A method and computerized system is disclosed for managing the
underwriting, quoting and binding an insurance policy with regard to the
technology used to militate against the financial consequences of
property losses. The invention utilizes a classifier for categorizing and
weighing risk, composed of data representing in an identified building, a
first unmitigated insurance risk and a second insurance risk, based upon
the use of certain technology. A plurality of such weights are summed
such that the weights generate a minimized risk for a building structure
under consideration. combinations of technologies, employed in existing
building structures to a classification, which then permits an
underwriter to establish a premium. In another aspect of the invention
data structures representing the quantification of risk reduction
attendant a given technology or product are chained into a plurality of
decision trees that process a construction phase and a pruning phase.