What’s New
Accounting General
SE-566 - Create one OCC with EC Transformation Term on Section level - SICS - Renaissance Re
Aim of function
To be able to set different Entry Code Transformation Terms on Sub Section Level on Prop Treaty OCC
System Parameter affected
The general System Parameter “Allow Booking/Use Conditions on OCC/RP Section Level” must be selected And on the actual OCC the “Automatically booked figures on section level” must be selected on the Business, Accounting Info tab.
Existing functionality affected
Running Retrocession Calculation order, Retrocession Account order, Retrocession Calculation Estimation order and retrocession group orders.
SE-1016 - Enhance Partner Ledger to add one column to show Treaty or Fac - SICS - China Re
Aim of function
In the Balance Pairing Properties window it is important to see if the included balances belongs to Treaty or Non-Treaty businesses. With this information, the users can easily filter the pairing according to the type of business. It will improve the efficiency of the balance pairing process. And it will be also very helpful for the users to do accounting statistic.
System Parameter affected
N/A
Existing functionality affected
Settlement Balance Pairing
SE-1102 - Book instalments when setting registration complete flag - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
To have the Instalments booked automatically on all section for an insured period when Registration Complete is set manually on an Assumed Business, with the possibility to exclude businesses from this function based on criteria.
System Parameter affected
Prerequisite: ‘Require Registration Complete’ New System Parameter to enable this function named ‘Book Instalments automatically when setting registration complete flag’.
Existing functionality affected
Automatic Installment Booking
Changed documentation
accounting/#automatic-instalment-booking
SE-1346 - Wrong Financial Period - Consider New Worksheet Origin ‘Automatic eMessaging’ - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
To be able to exclude worksheet origin ‘Automatic eMessaging’ in Plausibility Rules to be used when running the Post Booking Report
System Parameter affected
Plausibility Rules under Accounting
Existing functionality affected
Post Booking Report
Business
SE-266 - Ensure capture of insured object for business - SICS - China Re
Aim of function
Ensuring that a contract identifies covered objects (e.g. a particular building, vessel or CAR/EAR) increases the quality of the information available by easy access to the object details. It also ensures that the contract is included in a possible object accumulation control. To ensure that the contract has identified the objects covered, some companies want to remind the users to give these for certain types of business (e.g. facultative and direct business). It is therefore now be possible to set up the system to warn the user if a link to at least one insured object for definite contracts is missing.
System parameters affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Cover Insurable Objects
- Classify Contract:
- Create Business
- Copy Business
- Place Business
- Change Business Life Cycle Status
- Update Business
- Renew Business Manually
- Mass Renew Business
Changed documentation
base_company_specific_settings/#system-parameters-type—classification-rules-4
SE-722 - Find complete and incomplete businesses - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Users may register a contract and make it definite without having all the terms and conditions recorded. To ensure that the contract is ready to be processed, e.g. to be booked on, some companies require a selected set of information to be registered first and that the Registration Complete status has been set.
To simplify the user experience and increase efficiency in identifying complete and incomplete contracts, SICS offers now the possibility to search for complete and/or not complete contracts. It the result list, it shows whether each contract is complete or not.
System parameters affected
Business / Conditions / Miscellaneous: Require Complete Registration
Existing functionality affected
- Maintain Complete Contract Reqistration
- Find Business
SE-1041 - Support Intra Group Contract when Single Treaty Protection - SICS - China Re
Aim of function
Reinsurance companies often assume a treaty that should protect only one single treaty from the cedent. If this single treaty protection is proportional, the terms and condition are for the most part the same as the original. For example, if the protected treaty (original) is a non-proportional excess of loss treaty and the single treaty protection is proportional, the terms and condition of the single treaty protection is excess of loss conditions. Proportional single treaties protections (also when being assumed business) will in SICS now therefore have terms and conditions according to their covered type of business and covered type of participation, rather than their method.
Also, companies sometimes cede business to an ‘internal’ reinsurer, e.g. to a company in the same corporation. Each of the parties are in these cases base companies, where for example the parent is the cedent and the subsidiary is one of the reinsurers/retrocessionaires. In the subsidiary’s view, this treaty is an ‘internal’ assumed business - an inward intra group contract. When the latter is a single treaty protection, SICS now gives also this single treaty protection functionality. For example, when being a proportional single treaty protection, and the original contract is non-proportional, the intra group contract gets non-proportional terms and conditions.
