What’s New
Accounting General
SE-1507 - Enhance Business partner ledger to add more criteria for balance amount - China Re
Aim of function
To be able to extract balances based on the size of the amount, higher than a From amount, smaller than an Up To amount or between From and Up To
System Parameters Affected
none
Existing functionality affected
Additional Find Criteria on Business Partner Ledgers
SE-1660 - Enhance SICS to show different entry code list on TW from Inward business and outward business - China Re
Aim of function
Enhance SICS to limit the Entry Code list on Technical/Claim worksheet based on if it is Inward business or outward business.
System Parameters Affected
System Parameters/Base Company Specific Settings/Technical/Claim Worksheet
New parameters created:
Entry Code Restrictions For Technical WS
- Restriction Active for Technical WS
- For inward business
- For outward busines
Entry Code Restrictions For Claim WS
- Restriction Active for Claim WS
- For inward business
- For outward business
Reference Data
New Entry Code Group Category created:
Entry Code System Restriction
Existing functionality affected
When selecting Entry Code on manual creation of Technical/Claim worksheets for new bookings.
Changed documentation
base_company_specific_settings/#entry-cods-restrictions-for-claim-ws
base_company_specific_settings/#entry-cods-restrictions-for-technical-ws
SE-1747 - Set up default entry code transformation on intra group contract - China Re
Aim of function
To default Entry Code Transformation Term when creating an Inward Contract or Intra Group Contract.
During create new Intra Group Contract Assumed Business, automatically assign correct Entry Code Transformation Term per source/target base company
When linking an Outward Retrocession Participation with an existing Assumed Business, i.e. making an Intra Group Contract, a validation to check target Assumed Business Entry Code Transformation Term setting match the defaulting ECTT settings for the involved Base Company.
System Parameters Affected
For default setting, new business partner details created:
- Business Partner/Details/Defaulting Rules/Entry Code Transformation Term
Existing functionality affected
- Assign Entry Code Transformation Term for inward assumed business from Administration Conditions/Currencies/EntryCode.
- Intra Group Contract function: Create/Link/Unlink Intra Group Contract from Life Cycle of Retrocesstionare Placements on Outward Cedent Contract
Changed documentation
default_entry_code_trans_terms_on_bc
SE-1822 - To add more display columns on Retrocession Calculation Order and Retrocession Account Order - China Re
Aim of function
Sometimes, the numbers of worksheets produced by the Retrocession Calculation and Retrocession Account orders may be very large, and in some situations the information on the view worksheets window is not enough for the users to filter to what they want.
In these situations you can choose the option View Worksheets Balances. Through this option, the system can show the balances for ALL Businesses and ALL Worksheets created by the order in the same overview.
System Parameters Affected
N/A
Existing functionality affected
After running Retrocession Calculation Order or Retrocession Account Order → ‘View Worksheets’ option from the pop-up menu → On the View Worksheets window, further inspect the worksheet details through pop-up options. (e.g. View Worksheet, Business Ledger…).
SE-1691 - Import Technical Worksheet - Qianhai Re
Aim of function
- To be able to import a Technical Worksheet from spreadsheet where several booking details are available with the entry codes and amounts in multiple columns on the same row
- To be able include the Worksheet Title in the Technical Worksheet as part of the import process
System Parameters Affected
New System Parameter under Accounting- > Worksheet -> ‘Import Technical Worksheet Through The Rows Generate Worksheet Id’
Existing functionality affected
Importing Technical Worksheet through spreadsheet will have an additional option ‘Import Technical Worksheet through Column Spreadsheet’
Changed documentation
SE-676 - Commissions should inherit the Description of Account - Reale Mutua Assicurazioni
Aim of function
The commission’s Description of Account should be copied from the basis premium.
System Parameters Affected
A new system parameter ‘Keep Description of Account For Commission’ enabled when the existing system parameter ‘Keep Description of Account as Original’ being active.
Existing functionality affected
Currently the original ‘Description of Account’ is kept for original details like premium, claim etc.only, not for calculated details like commission in percent of premium.
