Systems and methods for dynamically assessing and mitigating risk of an insured entity

• US 9,838,877 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2011
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blancco Technology Group Ip Oy
• Original Assignee: Inhance Technology
• Inventors: Prendergast, Paul, Hannigan, Frank, Bermingham, Peter, Fitzgerald, William
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Nam V
• Application Number:
  US13/189,367
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282697A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,328 Days
• Field of Search: 340 531, 340426, 340457, 705 4, 705400, 701 1, 701117, 701 29
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/88 Detecting or preventing theft or loss
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/12 Detection or prevention of fraud
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/126 Anti-theft arrangements, e.g. protection against subscriber identity module [SIM] cloning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/64 using geofenced areas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention delineate systems and methods for dynamically assessing and mitigating risk of an insured entity. Additional embodiments of the present invention delineate systems and methods for providing a user of a mobile device with information relevant to a position of a mobile device, wherein such information may describe one of a risk and an opportunity within a predetermined distance of a location for the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

analyzing a location of an insured mobile device associated with an entity;

determining a risk level associated with the location of the insured mobile device; and

generating an insurance risk profile for the entity based on the location and risk level.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining an insurance policy premium for the entity based on the insurance risk profile.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a claim for loss of the mobile device and determining that the loss occurred in a non-covered area based on the location of the mobile device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the insurance risk profile based on the occurrence of an event associated with the location.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring a change in the location of the mobile device; and

modifying the insurance risk profile in accordance with the change in the location of the mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining, from one or more of a database and the mobile device, a plurality of tracked locations for the mobile device corresponding to locations the mobile device traversed during a predetermined period of time;

analyzing the plurality of tracked locations to produce a composite risk adjustment score; and

modifying the insurance risk profile using the composite risk adjustment score.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising determining one or more of whether the location of the mobile device is among a predetermined number of locations in a profile of locations that are most-often visited by the mobile device and whether the plurality of tracked locations of the mobile device are among the predetermined number of locations in the profile of locations that are most-often visited by the mobile device.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising marking the insurance claim as a potential fraudulent claim when the location of the mobile device or the plurality of tracked locations of the mobile device are not among the predetermined number of locations in the profile of locations most-often visited by the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting information regarding an operator of the mobile device submitting an insurance claim; and

determining if the operator of the mobile device is authorized to submit the insurance claim.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the location of the mobile device to a third party.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting a message to the mobile device, the message indicating a hazard associated with the location.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising requesting a response to the message.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a report indicating a purpose for a user to visit the location; and

revising the insurance risk profile based on one or more of the location, the risk level and the purpose.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the purpose comprises one or more of a visit for business and a visit for pleasure.

15. A method, comprising:

analyzing a location of an insured mobile device associated with an entity;

determining a risk level associated with the location of the insured mobile device;

generating an insurance risk profile for the entity based on the location and risk level;

obtaining, from one or more of a database and the mobile device, a plurality of tracked locations for the mobile device corresponding to locations the mobile device traversed during a predetermined period of time;

analyzing the plurality of tracked locations to produce a composite risk adjustment score;

modifying the insurance risk profile using the composite risk adjustment score;

determining one or more of whether the location of the mobile device is among a predetermined number of locations in a profile of locations that are most-often visited by the mobile device and whether the plurality of tracked locations of the mobile device are among the predetermined number of locations in the profile of locations that are most-often visited by the mobile device; and

marking the insurance claim as a potential fraudulent claim when the location of the mobile device or the plurality of tracked locations of the mobile device are not among the predetermined number of locations in the profile of locations most-often visited by the mobile device.