System parameters affected
Business / Business Identifier: Let the Business Identifier of Single Treaty Protection be equal to the Master Business ID plus sequence number
Existing functionality affected
- Create Intra Group Contracts
- Classify Business
- Maintain Premium and Limits Conditions
- Maintain Reinstatement Conditions
- Maintain Claims Conditions
- Maintain Share Conditions
- Change Life Cycle Status
- Renew Business
- Copy Business
Changed documentation
business/#845-business-identifiers
SE-1042 - Capture VAT and Surcharge on treaty by Web Service - SICS - China Re
Aim of function
To improve efficiency in entry of terms and conditions, it is now possible to give also Value Added Tax (VAT) and Surcharge by Web Service
System parameters affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Capture Value Added Tax and Surcharge on contract manually
- Update Insured Period information by Web Service (updateInsuredPeriod)
SE-1094 - Ensure mandatory reporting unit on sub section - SICS - China Re
Aim of function
Reinsurance companies may reflect how they divide their business internally by use of the SICS reporting units. These allows registering a contract with one or more reporting units per category, e.g. profit centers or segments. Often companies requires that a contract has at least one reporting unit of certain categories. To improve the data quality and efficiency, at reporting unit assignment, SICS now offers an automatic update of possible sub sections. Also, to ensure that mandatory reporting units exist not only on the section the user updates, but also on its sub sections, SICS now has the following validation: If trying to remove a reporting unit from a definite business, and this will result in a sub section missing a reporting unit, the system will stop the removal.
System parameters affected
Base Company Setting /Classification Rule 1: Mandatory Reporting Unit Categor(y)ies
Existing functionality affected
- Assign Reporting Units
- Remove Reporting Units
- Section Business
- Handle Insured Object Cessions
- Handle Declarations
Claim, NP Recovery, Cede
SE-403 - FGU functionality to allow a tolerance limit - SICS - Allianz AG
Aim of function
Allow minor adjustments in FGU generated worksheets for Paid Loss. The minor adjustment booking is generated automatically, and validated against the tolerance limit defined. The functionality is only available when parameter “Manual AC split in FGU worksheets” is activated.
System Parameters Affected
Enable minor adjustment in FGU worksheet (new)
Manual AC split in FGU worksheets
Existing functionality affected
Claim FGU booking
Changed documentation
SE-929 - FX calculation of Technical Worksheet details linked to Headline Loss - SICS - Renaissance Re
Aim of function
The enhancement will ensure that technical worksheet details which have been linked to a Headline Loss is allocated to the Occurrence Year as per the selected Headline Loss, and are not considered in an Occurrence Year Allocation order. When functional currency amount(s) are to be calculated, such details applies the rate as per FX Date of Loss as recorded on the Headline Loss itself. Other details in the worksheet applies the regular Technical Worksheet calculation rule.
System Parameters affected
New parameters introduced:
-
Use FX Headline for Technical Worksheet Details Linked to Headline
-
Original responsible partner mandatory
Existing functionality affected
-
Create Technical Worksheet
-
Occurrence Year Allocation order
-
Functional currency calculation
Changed documentation
SE-1315 - Improve PBR ‘Change in Loss Incurred’ - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
To ensure that the Post Booking Review reports consider all worksheets, the Loss Incurred extraction should consider the date when the worksheet was closed instead of the booking date. The system should consider loss figures with worksheet closed date greater than cut-off start date and smaller or equal to cut-off end date. A fifth date is added to allow dates to be set only once per year in system parameter cut-off dates for Change in Loss incurred.
System Parameters Affected
Accounting-> Plausibility Rules
Existing functionality affected
Plausibility Rules->Change in Loss Incurred
Claim Accounting
Life
SE-88 - New functionality required in order to cede original figures on Standalone Reinsurance Cessions - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
Support for retro processing of original periods and original figures for standalone retrocessions.
System Parameters Affected
- Sum At Risk/Stand Alone Individual Retrocessions only
- Method of Retrocession is Reinsured Proportionally in excess of Maximum Retention
Existing functionality affected
Retro Processing Order
SE-159 - Transactions on Linked Retrocessions to follow Inward Cession when updated through the Cession Loader - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
To be able to create subsequent retrocession transactions on the inward cessions when the retrocession basis is not defined as ‘Sum at Risk - Standalone Retrocessions only’
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Retrocession transactions on the Inward cessions processed through the cession loader
SE-315 - Loading Life Claims via Batch Management - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
To be able to load and process claims and their transactions through the Life Cession Management batch loader
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Claim batch loading
SE-600 - Ability to add Qualifiers on cession benefits through the Cession Loader - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
To be able to add qualifiers on the cession benefit through the cession loader similar to the manual online functionality and calculate the ACIs based on the qualifiers
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Cession Batch Processing
SE-700 - Implement support for UDF at Cession Benefit Level - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
- To introduce the following new fields on the cession benefit
- Cedent’s Total SAR
- Our Share of Original
- Reserve
- Total ceding SAR
- To be able to create User Defined Fields on the cession benefit level
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Cessions - both manual and through cession loader
Changed documentation
SE-796 - Support “They Bill” cession order also when Summary Account is enabled - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
To be able to set the accounting period from date, accounting period to date, or account period on the header of summary account and process the They Bill order, even when summary accounts are enabled.
