonal variation of risk towards the insurer;

generating, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, a premium installment payment schedule for a seasonal product based on the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the seasonal product is only used during a portion of a calendar year;

generating a real-time notification when there is a change in the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer;

sending, over the Internet to an application on a client device, the real-time notification to cause the application to display an alert to adjust the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer; and

presenting, by the insurance premium calculation and billing server, the generated premium installment payment schedule to a customer in a billing statement.

9. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein, the premium installment payment schedule includes premium payments for each month of a calendar year.

10. The computer readable storage media of claim 9, wherein the monthly premium payment is higher for months having a higher likelihood of damage to the seasonal product.

11. The computer readable storage media of claim 10, wherein the monthly premium payment is lower for months having a lower likelihood of damage to the seasonal product.

12. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein determining the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer includes determining a monthly weighting factor.

13. The computer readable storage media of claim 8, wherein determining the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer includes determining an average monthly aggregated risk to an insurer.

14. A system comprising:

an insurance premium calculation and billing server that provides overall access, control, and administration of databases and an operating system software, the insurance premium calculation and billing server includes;

a processor controlling the operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server;

a network interface; and

input/output interfaces; and

a memory that stores the operating system software for controlling overall operation of the insurance premium calculation and billing server, the memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed cause the system at least to;

determine a historic seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer;

determine a real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk to the insurer,

wherein the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk is based on the historical seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the aggregate risk is the real-time predicted seasonal variation based from the historical seasonal variation of risk towards the insurer;

generate a premium installment payment schedule for a seasonal product based on the real-time predicted seasonal variation in aggregate risk, wherein the seasonal product is only used during a portion of a calendar year;

generate a real-time notification when there is a change in the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer;

send, over the Internet to an application on a client device, the real-time notification to cause the application to display an alert to adjust the premium installment payment schedule for the seasonal product based on the real-time predicted season variation in aggregate risk to the insurer; and

present the generated premium installment payment schedule to a customer in a billing statement.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein to determine the historic seasonal variation in aggregate risk to an insurer includes to determine a portion of premiums collected that are needed to pay claims for damages to a type of seasonal product.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the premium installment payment schedule includes monthly premium payments for each month of a calendar year.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the monthly premium payments vary based on the predicted variation in risk to an insurer.