US20140074519A1 - System and method for underwriting a prepackaged business owners insurance policy - Google Patents

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US20140074519A1 US14/080,965 US201314080965A US2014074519A1 US 20140074519 A1 US20140074519 A1 US 20140074519A1 US 201314080965 A US201314080965 A US 201314080965A US 2014074519 A1 US2014074519 A1 US 2014074519A1
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  • the present invention relates to providing a prepackaged insurance product, and more particularly relates to a providing a business owners policy (BOP) with up-front pricing for micro businesses.
  • BOP business owners policy
  • Insurance carriers typically underwrite BOPs based on a process as shown in FIG. 1 to cover a business owner's real estate (if the business owner is the real property owner), personal property contents (whether owning or renting the premises) and general liability.
  • the limits and premiums typically vary depending upon the carrier's underwriting model. Disadvantages of this approach include the customer having to walk through an application process to reach the price, which may be inefficient for the customer. The offering may be beyond the customer's needs, and the offering or the process difficult to understand.
  • micro businesses A target market for property and casualty carriers is small (“micro”) businesses with 0-1 employees, who may or may not have prior insurance.
  • Professional and personal services for example hairdressers), consultants, real estate agents, and the like are examples of classes of business in which many micro businesses are found.
  • the system and process of the invention effectively invert and simplify the current process of underwriting BOP by starting with a final price, omitting application of underwriting models to provide risk profiles and a premium based on a customer's individual data, screening for eligibility, and issuing the policy.
  • one embodiment of the invention provides a system for insuring a party, comprising a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; a user computing device configured to provide to a carrier automated system information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; wherein the carrier automated system is configured to receive the information and the request from the user computing device, to compare the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database for determining whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, and to provide a response to the user computing device based on the determination of eligibility, and if the applicant is eligible, the response providing an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product; and a network allowing the user computing device to access the carrier automated system and allowing the carrier automated system
  • the characteristics of members of a category in the database may, in one embodiment, not include a risk level to be met by an applicant individually.
  • the coverages may include liability coverage.
  • the carrier automated system may be further configured in an embodiment of the invention to communicate over the network with one or more third party information sources to seek verification of information provided relating to the applicant.
  • the carrier automated system may seek the verification of information at a time selected from prior to providing an offer to bind the applicant to insurance or subsequent to providing an offer to bind the applicant to insurance.
  • the network comprises the Internet
  • the carrier automated system comprises a carrier server operating a website.
  • the user computing device may be associated with an agent representing the applicant.
  • the user computing device may be associated with the applicant.
  • the coverages comprise business owners insurance
  • the characteristics of a member category include (separately or in combination): business classification, sales volume, number of employees, payroll amount, credit score, or premises size.
  • the invention provides a method for insuring a party, comprising providing a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; sending from a user computing device to a carrier automated system over a network information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; receiving at the carrier automated system the information and the request from the user computing device; comparing at the carrier automated system the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database to determine whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; and providing a response from the carrier automated system to the user computing device based on the determination of eligibility, and if the applicant is eligible, the response including an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product.
  • the invention provides a storage device having stored thereon instructions executable by a computer for providing a fixed price for predetermined coverages and coverage limits associated with a category of insureds; screening information received relating to a customer to determine whether the customer has predetermined characteristics making the customer eligible for the policy, the predetermined characteristics not including a risk level; and issuing insurance for the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price if the customer is eligible.
  • the invention provides a system for insuring a party, comprising: a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; a carrier automated system having access to the database and being configured to receive information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, to compare the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database for determining whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, and if the applicant is eligible, providing an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product.
  • the invention provides a system for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: a database containing acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers, a fixed price, and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy; and one or more computer systems having access to the database and being configured to execute computer software: to calculate acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and set the fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; to store the acceptable profile values, fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy in the database; to receive application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; to compare the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable
  • the invention provides a method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
  • the invention provides a method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; in response to the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, verifying the truth of the application information; and in response to successful verification of the application information, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
  • the invention eliminates unknown factors (for example by providing an up front price rather than making the customer walk through an application process to reach the price), provides a well-defined product that is easy to understand, and provides a more efficient process.
  • FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a prior art system and process for underwriting business owner insurance policies.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a system for providing various aspects of a system for providing insurance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a system and process for prepackaging an insurance product according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a system and process for processing a request for insurance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention departs from current underwriting practice by providing a prepackaged insurance product based on class or category of customer, with pre-set coverages and pre-set policy limits, based on qualifying the customer and issuing a policy. It applies readily to a BOP product based on class or category of business, such as micro businesses as described above; but the concept can be expanded to include larger businesses or other customers.