System Parameters Affected
Applicable only when Enable Summary Accounts on Technical Worksheet is selected
Existing functionality affected
Running the They Bill Order
SE-797 - Allow or Disallow Partial processing of a cession or claim batch - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
Partially process or fully process a cession batch load based on configuration at time of run. A new parameter can be set at the System Parameter, Business, and Cession Batch level, indicating if the batch should only fully process if all records are valid, or whether to fully process any valid records leaving invalid records for subsequent resolution.
The setting is set at the system parameter level, then used as a default for any new businesses. The business value is then use for any cession batches on that business. It can be overridden at either the business or cession batch level.
System Parameters Affected
New System Parameter : Cession–> Allow Partial Processing of a Cession batch
Existing functionality affected
Cession batch processing
SE-800 - Support loading of cessions with different issue dates per benefit - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim Of Function
To be able to create one or more cession benefits having different benefit reinsurance start dates on the same cession
System Parameters Affected
New system parameter: Cession–> Enable Benefit Reinsurance Start Date
Existing Functionality Affected
Individual cession benefits created manually or through the cession loader
SE-814 - Block cession upload for cases which do not meet Automatic Acceptance Conditions - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
Validate the autocover limits with an error message for all types of business when cessions are processed through the cession batch loader. Introduce additional limits on the Proportional Limits condition to be able to define a maximum occupation class and a maximum EM percentage
System Parameters Affected
New System Parameter introduced under Cessions–> ‘Validate Autocover limits for all types during cession batch processing’
Existing functionality affected
Business - Proportional Limits Cessions- Online and through the loader
SE-815 - Add validation on Adjusted Issue age and Change tolerance accuracy to Months and Days - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
Replace the existing percent or amount tolerance settings for age related checks to be based on a number of years or months at both the system parameter and NC condition level.
Validate the adjusted age based on these new tolerance criteria.
System Parameters Affected
Cession–> Cession Tolerances
Existing functionality affected
NC condition on the business
Age validations on the cession benefit
SE-1153 - Import Technical Worksheets containing several business Identifiers in SICS Life - SICS - Allianz AG
Aim of function
To be able to use the Import Technical Worksheet from Spreadsheet functionality to import technical worksheets that contain more than one business. The View and Validate Notional Bookings and the Sub SOA related functionality or the They Bill Orders will not be available when an imported technical worksheet contains more than one business identifier
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Find Worksheet-> Import Technical Worksheet from Spreadsheet
SE-1207 - Testing of RPO and retro functionality in the Linked Retro approach - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
To ensure that the retroprocessing order creates the linked retrocessions on sequential basis when the Retrocession Basis is not defined as ‘Sum at Risk/ Standalone Retrocessions Only’
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Retrocession processing through the RPO when the Retrocession Basis is not defined as ‘Sum at Risk/ Standalone Retrocessions Only’
SE-1375 - Sum at Risk Accumulation using Insurance Products - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
To introduce a new accumulation category Sum at Risk Accumulation within which insurance products can be grouped. The indicator whether the insurance product is included in the SAR accumulation category or not will be available on the insurance products when they are part of the branded product classifications. This accumulation category will be used to for processing retrocessions and will also be part of the accumulation control filter on the insurable object
System Parameters Affected
New System Parameter : Business Partner-> Branded Product Classification-> Insurance Product is Included in SAR Accumulation Category
Existing functionality affected
Branded Product Classification Retrocession Processing Accumulation Control filters
SE-1376 - Support new Sum at Risk Accumulation category in retrocession processing order - SICS - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
To introduce a new accumulation basis for processing retrocessions based on Per Life, per Sum at Risk Accumulation Category
System Parameters Affected
New System Parameter : Base Company Specific Settings- Retrocession Basis- ‘Method of Retrocession is Reinsured Proportionally in excess of maximum retention Per Life/ Per Accumulation Category’
Existing functionality affected
Retrocession Processing
MG & Reserve Orders
SE-1425 - Default Pricing ULR 2 - SICS - Renaissance Re
Aim of function
- Add a new field named ‘Default Pricing ULR2’ in UW Estimates, Loss Development Pattern tab on Portfolio Program. Similar to existing field ‘Default Pricing ULR’. The additional field can be used when you need different ULRs for different reporting requirements.
