Patent ID: 8538783

Claim:
A computer-based method implemented at an insurance company to estimate a final premium charge and more accurate real time estimate during the lifetime of the policy for workers compensation insurance associated with a risk, said method implemented by executing, by a processor, computer readable program code stored in storage, said method comprising: said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company and interfacing in real-time with the risk's payroll processor; said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company and receiving real-time payroll data associated with said risk from said risk's payroll processor; said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company and monitoring said received real-time payroll data to identify and record raw data elements that have an identified relationship with any of, or a combination of, the following: said risk's business operation, insurability of said risk, character of said risk, or rating parameters associated with said risk's policy; said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company and developing at least the following actuarial classes from said monitored real-time payroll data: payroll, number of employees, job classification, and payroll per employee; said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company and determining said final premium charge and more accurate real time estimate during the lifetime of the policy of workers compensation insurance for said risk based on a premium modification that increases or decreases a premium charge based on an evaluation of said actuarial classes developed in real-time by monitoring payroll data received in real-time from said risk's payroll processor; and said processor executing computer readable program code at said insurance company outputting said determined final premium charge.