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		<id>https://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance_sector&amp;diff=2887</id>
		<title>Insurance sector</title>
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				<updated>2006-10-16T12:43:03Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;59.93.75.224: /* Insurance type - Overall */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==Rationale==&lt;br /&gt;
* Financial markets are a part of the changing business paradigms, across the globe - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* Today, globalization of competencies, thinking and perspectives has been the part of Strategic Action Plan of all the major players in the financial markets, globally - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The focus over the last year has been around proving the value of IT as a key contributor to business success,&amp;quot; - David Holtzman&lt;br /&gt;
* Real-time documents provide faster time to market with a personal touch - Penn National Insurance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Search Strategy==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search date:''' 14 Sept, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Database''': Micropatent (PatSearch Fulltext)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search Strings, Hits &amp;amp; Scope:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search I''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Life) AND (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR Polic* OR Annuit*)  - 532 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date - 2000 till date &lt;br /&gt;
** Databases: US, EP, WO, JP, DE, GB and FR (common for all)&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search II'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (computer) and (Insurance OR Reinsurance) and (Polic* OR Annuit*) – 511 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date 1991 till date&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search III'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR polic* or Annuit*) limited by assignee (Insurance OR Bank) – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date – 1991 till date – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
* Total # of records  -  Search I + Search II + Search III = 1239 (excluding duplicates and family members but includes off-target)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Note:''' ''All search hits exclude family members and duplicate patent records''&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Market data - Insurance sector==&lt;br /&gt;
* Insurance and risk management is an immense global industry. In America alone, the insurance business employs about 2.5 million people&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Life and health insurance in the United States will be about a $725 billion in gross revenues business in 2006, compared to only about $500 billion in 2002&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* U.S. life insurance firms hold about $3.8 trillion in assets&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Personal lines comprise another vast sector of insurance. For example, private passenger automobile insurance will be about a $172 billion annual premium market in the U.S. for 2006&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Homeowners insurance is about a $50 billion market&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Property and Casualty insurance premiums will total about $450 billion in the U.S. for 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Year wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts IP activity based on publication year&lt;br /&gt;
* 866 patents filed in a span of 16 years (1991 - 15th Sept, 2006). Out of which 792 patents filed in last 7 years&lt;br /&gt;
* Trend indicates high IP activity during 2002 followed by sudden fall during 2003, since then recovering gradually&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:PUYear.png|thumb|center|600 px|Assignee wise IP activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Assignee wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts assignee and number of patents to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
*  MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE leading in IP activity race with 60 patents to its credit, followed by TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE with 49 and AIOI INSURANCE with 23 patent records to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gflash&amp;gt;800 600 http://www.dolcera.com/Insurance_Assigneewise_IPactivity.swf&amp;lt;/gflash&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Note''': Below mentioned assignees patents added together and presented as one in above graph&lt;br /&gt;
* SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE and MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE is presented as MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* GE MORTGAGE HOLDINGS and GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING is presented as GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING&lt;br /&gt;
* NICHIDO FIRE &amp;amp; MARINE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO LIFE  INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO FIRE INSURANCE and  TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE is presented as TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* NIPPONKOA INSURANCE , NIPPON ELECTRIC and NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE is presented as NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Country wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph indicates IP activity based on priority country&lt;br /&gt;
* United States with 506 patent records is the most happening destination for insurance related IP activities followed by Japan (314) and Australia (9)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Country code]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gflash&amp;gt;800 450 http://www.dolcera.com/Insurance_Countrywise_IPactivity.swf&amp;lt;/gflash&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Insurance type - Overall==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:final866.png|center|600 px|thumb|Types of insurance]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Domain-Assigneep.png|thumb|center|700 px|Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Top five domains and the foreign filing trends==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Chart-Country-domain.png|center|600 px|thumb|Top five domains and the foreign filing trends]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Foreign filing trends of top players==&lt;br /&gt;
* The chart information is based on patent family members and not based on priority country filing&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Country-Assigneep.png|center|600 px|thumb|Country-Assignee]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Trend in least and most crowded domains==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:domain-filingdatep.png|thumb|center|800 px|Trend in least and most crowded domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of analyzed patents - Based on insurance type==&lt;br /&gt;