- Add a new calculation variable in Underwriters Estimates calculation rules, to retrieve the value from the new field.
System parameters affected
New calculation variable in Underwriters Estimates system parameters.
Existing functionality affected
N/A
Other
SE-585 - Database Object documentation improvements - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
Improve the level of detail in the DBMS object descriptions stored in the SICS database. This will improve the general documentation of the system in 3 key areas:
- Data Dictionary extracts: The extracted data dictionaries shipped with the system will have greatly improved descriptions of the columns & tables.
- MTK documentation: Since the MTK documentation includes the data dictionary descriptions, these descriptions will now more accurately reflect the purpose of each column.
- SICS Schema Browser: The included schema browser includes the object comments in its displayed information.
The main improvements are:
- Join tables indicate which tables are joined together
- Unnecessary data type information is removed, simplifying the comments
- Foreign keys are more specific to which reference table they refer, including subclass numbers when known
- The reference data foreign keys are more specific to which reference data table they refer
This work will be continued in future releases as DXC continues to refine the data model documentation.
System parameters affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Manage Tables: Add comments
SE-1211 - New web service in SICS Life for loading User Defined Fields (UDFs) - SICS-1788 - SICS - Allianz AG
Aim of function
- New web service in SICS Life for loading User Defined Fields
System Parameter affected
- User Defined Field items are defined in System parameters >>User Defined Field Administration.
- The Layout are defined for business under User Defined Field administration
Existing functionality
Like the online functionality for User defined fields in SICS life, we are introducing UDF’s through web services. It will be on assumed business and outward cedent contract both.
SE-1212 - New web service in SICS Life for loading Projections on business Underwriters Estimates condition - SICS-1789 - SICS - Allianz AG
Aim of function
New web service in SICS Life for loading Projections on business Underwriters Estimates condition.
System Parameter affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Projection on underwriters estimate tab works in online functionality and same will now be achieved via web services in Life
SE-1222 - GDPR Anonymisation - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
Transform the personal data of the source database to no longer allow the identification of the person concerned, this transformation must be irreversible. This needs to be done by introducing Retention Date for specific Insurable Object or Third Party. The Retention date can be entered/edited manually or via Web service.
System Parameter affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Maintain Insurable Object - Type Person
- Maintain Third Party
Changed documentation
mass_update_personal_data/#717-anonymize-mass-update-periodic-function
SE-1225 - GDPR Insurable object - Security Log and Read Log - SICS - DXC
Aim of function
Implementation of new Read Activity into the Event Log for Insurable Objects.
The Read activity should be logged irrespectively from where in SICS the user has access the Insurable Object. The Read activity should allow to identify which user has accessed Insurable Object on which Date / Time.
System Parameters Affected
Read Activity should be activated from ”Event Log Administration”.
Existing functionality affected
Event Log Administration
Changed documentation
SE-1270 - Update of SICS User when authorization is managed by SICS-UAI - SICS - Allianz AG
Aim of Function
The User Authorization Interface (UAI) enables control of SICS user authorization (security roles) from ‘outside’ SICS.
If a user starts logging in to SICS, but there exists no SICS User object in the database, the UAI may respond with a request (‘CREATE_USER’) indicating that a SICS User object should be created. Along with the request, the UAI implementation may provide the name of a ‘template’ SICS User object. If provided, this object will used as a template for creating the new SICS User object.
This enhancement introduces changes to how the UAI response is handled when a SICS User object already exists and the user is allowed access. In this case, the UAI will respond with ‘OK’. As a new feature, it will be possible to provide a ‘template’ user. If provided, access code privileges on the existing SICS User object will be updated from the template if values are no longer equal.
In addition, a new response ‘DISABLE’ allows setting the SICS User object as inactive (disabled).
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing Functionality Affected
User Authorization Interface
Changed documentation
user_uathorization_interface/#12104-uai-details
SE-1332 - eMessaging: Previous message mapping rules should consider message functions - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Two factors to be considered regarding Previous message mapping set tables. One is to check an optional single message function to which the mapping set applies (the ‘applies to’ message function, relating to the message function of the current message). The second is to enable a list of messages functions to be selected that will be excluded from the search of messages in the previous message mapping rule. The selection may be left empty.
System Parameters Affected
System Parameter → eMessaging → Mapping → Previous Message Mapping → Previous Message Mapping Set.