  • the system 100 may include one or more computing devices 110 , 120 , which may be used, for example by a customer or an advisor, such as an independent insurance agent, to access a carrier automated system.
  • the carrier automated system may include a carrier website 160 via a network 130 (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the Internet, or the like) for the purpose of requesting a determination of eligibility.
  • LAN Local Area Network
  • WAN wide area network
  • the Internet or the like
  • Either or both computing device 110 , 120 may include, for example, a personal computer (PC), laptop, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular telephone, or similar electronic device.
  • PC personal computer
  • PDA personal digital assistant
  • the carrier website 160 may be operated by carrier system server 150 by way of the same or a different network 130 .
  • a component of the carrier automated system for example a carrier system server 150 in one exemplary embodiment, may be configured to execute a computer software program to determine eligibility of a customer in the manner described below.
  • the system may further include a database 140 accessible by a component of the carrier automated system such as the insurance provider server 150 for the purpose of obtaining information needed to determine eligibility of a customer to obtain a prepackaged BOP or other policy as described below.
  • a component of the carrier automated system such as the insurance provider server 150 for the purpose of obtaining information needed to determine eligibility of a customer to obtain a prepackaged BOP or other policy as described below.
  • FIG. 3 shows a process for prepackaging an insurance product according to an embodiment of the present invention for use with a system embodying the invention.
  • existing data for similar customers is provided.
  • statistical analysis is used to calculate model profiles using the existing data on similar customers to create categories of businesses which do or do not meet qualifications for the prepackaged BOP product.
  • similar statistical analysis is utilized on the customer data to define the pre-set coverages and limits that will be offered for a competitive and profitable fixed price. Coinsurance may be specified.
  • the policy is priced at a flat premium using the carrier's current underwriting models, for all businesses that meet the screening criteria.
  • This pre-marketing analysis eliminates the need for segmentation based on individual application data for the prepackaged BOP product.
  • the database 140 is populated with the category information needed to determine eligibility of a customer to obtain the prepackaged insurance product.
  • FIG. 4 shows a process of binding an insurance product, such as a BOP, according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the prepackaged insurance product may be distributed through an agency channel or directly to customers via online or other known methods.
  • a carrier's marketing effort is directed to sell a prospective customer on the carrier and the fixed price advantage of the insurance product.
  • the prospect may decline to proceed.
  • the customer is asked a minimum number of questions (for example, 10 questions), which vary depending on the class of business, to qualify the customer and determine risk acceptability. This process reduces the abandonment rate, but the customer may abandon at this point.
  • the carrier automated systems compare the data to the model profiles and receive back in real time an indication whether the customer falls into a category eligible for the insurance product.
  • the agent when using an agency marketing channel, the agent is able to tell the customer the fixed price up front, obtains responses to the required questions, and accesses carrier automated systems to submit the data.
  • step 46 in real time, internal carrier or outside data sources are accessed to verify the data on which eligibility was based.
  • step 47 if the customer fails the eligibility screening or verification, coverage is declined.
  • step 48 if the customer passes the eligibility screening and verification, the policy is issued. Alternatively, if verification is not done in real time during the process, it may be done subsequent to issuance, and the continuance of the policy may be made dependent on verification of the data provided.
  • the customer provides the answers to the required questions using the customer computing device 110 , and receives either a refusal or issuance of the insurance product.
  • Customer support is provided efficiently at minimized expense via self service support via an online support web site or a call center.
  • criteria that may be used for eligibility screening in step 45 include, alone or in combination:
  • the verification step 46 seeks to corroborate information received from the customer related to the eligibility criteria.
  • sources such as Dun & Bradstreet may provide name verification and confirm the provided class of business.
  • sources might verify that the customer has a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) that is associated with a business within the customer-provided class of business.
  • FEIN Federal Employer Identification Number
  • the customer may be linked to a tradename (DBA) confirmed to be located at the provided address in premises having the provided square footage. Risk of fraud may be reduced by the use of contractual provisions known in the industry.
  • a real estate agent might acquire a BOP for a $500 premium with $25,000 in building and personal property coverage and $1 million in general liability coverage.
  • a BOP according to the invention omits real property coverage when necessary to enable the carrier to offer a fixed fee and maintain profitability.
  • Business personal property coverage might be up to $50,000 (with a deductible such as $250), and business liability up to $500,000/1,000,000.