* 95 patents have been analyzed and categorized based on type of insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* For definitions follow the  [[link]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Number in ( ) indicates # of patents &lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend - Top insurance filing sectors'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum number of patents file under life insurance category (39) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Automobile insurance (26) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Property insurance (7)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:new95.png|thumb|center|600 px|Distribution of patents - Level-I Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of patents - Based on activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Above 95 patents further analyzed for more granularity to project various patterns involved&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend based on various activities under insurance: ''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum patent filed on insurance information management system (23) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance payment process (21) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance selling system and various selling parameters (15)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Activityp.png|thumb|center|850 px|Distribution of patents - Level-II Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Overall Trend - Based on insurance sector and respective activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Customize insurance policy and customized  insurance premium for different cars and people&lt;br /&gt;
* Keeping uninsured from driving&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Casualty insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Automatic accident reporting system of an insured person&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Health insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Pharmacy benefits calculator – selects a cost effective insurance plan form the group of plans&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Life Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Annuity – Automated benefit scheme administration apparatus&lt;br /&gt;
* Package – Selling other services (funeral plan) along with life insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* Retirement – Computer based retirement planning and income arrangement system&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Property insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* GPS Mobile insurance system – Monitoring current location and condition&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Insurance type Vs assignee and their activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Automobile1.png|thumb|center|750 px|Automobile insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Life insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Life_Insurance.png|thumb|center|750 px|Life insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Casualty + Health + Credit + Intellectual property and Financial loss insurance - Presented together'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Combined.png|thumb|center|750 px|Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
[[Media:Insurance_Analysis.xls]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>59.93.75.224</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance_sector&amp;diff=2880</id>
		<title>Insurance sector</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance_sector&amp;diff=2880"/>
				<updated>2006-10-16T09:01:22Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;59.93.75.224: /* Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==Rationale==&lt;br /&gt;
* Financial markets are a part of the changing business paradigms, across the globe - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* Today, globalization of competencies, thinking and perspectives has been the part of Strategic Action Plan of all the major players in the financial markets, globally - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The focus over the last year has been around proving the value of IT as a key contributor to business success,&amp;quot; - David Holtzman&lt;br /&gt;
* Real-time documents provide faster time to market with a personal touch - Penn National Insurance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Search Strategy==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search date:''' 14 Sept, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Database''': Micropatent (PatSearch Fulltext)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search Strings, Hits &amp;amp; Scope:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search I''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Life) AND (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR Polic* OR Annuit*)  - 532 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date - 2000 till date &lt;br /&gt;
** Databases: US, EP, WO, JP, DE, GB and FR (common for all)&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search II'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (computer) and (Insurance OR Reinsurance) and (Polic* OR Annuit*) – 511 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date 1991 till date&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search III'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR polic* or Annuit*) limited by assignee (Insurance OR Bank) – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date – 1991 till date – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
* Total # of records  -  Search I + Search II + Search III = 1239 (excluding duplicates and family members but includes off-target)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Note:''' ''All search hits exclude family members and duplicate patent records''&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Market data - Insurance sector==&lt;br /&gt;
* Insurance and risk management is an immense global industry. In America alone, the insurance business employs about 2.5 million people&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Life and health insurance in the United States will be about a $725 billion in gross revenues business in 2006, compared to only about $500 billion in 2002&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* U.S. life insurance firms hold about $3.8 trillion in assets&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Personal lines comprise another vast sector of insurance. For example, private passenger automobile insurance will be about a $172 billion annual premium market in the U.S. for 2006&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Homeowners insurance is about a $50 billion market&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Property and Casualty insurance premiums will total about $450 billion in the U.S. for 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Year wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts IP activity based on publication year&lt;br /&gt;
* 866 patents filed in a span of 16 years (1991 - 15th Sept, 2006). Out of which 792 patents filed in last 7 years&lt;br /&gt;
* Trend indicates high IP activity during 2002 followed by sudden fall during 2003, since then recovering gradually&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:PUYear.png|thumb|center|600 px|Assignee wise IP activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Assignee wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts assignee and number of patents to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
*  MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE leading in IP activity race with 60 patents to its credit, followed by TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE with 49 and AIOI INSURANCE with 23 patent records to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gflash&amp;gt;800 600 http://www.dolcera.com/Insurance_Assigneewise_IPactivity.swf&amp;lt;/gflash&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Note''': Below mentioned assignees patents added together and presented as one in above graph&lt;br /&gt;
* SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE and MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE is presented as MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* GE MORTGAGE HOLDINGS and GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING is presented as GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING&lt;br /&gt;