The ‘Description of Account’ is copied from the basis premium for Entry Codes within the Entry Code Sub Category ‘Commission’
Changed documentation
SE-1422 - New Entry Code Usage on Accounting System Parameters/Entry Codes/Accounting Function = EREAC to calculate UPR Deductions - Sirius International Insurance Corporation
Aim of function
The aim of the function is to be able to book ‘Additional OR Fee UPR’ through the Retrocession Estimation Calculation Order. The result of the calculation is booked with an Entry Code defined for Calculation in the system parameter Accounting/Entry Code/Accounting Function ‘Retrocession Estimation Acccounting Proportional Treaty’.
The Basis for the calculation is Unearned Premium Reserve
System Parameters Affected
New system parameter Accounting/Entry Code/Accounting Function ‘Retrocession Estimation Accounting Proportional Treaty’/Calculation ‘Additional OR Fee UPR
Deduction Conditions - new Deduction Type
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Additional OR Fee UPR (section ‘Other Deductions’)
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Calculation Method ‘Percent’
Existing functionality affected
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Deduction Condition
- New Deduction Type ‘Additional OR Fee UPR’ which may be calculated as a Percent of the basis
- Retrocession Estimation Calculation Order
Business
SE-1142 - Enhance Security and Reporting Unit Assignment for Intra Group Contract - China Re
Aim of function
Reinsurance companies sometimes receive business from an ‘internal’ cedent, e.g. a company in the same corporation or in a joint venture. In these cases, each of the parties is a base company. When recording these internal assumed businesses, a lot of the information is internally known and can be defaulted, e.g. responsible units or departments. Also, in these arrangements, some additional classifications for a contract may be derived based on the cedent and the reinsurer of the contract
It is therefore now possible to default reporting units and additional classifications according to the reinsurer and the cedent of the inward contracts.
Special security control with domain restriction per base company and per reporting unit is also now available for assumed business when it is an intra group contract. It uses the base company being the reinsurer of the assumed business and for example the reporting unit of the assumed business.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Assign Reporting Units
- Classify Business
- Create Intra Group Contract
- Link Intra Group Contract
- Maintain Security
- Maintain System Parameters
Changed documentation
domain_restrictions/#12921-business-intra-group-contract
Changed documentation
default_additional_classification
Changed documentation
SE-1513 - Upload intermediaries with belonging retrocessionaires - China Re
Aim of function
For outward cedent’s contracts, if retrocessionaires are placed through an intermediary(ies), the system is now able to support loading intermediaries with the retrocessionaires from external files. This option is available in the Placement List, intermediary container.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Place Contract to intermediaries with retrocessionaires
- Maintain Share Conditions
SE-1514 - Display only outward cedent’s contract leaf section at assignment of protection - China Re
Aim of function
Reinsurance companies sometimes may want to assign protections only at the bottom level of the section hierarchies. It is now possible to set up the system so that, at protection assignment, the system displays initially only the Sub Sections (leaf sections) of the outward cedent’s contract as selectable. The user can however choose to see all sections and select from these.
Set up by new System Parameter: Business / Miscellaneous / Default only Leaf Section at Protection Assignment
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Assign Protection
- Maintain System Parameters
Changed documentation
SE-1517 - Request missing items for more facultative business details - China Re
Aim of function
To help identify the contract details a company considers necessary before a contract can be regarded as complete, it may show these details in a different color. If the company also uses the Registration Complete functionality, the colored items become mandatory. SICS offers this functionality for all types of business.
As record of detailed information is important to facultative business, the mandatory items facility should support the main contractual details. The mandatory items facility now therefore supports more items for limit conditions for facultative business.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
- Mandatory Fields Administration
- Set Registration Complete
- Maintain Premium/Limit Conditions
Changed documentation
Claim, NP Recovery, Cede
SE-1443 - Cede Interface Improvements based on logged client requests - DXC
Aim of function
Corrections in Cede Interface Loader:
Fields added:
- Assistance Key, No of Insured Objects, User defined Field Pct 3, User Defined field Pct 4, User Defined field Pct 5, Light Claim Status, Headline Loss Date From - Headline Loss Date To
Validations:
- When creating a premium record, the Cede loader does not require an Occurrence Year
- When automatic protection is selected; no reason for manual protection can be given.
