iPipeline Awarded Patent for Computerized Insurance Apps

Exton, Pa.-based iPipeline has been granted United States Patent No. 7,689,444, covering a computerized method for preparing insurance applications by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A continuation application has been filed claiming additional subject matter, according to an iPipeline news release.

“Under the method covered by patent, the completion of an insurance pre-application can be outsourced to a service provider, which reduces insurance broker or producer involvement in the application process," comments William Atlee, chief strategy officer, iPipeline, and an inventor of the patent. "The benefits to the industry as a whole are enormous when you consider the speed to market advantages, gained efficiencies, and reduced underwriting time.

“We believe the patented method of preparing insurance applications is of particular benefit in non-traditional markets such as banks and broker-dealers, and we are pleased to have brought this innovation to the insurance industry,” Atlee asserts.

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