* NICHIDO FIRE &amp;amp; MARINE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO LIFE  INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO FIRE INSURANCE and  TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE is presented as TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* NIPPONKOA INSURANCE , NIPPON ELECTRIC and NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE is presented as NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Country wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph indicates IP activity based on priority country&lt;br /&gt;
* United States with 506 patent records is the most happening destination for insurance related IP activities followed by Japan (314) and Australia (9)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Country code]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;lt;gflash&amp;gt;800 450 http://www.dolcera.com/Insurance_Countrywise_IPactivity.swf&amp;lt;/gflash&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Insurance type - Overall==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:overallp.png|center|600 px|thumb|Types of insurance]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Domain-Assigneep.png|thumb|center|700 px|Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Top five domains and the foreign filing trends==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Chart-Country-domain.png|center|600 px|thumb|Top five domains and the foreign filing trends]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Foreign filing trends of top players==&lt;br /&gt;
* The chart information is based on patent family members and not based on priority country filing&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Country-Assignee1.png|center|600 px|thumb|Country-Assignee]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Trend in least and most crowded domains==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:domain-filing4.png|thumb|center|800 px|Trend in least and most crowded domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of analyzed patents - Based on insurance type==&lt;br /&gt;
* 95 patents have been analyzed and categorized based on type of insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* For definitions follow the  [[link]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Number in ( ) indicates # of patents &lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend - Top insurance filing sectors'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum number of patents file under life insurance category (39) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Automobile insurance (26) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Property insurance (7)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:new95.png|thumb|center|600 px|Distribution of patents - Level-I Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Distribution of patents - Based on activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Above 95 patents further analyzed for more granularity to project various patterns involved&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend based on various activities under insurance: ''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum patent filed on insurance information management system (23) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance payment process (21) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance selling system and various selling parameters (15)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Activityp.png|thumb|center|850 px|Distribution of patents - Level-II Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Overall Trend - Based on insurance sector and respective activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Customize insurance policy and customized  insurance premium for different cars and people&lt;br /&gt;
* Keeping uninsured from driving&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Casualty insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Automatic accident reporting system of an insured person&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Health insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Pharmacy benefits calculator – selects a cost effective insurance plan form the group of plans&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Life Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Annuity – Automated benefit scheme administration apparatus&lt;br /&gt;
* Package – Selling other services (funeral plan) along with life insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* Retirement – Computer based retirement planning and income arrangement system&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Property insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* GPS Mobile insurance system – Monitoring current location and condition&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Insurance type Vs assignee and their activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Automobile1.png|thumb|center|750 px|Automobile insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Life insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Life_Insurance.png|thumb|center|750 px|Life insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Casualty + Health + Credit + Intellectual property and Financial loss insurance - Presented together'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Combined.png|thumb|center|750 px|Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
[[Media:Insurance_Analysis.xls]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>59.93.75.224</name></author>	</entry>

	<entry>
		<id>https://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance_sector&amp;diff=2873</id>
		<title>Insurance sector</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.dolcera.com/wiki/index.php?title=Insurance_sector&amp;diff=2873"/>
				<updated>2006-10-16T07:49:00Z</updated>
		
		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;59.93.75.224: /* Distribution of analyzed patents - Based on insurance type */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;==Rationale==&lt;br /&gt;
* Financial markets are a part of the changing business paradigms, across the globe - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* Today, globalization of competencies, thinking and perspectives has been the part of Strategic Action Plan of all the major players in the financial markets, globally - G. N. Bajpai&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;The focus over the last year has been around proving the value of IT as a key contributor to business success,&amp;quot; - David Holtzman&lt;br /&gt;
* Real-time documents provide faster time to market with a personal touch - Penn National Insurance&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Search Strategy==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search date:''' 14 Sept, 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Database''': Micropatent (PatSearch Fulltext)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Search Strings, Hits &amp;amp; Scope:'''&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search I''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Life) AND (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR Polic* OR Annuit*)  - 532 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date - 2000 till date &lt;br /&gt;
** Databases: US, EP, WO, JP, DE, GB and FR (common for all)&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search II'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (computer) and (Insurance OR Reinsurance) and (Polic* OR Annuit*) – 511 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date 1991 till date&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Search III'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Query: (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR polic* or Annuit*) limited by assignee (Insurance OR Bank) – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
** Search scope – Title, Abstract &amp;amp; Claims, Date – 1991 till date – 345 hits&lt;br /&gt;
* Total # of records  -  Search I + Search II + Search III = 1239 (excluding duplicates and family members but includes off-target)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
'''Note:''' ''All search hits exclude family members and duplicate patent records''&lt;br /&gt;