  • a BOP according to the invention is efficient for the agent to write and service, and provides a clearly defined market, cross selling opportunities, and opportunities to expand the agent's market. From the carrier's point of view, the customer has fewer opportunities and incentives to say no to the policy, and abandonment rates are lower.
  • the carrier may capture an untapped market and grow with a profitable product. The risk that the prepackaged insurance product will not fit a particular member of the category may be mitigated by careful specification of limits, pre-renewal screening, a premium audit, and/or converting the policyholder to a different policy.
  • the present invention may be applied to provide insurance coverage to customers in need of insurance other than business owners.

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A method, computer program product and system are provided for underwriting an insurance product such as a business owners policy by establishing a prepackaged policy having predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed price, screening a potential customer for eligibility, and issuing the policy. The process may omit application of underwriting models to provide risk profiles and a premium based on a customer's individual data. The screening process may include comparing information from a customer to characteristics of a category of customers eligible for the insurance product, and verifying the information provided by the customer using internal carrier and external sources.

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    CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
  • This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/867,865, filed Oct. 5, 2007 and U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 60/828,593, filed Oct. 6, 2006, which are hereby incorporated herein in their entireties by reference.
    • FIELD
  • The present invention relates to providing a prepackaged insurance product, and more particularly relates to a providing a business owners policy (BOP) with up-front pricing for micro businesses.
    • BACKGROUND
  • Insurance carriers typically underwrite BOPs based on a process as shown in FIG. 1 to cover a business owner's real estate (if the business owner is the real property owner), personal property contents (whether owning or renting the premises) and general liability. The limits and premiums typically vary depending upon the carrier's underwriting model. Disadvantages of this approach include the customer having to walk through an application process to reach the price, which may be inefficient for the customer. The offering may be beyond the customer's needs, and the offering or the process difficult to understand.
  • A target market for property and casualty carriers is small (“micro”) businesses with 0-1 employees, who may or may not have prior insurance. Professional and personal services (for example hairdressers), consultants, real estate agents, and the like are examples of classes of business in which many micro businesses are found.
    • SUMMARY
  • Addressing the above problems in prior approaches, the system and process of the invention effectively invert and simplify the current process of underwriting BOP by starting with a final price, omitting application of underwriting models to provide risk profiles and a premium based on a customer's individual data, screening for eligibility, and issuing the policy.
  • Generally described, one embodiment of the invention provides a system for insuring a party, comprising a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; a user computing device configured to provide to a carrier automated system information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; wherein the carrier automated system is configured to receive the information and the request from the user computing device, to compare the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database for determining whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, and to provide a response to the user computing device based on the determination of eligibility, and if the applicant is eligible, the response providing an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product; and a network allowing the user computing device to access the carrier automated system and allowing the carrier automated system to access the database.
  • The characteristics of members of a category in the database may, in one embodiment, not include a risk level to be met by an applicant individually. The coverages may include liability coverage.
  • The carrier automated system may be further configured in an embodiment of the invention to communicate over the network with one or more third party information sources to seek verification of information provided relating to the applicant. The carrier automated system may seek the verification of information at a time selected from prior to providing an offer to bind the applicant to insurance or subsequent to providing an offer to bind the applicant to insurance.
  • In an embodiment of the invention, the network comprises the Internet, and the carrier automated system comprises a carrier server operating a website.
  • In an embodiment of the invention, the user computing device may be associated with an agent representing the applicant. Alternatively, the user computing device may be associated with the applicant.
  • In an embodiment of the invention, the coverages comprise business owners insurance, and the characteristics of a member category include (separately or in combination): business classification, sales volume, number of employees, payroll amount, credit score, or premises size.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a method for insuring a party, comprising providing a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; sending from a user computing device to a carrier automated system over a network information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; receiving at the carrier automated system the information and the request from the user computing device; comparing at the carrier automated system the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database to determine whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product; and providing a response from the carrier automated system to the user computing device based on the determination of eligibility, and if the applicant is eligible, the response including an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a storage device having stored thereon instructions executable by a computer for providing a fixed price for predetermined coverages and coverage limits associated with a category of insureds; screening information received relating to a customer to determine whether the customer has predetermined characteristics making the customer eligible for the policy, the predetermined characteristics not including a risk level; and issuing insurance for the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price if the customer is eligible.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a system for insuring a party, comprising: a database containing, for an insurance product, predetermined coverages, predetermined limits, and a fixed premium amount, and containing, for one or more categories of insureds, characteristics of members of the category; a carrier automated system having access to the database and being configured to receive information relating to an applicant and a request for a determination whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, to compare the information provided relating to the applicant with category characteristics from the database for determining whether the applicant is a member of one or more of the categories of insureds in the database eligible for the insurance product, and if the applicant is eligible, providing an offer to bind the applicant to the insurance product.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a system for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: a database containing acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers, a fixed price, and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy; and one or more computer systems having access to the database and being configured to execute computer software: to calculate acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and set the fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; to store the acceptable profile values, fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy in the database; to receive application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; to compare the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, to offer the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
  • According to another embodiment, the invention provides a method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising: calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees; receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics; comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; in response to the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, verifying the truth of the application information; and in response to successful verification of the application information, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
  • From the customer's point of view, the invention eliminates unknown factors (for example by providing an up front price rather than making the customer walk through an application process to reach the price), provides a well-defined product that is easy to understand, and provides a more efficient process.
    • BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is a flow diagram of a prior art system and process for underwriting business owner insurance policies.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a system for providing various aspects of a system for providing insurance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of a system and process for prepackaging an insurance product according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a system and process for processing a request for insurance according to an embodiment of the present invention.
    •  DETAILED DESCRIPTION
  • The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the inventions are shown. Indeed, these inventions may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.
  • The present invention departs from current underwriting practice by providing a prepackaged insurance product based on class or category of customer, with pre-set coverages and pre-set policy limits, based on qualifying the customer and issuing a policy. It applies readily to a BOP product based on class or category of business, such as micro businesses as described above; but the concept can be expanded to include larger businesses or other customers.
  • Aspects of the present invention may be implemented in a system as shown in FIG. 2. As may be understood from this figure, the system 100 may include one or more computing devices 110, 120, which may be used, for example by a customer or an advisor, such as an independent insurance agent, to access a carrier automated system. The carrier automated system may include a carrier website 160 via a network 130 (e.g., a Local Area Network (LAN), wide area network (WAN), the Internet, or the like) for the purpose of requesting a determination of eligibility. Either or both computing device 110, 120 may include, for example, a personal computer (PC), laptop, personal digital assistant (PDA), cellular telephone, or similar electronic device. According to one exemplary embodiment, the carrier website 160 may be operated by carrier system server 150 by way of the same or a different network 130. In particular, as discussed in more detail below, a component of the carrier automated system, for example a carrier system server 150 in one exemplary embodiment, may be configured to execute a computer software program to determine eligibility of a customer in the manner described below.
  • The system may further include a database 140 accessible by a component of the carrier automated system such as the insurance provider server 150 for the purpose of obtaining information needed to determine eligibility of a customer to obtain a prepackaged BOP or other policy as described below.
  • FIG. 3 shows a process for prepackaging an insurance product according to an embodiment of the present invention for use with a system embodying the invention. At step 21, existing data for similar customers is provided. At step 22, statistical analysis is used to calculate model profiles using the existing data on similar customers to create categories of businesses which do or do not meet qualifications for the prepackaged BOP product. At step 23, similar statistical analysis is utilized on the customer data to define the pre-set coverages and limits that will be offered for a competitive and profitable fixed price. Coinsurance may be specified. The policy is priced at a flat premium using the carrier's current underwriting models, for all businesses that meet the screening criteria. This pre-marketing analysis eliminates the need for segmentation based on individual application data for the prepackaged BOP product. At step 24, the database 140 is populated with the category information needed to determine eligibility of a customer to obtain the prepackaged insurance product.
  • FIG. 4 shows a process of binding an insurance product, such as a BOP, according to an embodiment of the invention. The prepackaged insurance product may be distributed through an agency channel or directly to customers via online or other known methods. At steps 41 and 42, a carrier's marketing effort is directed to sell a prospective customer on the carrier and the fixed price advantage of the insurance product. At step 43, the prospect may decline to proceed. At step 44, the customer is asked a minimum number of questions (for example, 10 questions), which vary depending on the class of business, to qualify the customer and determine risk acceptability. This process reduces the abandonment rate, but the customer may abandon at this point. At step 45, the carrier automated systems compare the data to the model profiles and receive back in real time an indication whether the customer falls into a category eligible for the insurance product.
  • Referring again to steps 42 through 45, when using an agency marketing channel, the agent is able to tell the customer the fixed price up front, obtains responses to the required questions, and accesses carrier automated systems to submit the data.
