Patents by Inventor Steven P. Rippel

Steven P. Rippel 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).

  • Patent number: 10210479
    Abstract: A method for underwriting an insurance policy includes sending an electronic query from an insurance company to a central vehicle operator rating agency. The method further includes receiving at the insurance company an electronic response to the query from the central vehicle operator rating agency. The response includes data maintained by the central vehicle operator rating agency with respect to a vehicle operator. The data reflects a vehicle operating record of the vehicle operator. The vehicle operating record is a collation of data concerning vehicle operation activities of the vehicle operator over a period of at least two years. The method further includes routing the received data to an underwriter in the insurance company. The underwriter determines whether to issue or renew or adjust an insurance policy that covers the vehicle operator or an employer of the vehicle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Steven P. Rippel, James T. Birchall, John A. Hess, III, Brad Robert Fresher, Mark Philip Shipman
  • Publication number: 20140350971
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel, Jacqueline LeSage Krause
  • Patent number: 8805709
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel, Jacqueline LeSage Krause
  • Publication number: 20140114702
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel, Jacqueline LeSage Krause
  • Patent number: 8688481
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel, Jacqueline LeSage Krause
  • Publication number: 20120072241
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for sharing of information related to insurance customers' participation in a group dividend plan. The system includes a database and a business logic processor in communication with the database. The database stores data regarding a plurality of insurance group dividend plans, including, for each plan, data about a group of customers assigned to the plan and safety data associated with each of the assigned customers. The business logic processor can obtain safety data associated with customers in the group. The business logic processor can provide the obtained safety data associated with one customer to a different customer via a social networking application or other interactive graphical user interface. The business logic processor can also determine a dividend to provide to each of a group of customers based at least partially on the safety data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Jacqueline LeSage Krause, Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel
  • Publication number: 20120072240
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing dividends to customers are disclosed. The system includes a database for storing data and a business logic processor for determining a dividend to provide to a customer. The stored data includes eligibility criteria for membership in one of a plurality of group dividend plans, data about customers assigned to the plans, and premium payments associated with the customers. The business logic processor receives eligibility data related to a customer's eligibility for assignment to a group dividend plan. The business logic processor uses the received data to identify a dividend group plan that a customer is eligible to join and assigns the customer to the identified plan. Finally, the business logic processor calculates a dividend to provide to the customer based on the assigned plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: Hartford Fire Insurance Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Grosso, Steven P. Rippel, Jacqueline LeSage Krause
  • Publication number: 20100030582
    Abstract: A method for underwriting an insurance policy includes sending an electronic query from an insurance company to a central vehicle operator rating agency. The method further includes receiving at the insurance company an electronic response to the query from the central vehicle operator rating agency. The response includes data maintained by the central vehicle operator rating agency with respect to a vehicle operator. The data reflects a vehicle operating record of the vehicle operator. The vehicle operating record is a collation of data concerning vehicle operation activities of the vehicle operator over a period of at least two years. The method further includes routing the received data to an underwriter in the insurance company. The underwriter determines whether to issue or renew or adjust an insurance policy that covers the vehicle operator or an employer of the vehicle operator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Steven P. Rippel, James T. Birchall, John A. Hess, III, Brad Robert Fresher, Mark Philip Shipman