Predictive Customer Profile System for Insurance Data Entry

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing insurance application processes are cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring manual data entry and prone to errors, which hinders the efficiency of customer profiling and insurance product recommendations.

Innovation Solution

A system utilizing predictive modeling techniques to generate customer profiles by combining basic customer information with additional data from external sources, estimating missing information, and prioritizing financial needs to recommend suitable insurance products.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual data entry processes are used for insurance applications, then data can be collected from customers, but the process becomes extremely time-consuming and cumbersome

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata collection completenessVSAvoidapplication processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving customer data from external databases (credit bureaus, motor vehicle departments, social security administrations) before the insurance application process begins. This pre-fetching of information eliminates the need for manual data entry during the application process, resolving the contradiction between complete data collection and time efficiency

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by automatically gathering customer information from third-party databases without requiring customer intervention or manual data entry. The computer system autonomously queries and retrieves data from external sources, freeing customers and agents from the time-consuming task of manual data input while ensuring complete and accurate data collection

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If manual data entry is required for insurance applications, then necessary information can be obtained, but user errors increase and customer completion rates decrease

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata accuracyVSAvoidapplication completion ease
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs automatic data retrieval from external databases, eliminating manual data entry operations that are prone to user errors. The computer system autonomously queries and populates customer information, ensuring data accuracy while making the application process easier to complete

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces the mechanical manual data entry process with an automated electronic data retrieval system. Instead of manual typing and form filling, the system uses computerized queries to external databases, substituting human operations with automated electronic processes that reduce errors and improve completion rates

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Loss of information

If comprehensive customer information is collected through manual processes, then complete customer profiles can be created, but the complexity and time required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecustomer profile completenessVSAvoiddata processing system complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary data gathering by automatically retrieving comprehensive customer information from multiple external databases before profile creation. This pre-collection of data from credit bureaus, motor vehicle departments, and social security administrations ensures complete customer profiles are available without requiring complex manual data processing

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system merges data from multiple external sources (credit bureaus, motor vehicle departments, social security administrations) into a single comprehensive customer profile. This consolidation approach achieves complete information collection while simplifying the overall process by using integrated automated queries rather than separate manual data gathering operations

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11790432B1Systems and methods for assessing needs
Publication Date: 2023.10.17 MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO
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AI summary

Systems and methods for assessing the needs of customers using predictive modeling techniques are disclosed. The method receives customer data from a first database and provided by the user. The method generates an instruction to a second database and receives additional customer information received from external databases to generate a basic profile for data based on the customer. The system further analyzes data provided by the user. The method generates a customer profile based on the basic customer data and additional data. The method determines missing data from the customer profile associated and a set of attributes of the user. The method identifies a profile with the customer similar set of attributes and estimates the missing data using predictive modeling techniques to generate estimated customer information. The system further pre-populates one or more missing fields of the full profile associated with the customer based on said estimated customer information. The system. The method additionally analyzes the full updated customer profile associated with the customer to generate one or more insurance recommendations for the customer that will allow customers to fulfill one or more proposed future financial goals while ensuring the financial stability of the customer. The systems and methods disclosed allow the level of data-entry efforts required from the user to be significantly reduced.