  • Preferably, at this point in the process when eligibility is being determined, at step 46, in real time, internal carrier or outside data sources are accessed to verify the data on which eligibility was based. At step 47 if the customer fails the eligibility screening or verification, coverage is declined. At step 48, if the customer passes the eligibility screening and verification, the policy is issued. Alternatively, if verification is not done in real time during the process, it may be done subsequent to issuance, and the continuance of the policy may be made dependent on verification of the data provided.
  • In a direct customer version, such as the case of distribution online, the customer provides the answers to the required questions using the customer computing device 110, and receives either a refusal or issuance of the insurance product.
  • Customer support is provided efficiently at minimized expense via self service support via an online support web site or a call center.
  • Examples of criteria that may be used for eligibility screening in step 45 include, alone or in combination:
  • a. Business classification;
  • b. Sales volume;
  • c. Number of employees
  • d. Payroll amount;
  • e. Credit score;
  • f. Premises square footage.
  • The verification step 46 seeks to corroborate information received from the customer related to the eligibility criteria. For example, sources such as Dun & Bradstreet may provide name verification and confirm the provided class of business. In a more specific example, sources might verify that the customer has a Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN) that is associated with a business within the customer-provided class of business. The customer may be linked to a tradename (DBA) confirmed to be located at the provided address in premises having the provided square footage. Risk of fraud may be reduced by the use of contractual provisions known in the industry.
  • As an example of a prepackaged BOP as the insurance product of the present invention, a real estate agent might acquire a BOP for a $500 premium with $25,000 in building and personal property coverage and $1 million in general liability coverage. In one embodiment, a BOP according to the invention omits real property coverage when necessary to enable the carrier to offer a fixed fee and maintain profitability. Business personal property coverage might be up to $50,000 (with a deductible such as $250), and business liability up to $500,000/1,000,000.
  • A BOP according to the invention is efficient for the agent to write and service, and provides a clearly defined market, cross selling opportunities, and opportunities to expand the agent's market. From the carrier's point of view, the customer has fewer opportunities and incentives to say no to the policy, and abandonment rates are lower. The carrier may capture an untapped market and grow with a profitable product. The risk that the prepackaged insurance product will not fit a particular member of the category may be mitigated by careful specification of limits, pre-renewal screening, a premium audit, and/or converting the policyholder to a different policy.
  • The present invention may be applied to provide insurance coverage to customers in need of insurance other than business owners.

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1. A system for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising:
a database containing acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers, a fixed price, and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy; and
one or more computer systems having access to the database and being configured to execute computer software:
to calculate acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and set the fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees;
to store the acceptable profile values, fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for the business owner's insurance policy in the database;
to receive application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics;
to compare the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and
in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, to offer the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the coverages include liability coverage.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer systems are further configured to execute computer software to communicate over a network with one or more third party information sources to seek verification of the application information for the micro business party.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the one or more computer systems seek the verification of information at a time selected from prior to providing an offer to bind the micro business party to insurance or subsequent to providing an offer to bind the micro business party to insurance.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network comprises the Internet, and wherein the one or more computer systems comprise a carrier server operating a website.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the application information for the micro business party is transmitted by a computing device associated with an agent representing the micro business party.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the application information for the micro business party is transmitted by a computing device associated with the micro business party.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer systems comprise a carrier server operating a website and communicate via the Internet.
9. A method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising:
calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees;
receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics;
comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values; and
in response to the application information for the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
10. The method of claim 9 further comprising, in response to the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, verifying the truth of the application information.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the coverages include liability coverage.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the characteristics are micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, and premises size.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the characteristics are micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees.
14. A method for providing a business owner's insurance policy, comprising:
calculating acceptable profile values for characteristics of micro business insurance customers based on data for existing customers in similar micro businesses, and setting a fixed price and predetermined coverages and coverage limits for a business owner's insurance policy based on the data, at least two of the characteristics selected from the group consisting of micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees;
receiving application information for a micro business party describing aspects of the micro business party's business related to the selected characteristics;
comparing the application information received for the micro business party to the acceptable profile values;
in response to the micro business party having acceptable values for the characteristics, verifying the truth of the application information; and
in response to successful verification of the application information, offering the micro business party the business owner's insurance policy having the predetermined coverages and coverage limits at the fixed price without further risk analysis of the micro business party.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the coverages include liability coverage.
16. The method of claim 14, wherein the characteristics are micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, and premises size.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein the characteristics are micro business classification, payroll amount, credit score, premises size, sales volume, and number of employees.
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