IP Library Granted Patent US 10,699,348
Granted Patent B1
US 10,699,348 · App. 15/365,773 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Utilizing credit and informatic data for insurance underwriting purposes

Inventors: Ramsey Devereaux (San Antonio, TX); David S. Franck (San Antonio, TX); Karen Moritz (Fair Oaks Ranch, TX); Spencer Read (Helotes, TX); Daniela Wheeler (Boerne, TX); Eric Vaith (San Antonio, TX); Erin McCaw (San Antonio, TX); Christopher Norman (San Antonio, TX); Jodi J. Healy (Johns Creek, GA); Bharat Prasad (San Antonio, TX); Kathleen L. Swain (Peoria, AZ); Michael J. Allen (San Antonio, TX)
Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
G06Q40/08
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Patent No.
US 10,699,348
App. No.
15/365,773
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B1
Abstract

Systems and methods include one or more dwelling sensors configured to generate sensor data representative of characteristics of a dwelling; a telematics device configured to generate telematics data representative of operational characteristics of a vehicle; and an analysis server. The analysis server receives the sensor data; receives the telematics data; receives credit information regarding an insured; and determines one or more insurance policy decisions based upon the sensor data, the telematics data, and the credit information the one or more insurance policy decisions comprising: a premium amount, a deductible amount, a coverage amount, a coverage term, or any combination there of for the insured.

Claims (58)

1. A system, comprising:

one or more dwelling sensors configured to generate sensor data representative of characteristics of a dwelling, wherein the one or more dwelling sensors comprise a motion sensor; and

an analysis server, configured to:

receive the sensor data, wherein the sensor data comprises motion sensor data;

determine an indication that indicates whether an insured property has likely been solely used as a habitat using the sensor data, by:

identifying activity patterns of the insured property at particular times, based upon the motion sensor data;

when the activity patterns include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or a combination thereof, determining that the insured property is not being used solely as a habitat; and

otherwise, when the activity patterns do not include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or both and instead include consistent steady state activity, determining that the insured property is being used solely as a habitat;

generate a risk profile for the insured property or an insured person based upon the indication, wherein the risk profile comprises a maintenance score for an insured property, based at least in part upon the sensor data;

determine, from the sensor data, one or more temperatures of the insured property;

determine whether the insured property has been climate controlled in a prescribed manner based upon the one or more temperatures of the insured property;

update the maintenance score based upon whether the insured property has been climate controlled in the prescribed manner; and

determine one or more insurance policy decisions for the insured property or the insured person based upon the indication;

the one or more insurance policy decisions comprising: a premium amount, a deductible amount, a coverage amount, a coverage term, or any combination there of.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dwelling computing device configured to:

receive and aggregate the sensor data; and

provide the aggregated sensor data to the analysis server as an aggregated packet.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the dwelling computing device is further configured to:

pre-process the aggregated sensor data, filtering the sensor data for relevant sensor data prior to sending the aggregated sensor data to the analysis server.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis server is further configured to:

determine whether appliances of the insured property have been maintained using the sensor data; and

update the maintenance score based upon whether the appliances of the insured property have been maintained.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis server is further configured to:

update the maintenance score based upon whether the insured property has likely been solely used as a habitat.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis server is further configured to:

determine whether the insured property has been repaired with a prescribed promptness; and

update the maintenance score based upon whether the insured property has been repaired with the prescribed promptness.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the risk profile further comprises a driving score that is based at least in part upon telematics data.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the analysis server is further configured to:

determine whether the insured person has driven in a prescribed manner indicating recklessness based upon the telematics data; and

update the driving score based upon whether the insured person has driven in the prescribed manner indicating recklessness.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the analysis server is further configured to:

modify a policy premium based upon credit information.

10. A tangible, non-transitory, machine readable medium, comprising machine-readable instructions to:

receive sensor data generated from one or more dwelling sensors configured to generate the sensor data, wherein the sensor data is representative of characteristics of an insured property, wherein the sensor data comprises motion sensor data; and

determine an indication that indicates whether the insured property has likely been solely used as a habitat using the sensor data, by:

identifying activity patterns of the insured property at particular times, based upon the motion sensor data;

when the activity patterns include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or a combination thereof, determining that the insured property is not being used solely as a habitat; and

otherwise, when the activity patterns do not include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or both and instead include consistent steady state activity, determining that the insured property is being used solely as a habitat;

generate a risk profile for the insured property or an insured person based upon the indication, wherein the risk profile comprises a maintenance score for an insured property, based at least in part upon the sensor data;

determine, from the sensor data, one or more temperatures of the insured property;

determine whether the insured property has been climate controlled in a prescribed manner based upon the one or more temperatures of the insured property;

update the maintenance score based upon whether the insured property has been climate controlled in the prescribed manner; and

determine one or more insurance policy decisions for the insured property or the insured person based upon the indication; the one or more insurance policy decisions comprising: a premium amount, a deductible amount, a coverage amount, a coverage term, or any combination there of.

11. The machine readable medium of claim 10 , comprising machine-readable instructions to:

determine whether appliances of the insured property have been maintained using the sensor data; and

update the risk profile based upon whether the appliances of the insured property have been maintained.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving sensor data generated from one or more dwelling sensors configured to generate the sensor data, wherein the sensor data is representative of characteristics of a dwelling;

determining an indication that indicates whether the insured property has likely been solely used as a habitat using the sensor data, by:

identifying activity patterns of the insured property at particular times, based upon the motion sensor data;

when the activity patterns include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or a combination thereof, determining that the insured property is not being used solely as a habitat; and

otherwise, when the activity patterns do not include spikes in activity, frenetic activity, or both and instead include consistent steady state activity, determining that the insured property is being used solely as a habitat;

generating a risk profile for the insured property or an insured person based upon the indication, wherein the risk profile comprises a maintenance score for an insured property, based at least in part upon the sensor data;

determine, from the sensor data, one or more temperatures of the insured property;

determine whether the insured property has been climate controlled in a prescribed manner based upon the one or more temperatures of the insured property;

update the maintenance score based upon whether the insured property has been climate controlled in the prescribed manner; and

determining one or more insurance policy decisions for the insured person or the insured property based upon the indication; the one or more insurance policy decisions comprising: a premium amount, a deductible amount, a coverage amount, a coverage term, or any combination there of.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2017
From: DEVEREAUX, RAMSEY; FRANCK, DAVID S.; MORITZ, KAREN; READ, SPENCER; WHEELER, DANIELA; VAITH, ERIC; MCCAW, ERIN; NORMAN, CHRISTOPHER; HEALY, JODI J.; PRASAD, BHARAT; SWAIN, KATHLEEN L.; ALLEN, MICHAEL J.
To: UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (USAA)
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