Patents by Inventor Gail E. McGiffin
Gail E. McGiffin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. 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).
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Patent number: 8788295Abstract: A system is configured to allow a business user to define insurance products based upon reusable product/offering definitions. The reusable product/offerings definitions may include reusable insurance based components and templates, which permit a business user of the software to develop and configure insurance products based upon a hierarchical set of insurance product components and insurance product templates. In addition, the system combines componentization, flexible granularity and reusable product structures to permit a user to more rapidly and predictably generate insurance product configurations and flexibly tailor the insurance products or offerings to meet a specific client or market need.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2009Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Jeffrey M. Wargin, Gail E. McGiffin, Timothy E. LeCam
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Patent number: 8386346Abstract: A method of evaluating underwriting activities of a company providing insurance coverage is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of storing data related to the underwriting activities for the company; receiving information from employees related to tasks associated with the underwriting activities; analyzing the information from the employees; and generating a report based upon the information from employees. A system for evaluating underwriting activities for a company is also disclosed. The system comprising a user computer storing a program containing questions related to tasks for underwriting activities; a server coupled to the user computer to receive information entered by a plurality of users related to tasks for underwriting activities; and a report generated by the server and providing analyzed information related to responses of the plurality of users.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2004Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Kathryn A. Magner, Laurie Mahoney, Shelley Smith, Gail E. McGiffin, Kevin W. MacIntosh, Steven I. Kauderer
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Publication number: 20120271664Abstract: An account management system has been developed that enables customer or client-related information to be stored, viewed and manipulated in a manner that reflects the relationship among different customers. The account management system includes an account data structure that defines accounts and relates customers to accounts so that the accounts include a group of related customers. In addition, a method of managing an underwriting account for an insurance policy has been developed. In particular, a method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of participants, assigning each participant of the plurality of participants to an account, establishing business rules at an account level, and providing an underwriting decision for an account based upon the business rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Applicant: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Gail E. McGiffin, Jason A. Birdsell, Jeffrey R. Rauch, Devdas Nandan, Patrick J. Corless
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Patent number: 8271305Abstract: An account management system has been developed that enables customer or client-related information to be stored, viewed and manipulated in a manner that reflects the relationship among different customers. The account management system includes an account data structure that defines accounts and relates customers to accounts so that the accounts include a group of related customers. In addition, a method of managing an underwriting account for an insurance policy has been developed. In particular, a method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of participants; assigning each participant of the plurality of participants to an account; establishing business rules at an account level; and providing an underwriting decision for an account based upon the business rules.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2010Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignee: Accenture Global Services LimitedInventors: Gail E. McGiffin, Jason A. Birdsell, Jeffrey R. Rauch, Devdas Nandan, Patrick J. Corless
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Publication number: 20100205015Abstract: An account management system has been developed that enables customer or client-related information to be stored, viewed and manipulated in a manner that reflects the relationship among different customers. The account management system includes an account data structure that defines accounts and relates customers to accounts so that the accounts include a group of related customers. In addition, a method of managing an underwriting account for an insurance policy has been developed. In particular, a method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of participants; assigning each participant of the plurality of participants to an account; establishing business rules at an account level; and providing an underwriting decision for an account based upon the business rules.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Accenture Global Services GmbHInventors: Gail E. McGiffin, Jason A. Birdsell, Jeffrey R. Rauch, Devdas Nandan, Patrick J. Corless
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Patent number: 7685008Abstract: An account management system has been developed that enables customer or client-related information to be stored, viewed and manipulated in a manner that reflects the relationship among different customers. The account management system includes an account data structure that defines accounts and relates customers to accounts so that the accounts include a group of related customers. In addition, a method of managing an underwriting account for an insurance policy has been developed. In particular, a method comprises the steps of establishing a plurality of participants; assigning each participant of the plurality of participants to an account; establishing business rules at an account level; and providing an underwriting decision for an account based upon the business rules.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2004Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Accenture Global Services GmbHInventors: Gail E. McGiffin, Jason A. Birdsell, Jeffrey R. Rauch, Devdas Nandan, Patrick J. Corless
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Publication number: 20080040168Abstract: A method of evaluating underwriting activities of a company providing insurance coverage is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of storing data related to the underwriting activities for the company; receiving information from employees related to tasks associated with the underwriting activities; analyzing the information from the employees; and generating a report based upon the information from employees. A system for evaluating underwriting activities for a company is also disclosed. The system comprising a user computer storing a proram containing questions related to tasks for underwriting activities; a server coupled to the user computer to receive information entered by a plurality of users related to tasks for underwriting activities; and a report generated by the server and providing analyzed information related to responses of the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2004Publication date: February 14, 2008Inventors: Kathryn A. Magner, Laurie Mahoney, Shelley Smith, Gail E. McGiffin, Kevin W. Maclntosh, Steven I. Kauderer
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Publication number: 20040172317Abstract: A risk analysis system that takes an outcome oriented approach to analyzing risk assessment, training risk assessors as to best practices for assessing risk, and enabling monitoring of compliance with the best practices (the “System”) is presented herein. The goal of the System is to determine compliance of risk assessment processes with best practices in the past and into the future using various performance measures such as economic gain and lost cost opportunities, identify in which phase of the risk assessment life-cycle these performance measures are the greatest, and focus improvement, training and monitoring efforts on these risk assessment phases using a hands-on-based approach. The System includes a group of procedures, methodologies, questionnaires, software, hardware and analyses to analyze risk assessment processes by developing or improving best practices, providing training as to the best practices, and enabling the monitoring of compliance with the best practices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2002Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Nancy J. Davis, Steven Ira Kauderer, Gail E. McGiffin, Rose Mary Ciraulo, Kathleen Ziegler, Anthony G. Tempesta
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Publication number: 20040172311Abstract: A method of evaluating underwriting activities of a company providing insurance coverage is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of storing data related to the underwriting activities for the company; receiving information from employees related to tasks associated with the underwriting activities; analyzing the information from the employees; and generating a report based upon the information from employees. A system for evaluating underwriting activities for a company is also disclosed. The system comprising a user computer storing a program containing questions related to tasks for underwriting activities; a server coupled to the user computer to receive information entered by a plurality of users related to tasks for underwriting activities; and a report generated by the server and providing and providing analyzed information related to responses of the plurality of users.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2003Publication date: September 2, 2004Inventors: Steven I. Kauderer, Kathryn A. Magner, Laurie Mahoney, Shelley Smith, Gail E. McGiffin, Kevin W. Macintosh