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Providing termination benefits for employees
Assignee: Spincor LLC
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Filing: 2001-10-30
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Granted: 2005-09-13
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Expires: 2021-10-30
Abstract
Abstract A computer-based method for pricing and managing an insurance product under which an insurer will provide termination benefits to employees who are non-voluntarily terminated from employment by an employer. The product reduces adverse selection risks and durational risks associated with periods of unemployment.
Inventors
- 👤 Brock W. Callen
- 👤 Hope C. Callen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:33
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q40/00; G06Q40/08; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/02; G06Q30/0283
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A computer-based method comprising using a computer system to manage a durational risk associated with an insurance product under which an insurer provides termination benefits to employees who are non-voluntarily terminated from employment by an employer, the durational risk comprising the risk that the unemployment period for the employees under the basic insurance product will be greater than historical unemployment periods, by storing information in a computer system about dates of termination and historical employment experiences of employees who have been terminated from employment by the employer and are covered by the insurance product, storing information in a computer system about displacement duration, based on the stored information, using a computer to generate information useful in assisting terminated employees in finding new jobs within periods that will reduce the impact of durational risk, using a computer to track dates of reemployment of terminated employees in a computer system, and using a computer to control payments of termination benefits based on stored dates of termination.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
A computer-based method comprising using a computer system to manage a durational risk associated with an insurance product under which an insurer provides termination benefits to employees who are non-voluntarily terminated from employment by an employer, the durational risk comprising the risk that the unemployment period for the employees under the basic insurance product will be greater than historical unemployment periods, by storing information in a computer system about dates of termination and historical employment experiences of employees who have been terminated from employment by the employer and are covered by the insurance product, storing information in a computer system about displacement duration, based on the stored information, using a computer to generate information useful in assisting terminated employees in finding new jobs within periods that will reduce the impact of durational risk, using a computer to track dates of reemployment of terminated employees in a computer system, and using a computer to control payments of termination benefits based on stored dates of termination.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 in which the payments are also controlled on the basis of individual pay period benefit amounts, cumulative benefit amounts, and reemployment dates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 2 in which the durational risk comprises a risk that the unemployment periods for the employees under an enhanced coverage of the insurance product will be greater than the assumed duration as incorporated in a pricing formula for the enhanced coverage.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
156 words
A computer-based method comprising using a computer system to reduce an adverse selection possibility for a risk associated with an insurance product under which an insurer provides termination benefits to employees who are non-voluntarily terminated from employment by an employer, by using a computer system to define an aggregate maximum amount of money associated with the risk that may be paid as termination benefits for both a basic coverage of the insurance product and an enhanced coverage of the insurance product, the enhanced coverage providing termination benefits to employees who exceed an average annual percentage of employees who were non-voluntarily terminated during a predetermined historical period, using a computer system to provide a time-dependent vesting schedule for a maximum amount of termination benefit under the enhanced coverage, and using a computer to system to process benefit claims with respect to the risk in a manner that prevents payment of benefit claims that exceed the vesting schedule.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 4 also comprising: using a computer system to calculate, store, report, and distribute payments with respect to the insurance product, and using computer system to calculate and report required risk based capital.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
122 words
A computer-based method comprising using a computer system to administer termination benefits paid under an insurance product to employees who are non-voluntarily terminated from employment by an employer, by storing information in a computer system that identifies separate time limits of termination benefits to be paid with respect to employees belonging to different risk cells, storing information in a computer system about claims made for termination benefits with respect to the employees belong to different risk cells, using a computer system to compare the limits of termination benefits with the claims made for each of the risk cells, and using a computer system to withhold withholding benefits when the actual time for a risk cell exceeds the limit for the risk cell.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
65 words
The method of claim 6 further comprising storing information about the periods of time that the employee must remain unemployed before termination benefits are paid, comparing the time periods with an actual time period during which an employee has remained unemployed, withholding benefits until the actual time period exceeds the stored time period, notifying the employer that benefits for a given cell have been exhausted.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 6 , further comprising receiving, storing and searching information about employees eligible for state unemployment insurance benefits, comparing the eligible employees with employees who are terminated from employment by the employer withholding benefits when a terminated employee's eligibility status for state benefits matches a rule for withholding benefits.
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