TruRisk Patents


Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Binns, Mark Blumberg

This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Computerized medical modeling of group disability insurance using medical claims data

Patent number: 8041585

Abstract: The development and use of a model to estimate disability insurance exposure for a group of individuals to be underwritten for a coverage period is disclosed. The development of the model includes the use of medical claim data having a plurality of medical claims made by a first model population having at least a respective plurality of first model population members and a disability insurance claim data having a plurality of disability insurance claims made by a second model population having at least a respective plurality of second model population members, which optionally may partially or wholly overlap with the first model population. A clinical medical condition classification system assigns corresponding medical condition causes to the disability insurance claims and the medical claims based on medical condition information.

Type: Grant

Filed: December 17, 2009

Date of Patent: October 18, 2011

Assignee: Trurisk LLC

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Blumberg

Associated Product: Group Long Term Disability


Computerized medical modeling of group life and disability insurance using medical claims data

Patent number: 7664662

Abstract: The development and use of a model to estimate disability insurance exposure for a group of individuals to be underwritten for a coverage period is disclosed. The development of the model includes the use of medical claim data having a plurality % of medical claims made by a first model population having at least a respective plurality of first model population members and a disability insurance claim data having a plurality of disability insurance claims made by a second model population having at least a respective plurality of second model population members, which optionally may partially or wholly overlap with the first model population. A clinical medical condition classification system assigns corresponding medical condition causes to the disability insurance claims and the medical claims based on medical condition information.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 16, 2006

Date of Patent: February 16, 2010

Assignee: TruRisk LLC

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Stuart Blumberg

Associated Product: Group Long Term Disability


Computerized medical modeling of group life insurance using medical claims data

Patent number: 7555438

Abstract: A method of model development for use in underwriting group life insurance for a policy period includes collecting medical claims data for the group to be underwritten, where each medical claim being related to a particular employee of the group. Morbidity categories are provided that categorize the medical claims in the medical claims data. A conditional probability model is developed and applied to the morbidity categories for each employee in the group using his medical claims, thereby calculating the expected conditional probability for each employee dying during the policy period. For each employee, an estimate of the expected life claim cost is estimated using an index of the life coverage to salary. Combining the expected conditional probability for each employee dying during the policy period with the estimate of the expected claim cost of death gives an estimate of the group's total life exposure.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 21, 2006

Date of Patent: June 30, 2009

Assignee: TruRisk, LLC

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Stuart Blumberg

Associated Product: Group Life


Computerized medical underwriting of group life and disability insurance using medical claims data

Patent number: 7249040

Abstract: A method of underwriting group disability insurance for a policy period includes collecting medical claims data for the group to be underwritten, where each medical claim being related to a particular employee of the group. Morbidity categories are provided that categorize the medical claims in the medical claims data. A conditional probability model is developed and applied to the morbidity categories for each employee in the group using his medical claims, thereby calculating the expected conditional probability for each employee of incurring a disability during the policy period. A further statistical model of the estimated cost of the disability is developed and applied based on the employees' morbidity categories from the medical claims data. For each employee, an estimate of the expected cost of incurring a disability given their morbidity categories is derived from his medical claims data.

Type: Grant

Filed: March 16, 2006

Date of Patent: July 24, 2007

Assignee: TruRisk, L.L.C.

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Stuart Blumberg

Associated Product: Group Long Term Disability


Computerized medical underwriting of group life insurance using medical claims data

Patent number: 7555439

Abstract: A method of underwriting group life insurance for a policy period includes collecting medical claims data for the group to be underwritten, where each medical claim being related to a particular employee of the group. Morbidity categories are provided that categorize the medical claims in the medical claims data. A conditional probability model is developed and applied to the morbidity categories for each employee in the group using his medical claims, thereby calculating the expected conditional probability for each employee dying during the policy period. For each employee, an estimate of the expected life claim cost is estimated using an index of the life coverage to salary. Combining the expected conditional probability for each employee dying during the policy period with the estimate of the expected claim cost of death gives an estimate of the group's total life exposure.

Type: Grant

Filed: July 21, 2006

Date of Patent: June 30, 2009

Assignee: TruRisk, LLC

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Stuart Blumberg

Associated Product: Group Life


Insurance claim forecasting system

Patent number: 7392201

Abstract: A computer-implemented process of developing a person-level cost model for forecasting future costs attributable to claims from members of a book of business, where person-level data are available for a substantial portion of the members of the book of business for an actual underwriting period, and the forecast of interest is for a policy period is disclosed. The process uses development universe data comprising person-level enrollment data, historical base period health care claims data and historical next period claim amount data for a statistically meaningful number of individuals. The process also provides at least one claim-based risk factor for each historical base period claim based on the claim code associated with the health care claim and provides at least one enrollment-based risk factor based on the enrollment data.

Type: Grant

Filed: May 18, 2001

Date of Patent: June 24, 2008

Assignee: TruRisk, LLC

Inventors: Gregory S. Binns, Mark Stuart Blumberg

Associated Product: CapCost™




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