Method and apparatus to facilitate determining insurance policy element availability

Abstract

A computing platform ( 201 ) of choice can be configured and arranged to access ( 102 and 103 ) a first memory ( 202 ) that stores attributes which specifically characterize a particular candidate insurance entity and a second memory ( 203 ) that stores mappings which relate insurance policy element availability for a plurality of insurance policy elements to various corresponding insurance entity characterizing attributes. The aforementioned attributes, by one approach, correspond to respective end user-configurable dimensions. This platform can then serve ( 104 ) as a matching component by automatically using the aforementioned mappings to determine available insurance policy elements for the particular candidate insurance entity as a function of these attributes and then automatically using ( 105 ) those available insurance policy elements to configure an insurance policy consistent with these mappings.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a first memory having stored therein attributes that specifically characterize a particular candidate insurance entity, wherein at least some of the attributes correspond to respective end user-configurable dimensions;   a second memory having stored therein mappings that relate insurance policy element availability for a plurality of insurance policy elements to various corresponding insurance entity characterizing attributes;   a processor operably coupled to the first memory and the second memory, and being to configured and arranged to:
 serve as a matching component and use the mappings to determine available insurance policy elements for the particular candidate insurance entity as a function of the attributes; 
 use the available insurance policy elements to configure an insurance policy consistent with the mappings.