Patents Assigned to Safeco Corporation
  • Method and system for providing insurance policies via a distributed computing network
    Patent number: 8095399
    Abstract: A virtual insurance producer Web site is provided at which a prospective insurance customer may request a bindable premium quotation for an insurance policy. The prospective customer may be asked to provide information relating to the insurability of an individual to be insured by the insurance policy and information relating to the coverage to be provided by the insurance policy. The premium is displayed to the prospective customer as a bindable quotation that binds the insurance company providing the policy and that may be purchased on-line immediately. The prospective customer may purchase the insurance policy according to the provided bindable premium quotation through the virtual insurance producer Web site. If the prospective customer elects to purchase the policy, the virtual insurance producer Web site may re-intermediate an insurance agent into the sales process and transmit the insurance policy to the customer in electronic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Safeco Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. McConnell, William M. Tormey, Anne H. Randall, Dennis M. Ellermeier, Greg S. Johannesen, Jason J. Lewis, Edward V. Lenoir
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INSURANCE POLICIES VIA A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING NETWORK
    Publication number: 20110166893
    Abstract: A virtual insurance producer Web site is provided at which a prospective insurance customer may request a bindable premium quotation for an insurance policy. The prospective customer may be asked to provide information relating to the insurability of an individual to be insured by the insurance policy and information relating to the coverage to be provided by the insurance policy. The premium is displayed to the prospective customer as a bindable quotation that binds the insurance company providing the policy and that may be purchased on-line immediately. The prospective customer may purchase the insurance policy according to the provided bindable premium quotation through the virtual insurance producer Web site. If the prospective customer elects to purchase the policy, the virtual insurance producer Web site may re-intermediate an insurance agent into the sales process and transmit the insurance policy to the customer in electronic form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: SAFECO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frank J. McConnell, William M. Tormey, Anne H. Randall, Dennis M. Ellermeier, Greg S. Johannesen, Jason J. Lewis, Edward V. Lenoir
  • Method and system for providing insurance policies via a distributed computing network
    Patent number: 7925523
    Abstract: A virtual insurance producer Web site is provided at which a prospective insurance customer may request a bindable premium quotation for an insurance policy. If the policy may be underwritten, the Web site calculates a premium for the insurance policy. The premium is displayed to the prospective customer as a bindable quotation that binds the insurance company providing the policy and that may be purchased on-line immediately. The prospective customer may purchase the insurance policy according to the provided bindable premium quotation through the virtual insurance producer Web site. If the prospective customer elects to purchase the policy, the virtual insurance producer Web site may re-intermediate an insurance agent into the sales process and transmit the insurance policy to the customer in electronic form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Safeco Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. McConnell, William M. Tormey, Anne H. Randall, Dennis M. Ellermeier, Greg S. Johannesen, Jason J. Lewis, Edward V. Lenoir