Method and apparatus for managing revisions and tracking of insurance policy elements

Abstract

An insurance policy management computing system () stores a legally-binding insurance policy as a read-only document including the complete policy history. To facilitate revisions to the policy, the computing system () provides an opportunity () to revise an insurance policy and recalls () the currently legally-binding insurance policy. Since the legally-binding insurance policy is a read-only document, the computing system () uses the legally-binding policy to generate an editable version that is a complete copy of the legally-binding policy. Once the editable version of the insurance policy has been generated, the input revisions can be incorporated into the policy and then, the revised version of the insurance policy is saved as a read-only, now-current version of the insurance policy. The new legally-binding insurance policy has a new creation and effective dates of the various policy elements. To evaluate the insurance policy, the most recently bound legally-binding insurance policy is accessed and that document contains the currently effective policy, as well as the policy history.