System and method of quoting aviation insurance from multiple insurance vendors

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method, a system, and the associated software. With respect to the method, it is best characterized as a method of providing a user with an estimate of an aviation insurance premium from one or more vendors. The method may include receiving an aircraft identification input, transmitting user input information to one or more aviation insurance vendors, and displaying received aviation insurance premium estimates from one or more vendors. The system is best characterized as a system for administering aviation insurance estimates. In order to accomplish desired objectives, the system employs certain associated software to allow users to receive multiple aviation insurance premium quotes from one or more vendors.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer-implemented method for providing a user with an aviation insurance premium estimate from one or more insurance vendors, comprising the steps of:
 displaying on a user display unit, by one or more computer processors, a selectable input graphical user interface, the interface including one or more condition input screens for an aircraft identification input from the user;   receiving, by the one or more computer processors at a service server, an aircraft identification input;   initiating, by the one or more computer processers at the service server, a third-party information request to a national aviation authority for aircraft data for an aircraft associated with said aircraft identification input;   transmitting, by the one or more computer processors at the service server to the selectable input graphical user interface, the aircraft data received in response to the third-party information requests to said national aviation authority;   receiving, by the one or more computer processors at the service server, user input data including one or more user selected aviation insurance vendors, user information, and user verification of said aircraft data;   transmitting, by the one or more computer processors at the service server, to each of the one or more user selected aviation insurance vendor's servers, a request for an aviation insurance premium estimate;   receiving, by the one or more computer processors at the service server, the aviation insurance premium estimate from the one or more selected aviation insurance vendors; and   displaying, by the one or more computer processors onto the user display unit, the received aviation insurance premium estimates.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the aircraft identification input is the N number of the desired aircraft to be insured. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said aircraft data includes the aircraft's year, make, and model. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the aircraft identification input is the desired aircraft to be insured's year, make, and model. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 4 , wherein the aircraft data includes the aircraft's N number. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said user information includes the user's first and last name, city, state, and zip. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein said receiving user input data including one or more user selected aviation insurance vendors, user information, and user verification of said aircraft identification data further comprises: receiving pilot information. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein user verification consists of the user verifying that the aircraft data is correct by not changing the data. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the aircraft data is automatically populated onto the selectable graphical user interface after it is transmitted. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the selectable graphical user interface further comprises a select all button, wherein the select all button is used to select all available aviation insurance companies. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , after receiving the user input information and user verification of said aircraft identification data, the method further comprises the step of:
 converting, by the one or more computer processors, said user data and verification of said aircraft data into a standard format suitable for said one or more user selected aviation insurance vendors;   
     
     
         12 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 11 , wherein said standard format is XML formatted for each aviation insurance vendor's specific XML format. 
     
     
         13 . A system for administering aviation insurance premium estimate comprising:
 one or more processors;   a memory device coupled to the one or more processors;   and one or more computerized programs, wherein the one or more computerized programs are stored in the memory device and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more computerized programs including instructions for:   detecting one or more user input information in the selectable graphical user interface, each user input information representative of aviation insurance premium estimate specific information, and in response to detecting at least some user input information representative of a request for an estimate for aircraft insurance premium, initiating at least an aircraft identification input request;   receiving at the service server the aircraft identification input;   initiating from the service server a third-party information request to a national aviation authority for aircraft data for an aircraft associated with said aircraft identification input;   transmitting from the service server to the selectable input graphical user interface, the aircraft data received in response to the third-party information request to said national aviation;   receiving at the service server the user input information including one or more user selected aviation insurance vendors, user information, and user verification of said aircraft data;   transmitting from the service server to each of the one or more user selected aviation insurance vendor's servers, a request for an aviation insurance premium estimate;   receiving at the service server the aviation insurance premium estimates from the one or more selected aviation insurance vendors; and   displaying onto the user display unit the received aviation insurance premium estimates.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more computerized programs further include instructions for interfacing with a predictive model to access third party data. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more computerized programs further include instructions for converting user input information into a standard or XML format. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein aircraft identification input is imported from an electronic spreadsheet. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein the national aviation authority is the Federal Aviation Authority, and wherein the third-party information request is sent from the service server to a database of the Federal Aviation Authority. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
 displaying on a user display unit a selectable input graphical user interface, the interface including one or more condition input screens for prompting user, pilot, and aircraft identification input from a user;   receiving at the service server the user, pilot, and aircraft identification input;   transmitting from the service server to the selectable input graphical user interface, a list of available aviation insurance vendors based on the received user, pilot, and aircraft identification input;   receiving at the service server one or more user selected aviation insurance vendors,   transmitting from the service server to each of the one or more user selected aviation insurance vendor's servers a request for an aviation insurance premium estimate;   receiving at the service server the aviation insurance premium estimates from the one or more selected aviation insurance vendors; and   displaying, by the one or more computer processors onto the user display unit, the received aviation insurance premium estimates.   
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the executable instructions further comprises receiving each desired aviation insurance vendor selected by a user or all vendors selected by the user from a select all input on the selectable input graphical user interface. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of  claim 18 , wherein the aircraft identification input includes the N number and the information retrieved from the Federal Aviation Administration databases includes aircraft year, make, and aircraft model.