Patents Assigned to Aon Benfield Inc.
  • Patent number: 11853889
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20230281447
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11687768
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically assessing damage vulnerability of a property include accessing digital images of a property parcel having a first structure thereon, classifying features visible in the images, including at least one feature of the first structure and at least one feature present in a neighborhood of the property parcel, to determine at least one of characteristic of each feature, determining a spatial relationship between a first structure and each manmade and/or natural feature represented by the classified features, and applying a property loss risk profile, based at least in part on the determined characteristics and the determined spatial relationships, to calculate a risk estimate for the first structure under at least one risk scenario.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Aon Benfield, Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20230082808
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically assessing damage vulnerability of a property include accessing digital images of a property parcel having a first structure thereon, classifying features visible in the images, including at least one feature of the first structure and at least one feature present in a neighborhood of the property parcel, to determine at least one characteristic of each feature, determining a spatial relationship between a first structure and each manmade and/or natural feature represented by the classified features, and applying a property loss risk profile, based at least in part on the determined characteristics and the determined spatial relationships, to calculate a risk estimate for the first structure under at least one risk scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11551040
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20220284244
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11347976
    Abstract: In one aspect, classifying features and feature conditions of a property represented in digital imagery includes training a characteristic classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying features represented in a property image into feature classifications, training a condition classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying a condition of each feature into one of a set of condition qualifiers, accessing digital image(s) of a property, and applying a machine learning analysis model including the characteristic classifier and the condition classifier to the digital image(s) to identify, for each feature represented in the image(s), a feature classification and a condition qualifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20220058447
    Abstract: In one aspect, classifying features and feature conditions of a property represented in digital imagery includes training a characteristic classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying features represented in a property image into feature classifications, training a condition classifier for applying multilayer artificial perception to classifying a condition of each feature into one of a set of condition qualifiers, accessing digital image(s) of a property, and applying a machine learning analysis model including the characteristic classifier and the condition classifier to the digital image(s) to identify, for each feature represented in the image(s), a feature classification and a condition qualifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11195058
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 11030491
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically assessing features of a property location may include applying first machine learning analysis to at least one image to determine a set of characteristics of the property features, and applying second machine learning analysis to the at least one image to classify a condition of each property feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20210142123
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20210089839
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10650285
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20200143212
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Patent number: 10529029
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a repair condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification. The methods and systems may further include determining, using the property characteristic classification and the condition classification, a risk estimate of damage to the property due to one or more disasters and/or a cost estimate of repair or replacement of the property characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20180089763
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a repair condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification. The methods and systems may further include determining, using the property characteristic classification and the condition classification, a risk estimate of damage to the property due to one or more disasters and/or a cost estimate of repair or replacement of the property characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
  • Publication number: 20170185909
    Abstract: In an illustrative embodiment, systems and methods for determining exposure include detecting, based on received data from external entities, an occurrence of a catastrophic event. Responsive to detecting the occurrence, a first matrix is generated indicating features of one or more properties within a vicinity of the catastrophic event, and a second matrix is generated representing characteristics of the catastrophic event. Using the first matrix and the second matrix, a convolution calculation matrix is calculated indicating amounts of correspondence between the first matrix and the second matrix. In real time, in response to detecting the occurrence of the catastrophic event, present risk exposure information to at least one remote computing system associated with at least one property of the plurality of properties, where the risk exposure data relates to the amount of correspondence between the first matrix and the second matrix in reference to the at least one property.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: AON BENFIELD, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen John Martin Mildenhall, Kirk William Dybvik
  • Publication number: 20150120332
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present technology provide the capability to determine risk exposure of points of interest (e.g., insured locations) based on the occurrence of an event (e.g., a catastrophic event). The systems and methods use two-dimensional convolution and FFT processing to provide quick determinations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AON BENFIELD, INC.
    Inventors: STEPHEN JOHN MARTIN MILDENHALL, KIRK WILLIAM DYBVIK
  • Publication number: 20150120333
    Abstract: Systems and methods of the present technology provide the capability to adjust historical claim frequency and/or claim severity data using a weather score process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: AON BENFIELD INC.
    Inventors: STEPHEN CHARLES FIETE, STEPHEN JOHN MARTIN MILDENHALL
  • Patent number: 8290846
    Abstract: A catastrophic hazard protection (CHP) mortgage may be provided on real property or structure(s) on the real property of a owner. The CHP mortgage may be structured to include financial protection in the event that one or more structures of the real property is damaged by a catastrophe such as a hurricane or earthquake. The owner may pay an increased interest rate on the CHP mortgage. If catastrophe damage occurs, the principal amount of the CHP mortgage may be reduced by the lesser of the value of the damage or the principal balance. Alternatively, the owner may receive a payment equivalent to the lesser of the value of the damage or the principal balance. A CHP mortgage may be implemented electronically. Additionally, catastrophic hazard protection may be added onto an existing mortgage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc.
    Inventor: Bryon Gerard Ehrhart