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                     Proceedings of the 9  Symposium on Applied Science, Business & Industrial Research – 2017
                     ISSN 2279-1558, ISBN 978-955-7442-09-9

                                              Insurance Quotation Managing System

                                                      Ranaweera LD, Liyanagedera ND
                                 Department of Computing and Information System, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
                                                         Lahiru.genius@gmail.com

                                                             ABSTRACT

                        In present Sri Lankan context, a client contacts an insurance broker or else he/she meets
                     the broker and asks for quotations from various insurance companies. With the brokers’
                     suggestions,  the  client  will  select  the  best  Insurance  Company  which  fulfilled  his/her
                     requirements.  This  current  process  will  consume  more  time,  effort  and  money  as  well.
                     Hence, the proposed system will reduce that current wastage and increase the efficiency of
                     the manual process. This system will interact with three parties’ namely Insurance broker,
                     insurance company agent (call center) and the client.

                     KEYWORDS: Quotation comparing, Three tier architecture          .


                                1 INTRODUCTION                         and proceed to the client registration. If the
                                                                       client  is  already  a  member,  then  client’s
                        Insurance Brokering Companies in their
                     mandate of providing brokering services are       NIC/Company  Registered  Number  will  be
                     required  to  provide  all  information  that  a   enough  to  choose  the  business  line
                     client needs, acting as a conduit between the     (Insurance  product),  category  and  the
                     client   and   the   Insurance   Company.         coverage type.  After the  client  verification,
                     Insurance brokering companies, who are by         insurance  request  form  will  display
                     law required to be experts in their field, pass   according  to  the  business  line.  After
                     on the benefits of their prudence to clients.     completing  the  required  fields,  second  step
                                                                       will  pass.  After  that,  broker  can  select
                        In the real-world process in Sri Lanka, a      insurance companies to send the request for
                     client  will  contact  an  insurance  broker  or   quotations.
                     else  s/he  will  meet  the  broker  and  ask  for
                     quotations    from     various    insurance           There are two methods of this process as
                     companies.  With  the  brokers  suggestions       online  and  offline.  In  offline  process,  E-
                     client,  s/he  will  select  the  best  insurance   mails  will  be  delivered  to  the  selected
                     company which fulfill her/his requirements.       insurance  companies.  After  receiving  these
                     This  current  process  will  consume  more       E-mails insurance company agent can log in
                     time, effort and money as well.                   to  a  certain  page  in  the  system  by  typing
                                                                       user name and password.
                        This  system  will  interact  with  three
                     parties,  viz  insurance  broker,  insurance          Then  a  quotation  feedback  page  will
                     company  agent  (call  center)  and  the  client.   display.  Then  after  filling  their  quotation
                                                                       details,  that  agent  can  enter  the  values  and
                     Insurance  broker  is  the  user  who  handles    save them into the system. Insurance broker
                     this system.
                                                                       can view the received feed-backs and select
                     1.1 Introduction to the Research Project          the best plan for the client with suggestion.
                                                                       In online system, the system will send some
                        The  flow  of  the  system  is  designed  as   parameters  for  the  insurance  company’s
                     below.  A  client  will  contact  the  insurance   application  program  interface  (API)  to
                     broker  asking  for  quotations  of  insurances   calculate  the  quotation  premium  and  then
                     plans. The broker will log in to the system
                                                                       get the feedback.


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