Existing functionality affected
The Previous message mapping rule already includes a test that prevents claim signing account and reinstatement messages from linking to non-claim TA messages, this new functionality aims to provide a provision for preventing later non-claim TA messages linking to earlier claim related TAs.
The existing rule that states:
If the current message has a system defined message function of Claim Signing or Reinstatement, then only messages with that same message function should be matched.
The new would add: If the current message has a system defined message function that is not Claim Signing nor Reinstatement, then only messages that are not Claim Signing nor Reinstatement should be matched.
SE-1348 - eMessaging - Inconsistency when manually changing Previous Message - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Clarify how SICS Insured Period reference was automatically arrived at for an eMessage with a Previous Message Reference that only links to the Business.
System Parameters Affected
New reference data item to SicsRefEMessagingReferencingMethodClass for previousMessageHybrid
Existing functionality affected
In InsuredPeriodReferenceRule where only partial references are set from the previous message then change the referencing method from previous message to the new item.
SE-1359 - eMessaging - Use case on Rules tab modifications - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Add specific business process and security use case to create/remove a rule override from the Rules tab in order to distinguish same on Problem Tab
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Security Use Case for eMessaging Message Rule Override
SE-1418 - ADH - Ability to page to next message when opening ADH output - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
To enable easy navigation from one eMessage to another (in the eMessage view window) when ADH has generated several eMessages and any one eMessage is opened from the ADH document.
System Parameters Affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Automated Document Handling.
SE-1423 - eMessaging - Booking Year period for instalment - SICS - Sirius International Insurance Corporation
Aim of function
Allow setting of Booking Year and Period via different methods for eMessages sent from Lirma and Lloyds Allow the setting of Booking Year and Period based on the due date of the booking Allow the eMessaging Booking Year and Period to be open beyond the default terms
System Parameters Affected
A rule on Partner Layer (BookingYearAndPeriodPerDueDate) can be set per message function to signal that when creating a new technical or claim worksheet, if this rule is active for the eMessage then for each balance use the Due Date per the booking terms from-periodicity to establish which period the Due Date lies within. Set the Booking Year to the year of the Due Date and the Booking Period to the period of the due Date.
If the calculated year/period is prior to the first open year/period (extended terms) then set as the open period from. This rule does not test anything. It simply modifies the behavior of the booking creation rules
Existing functionality affected
Set Booking Year and Period when Technical or Claim worksheet is created from eMessaging.
SE-1426 - ADH - Introduce “params” in ADH REST call - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
A spreadsheet (.xls, .xlsx) file can be sent to ADH Server for processing through the REST endpoint which takes a MediaType.MULTIPART_FORM_DATA parameters, as well as additional parameters.
Currently, it is possible to send ‘docId’ and ‘fileName’ as additional parameters.
This enhancement adds a new parameter ‘params’. This is a string of key-value pairs delimited by semicolon. Each pair consists of a key and a value, separated by an equal sign. For example:
mapping=BROKER1;uwYear=1997;contractRef=900491
Each key then becomes a tag/field added at the top of the input data created from the spreadsheet. Each value becomes the value of that tag. This gives full flexibility to include any additional data desired, over and above the data in the spreadsheet, and without further development effort from DXC.
System Parameters Affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Automated Document Handling.
Changed documentation
SE-1591 - MTK Loader changes for CAT utility support - SICS - DXC
Aim of Function
Allow MTK loader to identify and reject duplicate business/claims using their Identifier.
Add toggle buttons:
- Reject duplicate business
- Reject duplicate claim in a business
in MTK loader screen to make this optional. This capability is incompatible with Loading to Loader Files.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing Functionality Affected
MTK Loader
SE-1693 - ADH - Change Accumulator block to output empty rather than 0 when there are no inputs - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Changing the ADH Accumulator block so it outputs empty rather than 0 when there are no inputs, and also after being reset.
System Parameters Affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Automated Document Handling.
Changed documentation
SE-1695 - ADH - Introduce a special ‘@BlockOutput’ Output Pattern field - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Introduce a special ‘@BlockOutput’ Output Pattern field. At the time the output message is about to be generated, SICS will check @BlockOutput and block the output message if the value is ‘true’. This is particularly useful for blocking generation of eMessages with no technical items.
System Parameters Affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Automated Document Handling.
Changed documentation
sys_param_maint_tasks/#output-pattern-window—emessaging-version
SE-1704 - ADH - Hide other blocks when selecting ‘Show block in mapping’ - SICS - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Hide other blocks when selecting ‘Show block in mapping’ from a transformation problem. This will make it easy to see where the block is.
System Parameters Affected
None.
Existing functionality affected
Automated Document Handling.