Dynamic Insurance Premium Adjustment via Digital Twin Monitoring

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current micro-insurance premium determination methods do not adequately consider the user's expertise, frequency of object operation, and operational conditions, leading to misaligned premium values.

Innovation Solution

A method that generates a baseline insurance coverage policy for objects operated by users, utilizing reinforcement learning and digital twin technology to simulate various scenarios, and adjusts premium values based on real-time monitoring data, incorporating user-specific profiles and learning programs.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional micro-insurance premium determination methods are used, then premium values can be calculated based on object health predictions, but the premium values do not reflect user expertise, operation frequency, or operational conditions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepremium value accuracyVSAvoiduser-specific risk profile consideration
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic premium adjustment by continuously monitoring user operation data, object status, and risk factors in real-time. The premium value is not fixed but dynamically updated based on changing operational conditions, user expertise level, and object health status, allowing the system to adapt to varying risk profiles throughout the insurance period

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes multiple parameters simultaneously to determine premium values: user expertise parameters (through learning programs and experience tracking), operational parameters (frequency, duration, conditions), and object parameters (health predictions, digital twin data). By adjusting these parameters dynamically, the system achieves precise premium valuation that reflects actual risk

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If baseline insurance coverage policies are generated without real-time monitoring, then initial premium values can be set, but the premiums remain misaligned with actual user behavior and risk profiles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepremium alignment with risk profileVSAvoidpremium adjustment delay
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements continuous feedback loops where user operation data, object sensor data, and risk monitoring information are constantly collected and fed back into the premium calculation system. This real-time feedback enables immediate premium adjustments that reflect current risk levels, eliminating delays between risk changes and premium updates

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system maintains continuous monitoring and continuous premium adjustment throughout the insurance coverage period. Rather than periodic updates, the useful action of risk assessment and premium calculation operates continuously, ensuring premium values always align with current risk profiles without interruption or delay

Inventive Principle:
Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Measurement precision

If user-specific data collection and monitoring are implemented, then personalized premium values can be achieved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveuser-specific premium precisionVSAvoidmonitoring and data processing system
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent employs a multi-functional agent system where a single AI agent performs multiple functions: collecting user data, monitoring object status, predicting health, calculating premiums, and providing recommendations. This universal agent architecture reduces overall system complexity compared to having separate dedicated systems for each function while maintaining precise user-specific premium calculation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The digital twin serves as an intermediary that simplifies complex monitoring by creating a virtual representation of the physical object. Instead of directly monitoring numerous physical parameters, the system interacts with the digital twin which processes and synthesizes sensor data, reducing the complexity of data collection and analysis while enabling precise risk assessment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Productivity

If reinforcement learning and digital twin technology are used, then dynamic premium adjustment is enabled, but computational requirements and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepremium adjustment speedVSAvoidcomputational resource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system applies partial reinforcement learning by focusing computational resources on the most critical risk factors and parameters that have the greatest impact on premium values. Rather than continuously retraining models on all available data, the system selectively updates based on significant changes in user behavior or object status, reducing computational overhead while maintaining accurate premium adjustment

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

Solution Approach 2:

The digital twin creates a computational copy of the physical object that can be simulated and analyzed without consuming additional physical resources. By performing risk assessments and scenario simulations on the digital copy rather than requiring physical testing or monitoring, the system reduces energy consumption while enabling rapid premium adjustments based on virtual experimentation and prediction

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20240386502A1Dynamic real time insurance quotes and commerce contracts
Publication Date: 2024.11.21 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A method, computer system, and a computer program product for insurance premium determinations is provided. The present invention may include generating a baseline insurance coverage policy for an object. The present invention may include presenting a user with the baseline insurance coverage policy prior to an operation of the object. The present invention may include monitoring the operation of the object by the user.