----&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Market data - Insurance sector==&lt;br /&gt;
* Insurance and risk management is an immense global industry. In America alone, the insurance business employs about 2.5 million people&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Life and health insurance in the United States will be about a $725 billion in gross revenues business in 2006, compared to only about $500 billion in 2002&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* U.S. life insurance firms hold about $3.8 trillion in assets&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Personal lines comprise another vast sector of insurance. For example, private passenger automobile insurance will be about a $172 billion annual premium market in the U.S. for 2006&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Homeowners insurance is about a $50 billion market&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* Property and Casualty insurance premiums will total about $450 billion in the U.S. for 2006&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Year wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts IP activity based on publication year&lt;br /&gt;
* 866 patents filed in a span of 16 years (1991 - 15th Sept, 2006). Out of which 792 patents filed in last 7 years&lt;br /&gt;
* Trend indicates high IP activity during 2002 followed by sudden fall during 2003, since then recovering gradually&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:PUYear.png|thumb|center|600 px|Assignee wise IP activity]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Assignee wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph depicts assignee and number of patents to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
*  MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE leading in IP activity race with 60 patents to its credit, followed by TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE with 49 and AIOI INSURANCE with 23 patent records to their credit&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Note''': Below mentioned assignees patents added together and presented as one in above graph&lt;br /&gt;
* SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE and MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE is presented as MITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* GE MORTGAGE HOLDINGS and GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING is presented as GE FINANCIAL ASSURANCE HOLDING&lt;br /&gt;
* NICHIDO FIRE &amp;amp; MARINE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE AND FIRE INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO LIFE  INSURANCE , TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; NICHIDO FIRE INSURANCE and  TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE is presented as TOKIO MARINE &amp;amp; FIRE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
* NIPPONKOA INSURANCE , NIPPON ELECTRIC and NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE is presented as NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE&lt;br /&gt;
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==Country wise IP activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Graph indicates IP activity based on priority country&lt;br /&gt;
* United States with 506 patent records is the most happening destination for insurance related IP activities followed by Japan (314) and Australia (9)&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Country code]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Insurance type - Overall==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Overall123.png|center|600 px|thumb|Types of insurance]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Domain-Assignee1.png|thumb|center|700 px|Distribution of assignees in the top ten domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Top five domains and the foreign filing trends==&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Chart-Country-domain.png|center|600 px|thumb|Top five domains and the foreign filing trends]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Foreign filing trends of top players==&lt;br /&gt;
* The chart information is based on patent family members and not based on priority country filing&lt;br /&gt;
[[image:Country-Assignee1.png|center|600 px|thumb|Country-Assignee]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Trend in least and most crowded domains==&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:domain-filing4.png|thumb|center|800 px|Trend in least and most crowded domains]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Distribution of analyzed patents - Based on insurance type==&lt;br /&gt;
* 95 patents have been analyzed and categorized based on type of insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* For definitions follow the  [[link]]&lt;br /&gt;
* Number in ( ) indicates # of patents &lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend - Top insurance filing sectors'''&lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum number of patents file under life insurance category (39) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Automobile insurance (26) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Property insurance (7)&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:new95.png|thumb|center|600 px|Distribution of patents - Level-I Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Distribution of patents - Based on activity==&lt;br /&gt;
* Above 95 patents further analyzed for more granularity to project various patterns involved&lt;br /&gt;
* '''Trend based on various activities under insurance: ''' &lt;br /&gt;
** Maximum patent filed on insurance information management system (23) followed by&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance payment process (21) and&lt;br /&gt;
** Insurance selling system and various selling parameters (15)&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Activity95.png|thumb|center|850 px|Distribution of patents - Level-II Analysis]]&lt;br /&gt;
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==Overall Trend - Based on insurance sector and respective activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Customize insurance policy and customized  insurance premium for different cars and people&lt;br /&gt;
* Keeping uninsured from driving&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Casualty insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Automatic accident reporting system of an insured person&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Health insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Pharmacy benefits calculator – selects a cost effective insurance plan form the group of plans&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Life Insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* Annuity – Automated benefit scheme administration apparatus&lt;br /&gt;
* Package – Selling other services (funeral plan) along with life insurance&lt;br /&gt;
* Retirement – Computer based retirement planning and income arrangement system&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Property insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
* GPS Mobile insurance system – Monitoring current location and condition&lt;br /&gt;
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==Insurance type Vs assignee and their activities==&lt;br /&gt;
'''Automobile insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Automobile1.png|thumb|center|750 px|Automobile insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Life insurance'''&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Life_Insurance.png|thumb|center|750 px|Life insurance - Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
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'''Casualty + Health + Credit + Intellectual property and Financial loss insurance - Presented together'''&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Combined.png|thumb|center|750 px|Assignee wise patent distribution]]&lt;br /&gt;
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