Patents Assigned to American Family Mutual Insurance Company
  • Publication number: 20250068742
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods monitoring a technology environment. In particular, a computing device including a processor with computer readable instructions to access a plurality of indicators (e.g., variables) that have corresponding stored historical information. The indicators are then used to calculate a summed weights table of relative risk for each time period in the past. The summed weights table is then correlated to a target variable (e.g., a variable that documents major issues, incidents, or disruptions that occurred in the technology environment in the past). The correlation coefficient between the summed weights table and the target variable is then used to implement a machine learning algorithm in order to better determine current risk levels (e.g., relative values that predict issues, incidents, or disruption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Applicant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Kelsen Alexander, Nathaniel Petreman, Noel Howlett, Magann Orth
  • Patent number: 12141296
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods monitoring a technology environment. In particular, a computing device including a processor with computer readable instructions to access a plurality of indicators (e.g., variables) that have corresponding stored historical information. The indicators are then used to calculate a summed weights table of relative risk for each time period in the past. The summed weights table is then correlated to a target variable (e.g., a variable that documents major issues, incidents, or disruptions that occurred in the technology environment in the past). The correlation coefficient between the summed weights table and the target variable is then used to implement a machine learning algorithm in order to better determine current risk levels (e.g., relative values that predict issues, incidents, or disruption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: AMERICAN FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, S.L.
    Inventors: Kelsen Alexander, Nathaniel Petreman, Noel Howlett, Magann Orth
  • Patent number: 12050635
    Abstract: Provided herein are systems and methods for processing unstructured data for insurance pricing. In particular, the data processing systems and methods provided herein may be useful to price simulation for the optimization of insurance pricing. The data processing systems and methods use machine learning algorithms to automatically detect relevant rate factor tables in unstructured data sources, such as regulatory filing documents. The machine learning algorithms then extract rate factor data from the tables and place extracted rate factor data in a structured form, eliminating or reducing the need for manual structured data extraction. In some embodiments, the data processing systems and methods also include an audit interface for receiving one or more changes to the structured rate factor data. In the manner, the audit interface may be used to validate the structured rate factor data obtained via the methods described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Ender Tekin, Thomas Kneubuehl, Glenn M. Fung Moo, Qian You, Devin M. Conathan
  • Publication number: 20240112670
    Abstract: An event sensing system includes one or more sensor assemblies, each sensor assembly including a housing, a microphone, and an audio signal processor. The audio signal processor is configured to generate one of an event classification, which is indicative of a type of event, and an event characteristic, which is indicative of a severity of an event, from the audio signal. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit event records that contain the generated event data to a cloud infrastructure component. The cloud infrastructure component is configured to calculate the probability of an event occurring at a plurality of locations in a region within a bounded time window based on the event records received from a plurality of sensor assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Michael Smith, Ben Zimmerman, Sherry Eckholm, Peter Gunder
  • Patent number: 11875782
    Abstract: An event sensing system includes one or more sensor assemblies, each sensor assembly including a housing, a microphone, and an audio signal processor. The audio signal processor is configured to generate one of an event classification, which is indicative of a type of event, and an event characteristic, which is indicative of a severity of an event, from the audio signal. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit event records that contain the generated event data to a cloud infrastructure component. The cloud infrastructure component is configured to calculate the probability of an event occurring at a plurality of locations in a region within a bounded time window based on the event records received from a plurality of sensor assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Michael Smith, Ben Zimmerman, Sherry Eckholm, Peter Gunder
  • Patent number: 11568058
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods monitoring a technology environment. In particular, a computing device including a processor with computer readable instructions to access a plurality of indicators (e.g., variables) that have corresponding stored historical information. The indicators are then used to calculate a summed weights table of relative risk for each time period in the past. The summed weights table is then correlated to a target variable (e.g., a variable that documents major issues, incidents, or disruptions that occurred in the technology environment in the past). The correlation coefficient between the summed weights table and the target variable is then used to implement a machine learning algorithm in order to better determine current risk levels (e.g., relative values that predict issues, incidents, or disruption).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Kelsen Alexander, Nathaniel Petreman, Noel Howlett, Magann Orth
  • Patent number: 11100918
    Abstract: An event sensing system includes one or more sensor assemblies, each sensor assembly including a housing, a microphone, and an audio signal processor. The audio signal processor is configured to generate one of an event classification, which is indicative of a type of event, and an event characteristic, which is indicative of a severity of an event, from the audio signal. The sensor assembly is configured to transmit event records that contain the generated event data to a cloud infrastructure component. The cloud infrastructure component is configured to calculate the probability of an event occurring at a plurality of locations in a region within a bounded time window based on the event records received from a plurality of sensor assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: American Family Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.
    Inventors: Michael Smith, Ben Zimmerman, Sherry Eckholm, Peter Gunder
  • Publication number: 20200356677
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes devices and methods monitoring a technology environment. In particular, a computing device including a processor with computer readable instructions to access a plurality of indicators (e.g., variables) that have corresponding stored historical information. The indicators are then used to calculate a summed weights table of relative risk for each time period in the past. The summed weights table is then correlated to a target variable (e.g., a variable that documents major issues, incidents, or disruptions that occurred in the technology environment in the past). The correlation coefficient between the summed weights table and the target variable is then used to implement a machine learning algorithm in order to better determine current risk levels (e.g., relative values that predict issues, incidents, or disruption).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventors: Kelsen Alexander, Nathaniel Petreman, Noel Howlett, Magann Orth
  • Publication number: 20140257863
    Abstract: Methods and systems for using vehicle-location information to determine vehicle-usage statistics and using the determined vehicle-usage statistics in an assessment of an insurance discount are described in the present disclosure. In an exemplary embodiment, vehicle-usage statistics are determined solely from received location information, without needing to gather additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: American Family Mutual Insurance Company
    Inventors: James Maastricht, Jianping Philip Wang, Ronald Scott, Peter Frey, Jeremy Scharnick