- When Manual protection; reason for manual protection is allowed.
- If a mandatory classification (for current base company) is missing in the Cede Loader record, the system gives an error message.
- When loading two identical Life records, the second one is rejected.
Headline loss, Claim and Claim Booking Amount corrections:
- Enhanced error message when HL Name is missing.
- Light Claim location is saved with the given location, providing the location is a sub-set of the existing at light policy section.
- When expressing Claim Reserve as an accumulated amount, the change is booked (not the given accumulated amount).
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Cede Interface Loader
Changed documentation
SE-1444 - Cede PB order improvements - DXC
Aim of function
Clarification of Ceded flag:
All inward details which has CEDED flag (IS_TO_BE_CEDED) = Yes, and the Retroceded flag (Has_SUM) = No is retroceded when running Preliminary booking order.
If the CEDED flag = Yes, and the Retroceded flag (HAS_SUM) = Yes; the detail is already retroceded and is not considered for retrocession in PB order. It will however in this case be considered by Preliminary Booking Correction order.
If the CEDED flag = No, the movement is neither considered by PB, PBC orders nor when triggering retroative changes. This is independent from any existing retropairing for the detail.
Correction of Leap Year logic for Life Premium Calculation (Life Premium table in non-Life Ceded module)
When dividing the attachment period duration in Life premium calculation, the system must use the actual number of days in the first year after attachment period start date. This will be 365 or 366 days depending on whether or not leap year is included within the first year of attachment period.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Preliminary Booking order, Preliminary Booking Correction order
Changed documentation
preliminary_bookings_order_preliminary_bookings_correction_order
SE-1653 - Cede Interface Documentation - DXC
Aim of function
Document the Cede Interface Order in the System Administration Guide
A new chapter called Cede Interface with 5 sub-chapters has been created in the SysAdm Guide
System Parameters Affected
N/A
Existing functionality affected
N/A
Changed documentation
Life
SE-580 - Add Group Cession relevant fields on an Individual Cession and add additional search criteria - DXC
Aim of function
Add the following optional new fields that are relevant to Group Cessions to be part of Individual Cessions
- Group Scheme Name
- Member Status
- Member ID
- Certificate Number
- GSIP From Date
- GSIP To Date
Allow searching of individual cessions based on Group Scheme Name and Group Scheme Identifier.
Group Scheme Name, GSIP From Date and GSIP To Date will also be available on Group Cessions.
The fields will be available as a new tab in the first screen of the Create Cession wizard and on the created Cession.
The fields will also be available on the Cession Output Pattern
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Create Cessions
Find Cessions
MG & Reserve Orders
SE-1661 - Multi GAAP Retrocession order to create retro link when multiple IAB - Allianz AG
Aim of function
The aim is to make sure worksheets created by the MultiGAAP Retrocession Order can be automatically closed, even if the Outward Cedent’s Contract is protecting multiple Assumed Businesses and the ‘Mandatory Retro Booking Detail Link’ system parameter is selected.
This has been done by adding a new column in Assumed Businesses window on an OCC. The new column is labelled “Source Assumed Business”. The column will be defaulted to ‘No’. It can be set to Yes on one of the protected Assumed Businesses.
When an Assumed Business has value ‘Yes’, this will be automatically selected as Source Business and linked to each detail created by the Multi GAAP Retrocession Order, and on manually created worksheets on the OCC. Other Orders, e.g. Instalment Orders will NOT use this new column.
If no Assumed Business has ‘Yes’ in the new column, the link to the source assumed business will have to be set manually, unless there is only one protected Assumed Business.
System Parameter affected
Accounting/Miscellaneous system parameters:
Prerequisite: ’Trace source business from Outward Bookings’ | ‘Mandatory Retro Bookings Detail Link’ | ’Auto Link when only 1 Protected Business’
New System Parameter: ‘Create retro link of source business’
Security: New Use case-
“Business Condition Protected Source Business”
This Use Case controls the update of the ‘Source Assumed Business’ column.
Existing functionality affected
MultiGAAP Retrocession order and Manual bookings on OCC.
