US Patent 7203654 Method of expediting insurance claims

A method and apparatus are provided for processing an insurance claim. The method includes the steps of receiving a claim for a loss from an insured through an Internet connection and determining a policy type from the claim. The method further includes the steps of retrieving a set of keywords based upon the policy type, matching the retrieved set of keywords with words contained within the received claim, assigning an adjuster to the claim when any matched words of the matching step meets a predetermined criteria and paying the claim without assigning the claim to an adjuster when the matching does not meet the predetermined criteria and any auxiliary criteria.