System and method for administration of new business submissions

A method of operating a computer system, the method comprising:

• storing, in a data storage device, rating rules for rating proposed workers' compensation (WC) insurance policies;
• receiving, in a web-hosting computer, from a client computer, first and second sets of input rating information, the first and second sets of input rating information relevant to a WC coverage rating decision, the first set of input rating information different from the second set of input rating information, the web-hosting computer in communication with the data storage device;
• applying in the web-hosting computer, at least one of the rating rules stored in the data storage device to generate a first WC coverage premium quotation and a second WC coverage premium quotation, the first WC coverage premium quotation based on the first set of input rating information, the second WC coverage premium quotation based on the second set of input rating information;
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• downloading, from the web-hosting computer to the client computer, a quotation display page, the quotation display page including a first quotation section and a second quotation section positioned side-by-side relative to the first quotation section, the first quotation section for presenting the first WC coverage premium quotation to a user of the client computer, the second quotation section for presenting the second WC coverage premium quotation to the user of the client computer.

A computer system, comprising:

• a web server component for hosting webpages and downloading the webpages to client computers in response to requests from the client computers, the web server component operated by or on behalf of an insurance company;
• a rating engine component in communication with the web server component, for receiving input rating information from the web server component, said input rating information relevant to insurance coverage rating decisions, said input rating information received from one of the client computers via the web server component, the rating engine component including a processor programmed to apply rating rules to the input rating information to generate premium quotations for a proposed insurance policy;
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• a rating rules database in communication with the rules engine component and including a data storage device that stores said rating rules applied by the processor;
• said web server component responsive to the rating engine component to download a quotation display page to said one of the client computers, the quotation display page including a first quotation section and a second quotation section positioned side-by-side relative to the first quotation section, the first quotation section for presenting a first insurance coverage premium quotation to a user of said one of the client computers, the first insurance coverage premium quotation based on a first set of input rating information, the second quotation section for presenting a second insurance coverage premium quotation to the user of said one of the client computers, the second insurance coverage premium quotation different from the first insurance coverage premium quotation and based on a second set of input rating information that is different from the first set of input rating information.

A method of operating a computer system, the method comprising:

• storing, in a data storage device, rating rules for rating proposed insurance policies;
• receiving, in a web-hosting computer, from a client computer, first and second sets of input rating information, the first and second sets of input rating information relevant to an insurance coverage rating decision, the first set of input rating information different from the second set of input rating information, the web-hosting computer in communication with the data storage device;
• applying in the web-hosting computer, at least one of the rating rules stored in the data storage device to generate a first insurance coverage premium quotation and a second insurance coverage premium quotation, the first insurance coverage premium quotation based on the first set of input rating information, the second insurance coverage premium quotation based on the second set of input rating information;
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• downloading, from the web-hosting computer to the client computer, a quotation display page, the quotation display page including a first quotation section and a second quotation section positioned side-by-side relative to the first quotation section, the first quotation section for presenting the first insurance coverage premium quotation to a user of the client computer, the second quotation section for presenting the second insurance coverage premium quotation to the user of the client computer.