Changed documentation
accounting/#812-miscellaneous.com
SE-1510 - Enhance Underwriter Estimation calculation order to allow user to assign specific businesses - China Re
Aim of function
Enhance Underwriter Estimation calculation order to allow user to assign specific businesses
When one or several businesses are selected, the Order will only update the businesses selected on the Order
System Parameters affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Underwriter’s Estimates Calculation Order
Other
SE-510 - Operational Reporting Improvements - DXC
Aim of Function
Add a unique identifier to walkbacks so there is a reference ID for use in discussion and issue management.
Add the ability to export and import data from the Operation Reporting SolrCloud / SolrServer.
This will facilitate:
- Easy upgrades to the underlying product without losing data
- Ability to export and send to DXC for analysis
System Parameters Affected
None
Security Use Case
Import / Export Operational Reporting Data
Existing Functionality Affected
SICS Operational Reporting Server
Changed documentation
operational_reporting/#import–export-operational-reporting-data
Changed documentation
operational_reporting/#sics-operational-reporting-server-web-application
SE-1223 - GDPR Anonymisation Running Order as Scheduled job - DXC
Aim of function
General Data Protection Regulation: new European regulation amending the legal framework for the protection of personal data in the European Union.
The main objective is to define sufficient data perimeter to make the identification impossible and to be able to continue to use large part of the business processes.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
Insurable Objects
Third Parties
SE-1687 - Introduce configuration parameter to disable DB authorization check in SOR web application - DXC
Aim of function
New parameter enableDatabaseAuth in web.xml file (SicsOperationalReportingServer)
- The new parameter is used to enable/disable database authentication and authorization.
- If enableDatabaseAuth is disabled and auth-constraint is added instead, the latter should be used.
- If enableDatabaseAuth and auth-constraint is not present, there will be no authentication and all requests will be authorized
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
SICS Operational Reporting Server
Changed documentation
operational_reporting/#sics-operational-reporting-server-configuration
SE-1715 - Database Object documentation improvements - 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:
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Data Dictionary: The extracted data dictionaries shipped with the system will have greatly improved descriptions of the columns & tables.
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MTK documentation: Since the MTK documentation includes the data dictionary descriptions, these descriptions will now more accurately reflect the purpose of each column.
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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
Database Schema Browser
SE-1345 - Creating and updating eMessaging information - Sirius International Insurance Corporation
Aim of function
The Webservices createBusiness and updateInsuredPeriod API will add new elements, that will help create, and, update the eMessaging Information fields of Insured Period.
System Parameters Affected
NA
Existing functionality affected
System: PC
WebServices: PC
SE-1705 - ADH - Show properties of failing block when entering an ‘Input Fields Replacement Values’ correction - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
When entering an ‘Input Fields Replacement Values’ correction linked to a problem that is related to a transformation block, the properties of said block will be shown in the correction form for reference.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
ADH corrections.
Changed documentation
adh_in_workstation/#overview-of-correction-options
SE-1706 - ADH - Modify ‘Time Format’ block to allow more than one input format - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Allow the ‘Time Format’ transformation block to take more than one input format.
The provided input formats will be applied in the order they were added to the block properties. The first input format that does not raise an error/problem, will be used.
System Parameters Affected
None
Existing functionality affected
ADH transformation.
Changed documentation
transformation_blocks/#data-format-blocks
SE-1750 - ADH - Remove invalid bytes from UTF-8 encoded XML input - Swiss Re Zurich
Aim of function
Enable importing an XML file which is supposed to be UTF-8 encoded, while it actually contains not-UTF-8 byte sequences.
A new ADH processing option / system parameter, ‘Handling of invalid byte sequences when importing UTF-8 encoded XML input files’ will be introduced.
This system parameter will determine what action to take should an invalid multi-byte sequence be detected (possibly because the document is actually Windows-1252 encoded). Fail=fail the import. Remove=remove the first byte of the sequence. Replace=replace the first byte with the given replacement character. Convert=import the document assuming Windows-1252 encoding.
System Parameters Affected
“ADH Document Handling - Processing Options - Handling of invalid UTF-8 multi-byte sequences in XML documents - Action”
Existing functionality affected
ADH XML file import, from SICS Workstation as well as SICS ADH Server.