What's new

What's new

Accounting General #

SE-37625 - Multi-GAAP reporting improvement: store period estimate booking period values -Part 1 - Aon #

Aim of function:
To create 2 new columns in the below mentioned database tables representing Booking year period start date and end date so that reports generated will have these dates :

FC_REVAL,
AC_LEDGER_BALANCE,
AC_STL_PAIRING,
AC_DETAIL_LIGHT,
BUS_PERIOD_EST,
PERIOD_SNL_EST,
GL_T_ALL,
GL_T_NEW,
GL_R_ALL,
GL_R_NEW,
GL_P_ALL,
GL_P_NEW

Business value for customers:
Reports generated for customers will have these dates and will be more informative.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
None

Changed documentation


SE-33004 - New Signature Notes option for Balances on Technical and Claim Worksheet-Part 2 - Import Function - Renaissance Re #

Aim of function:
To provide import function through spreadsheet for 'Balance Signature Note' of Balances (claims and technical) on 'Balance Properties' window.

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Business value for customers:
This functionality will support user to import Signature Notes of balances through a Spreadsheet.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
'Balance Properties' window for Balances.

Changed documentation


SE-37576 - Mass Pairing Order Overview Enhancement - Swiss Re Zurich #

Aim of function:
Introduce new columns in the search results container on the 'Find : Mass Paring Order' window named 'Base company(s)', 'Business partner(s)' and 'Matching routine'. The values for these new columns will be brought from Mass Paring Order as defined in it.

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Business value for customers:
To enhance the identification of Mass Pairing Orders for accounting, both the base company and its business partners—alongside the matching routine in the 'Find Mass Pairing Order' window—will deliver richer, more actionable details. This provides:
 
Enhanced order visibility: Users can now quickly identify the base company, involved business partners, and the matching routine used — directly from the search results. 
 
Improved accuracy in selection: With additional context available upfront, there's less risk of selecting the wrong Mass Pairing Order for accounting processes. 
 
Streamlined workflows: The richer detail supports faster decision-making and simplifies financial reconciliation. 

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
Find :Mass Pairing Order

Changed documentation


Accounting Orders #

SE-36389 - Create Retrocession Calculation Order/Retrocession Account Order via API - AGCS #

Aim of function:
Retrocession Calculation order and Retrocession Account order are created via the SICS API. So that add new XSD Type RetrocessionCalculationOrder and RetrocessionAccountOrder of Element createAccountingOrderInput on createAccountingOrder operation of SicsWsBatchProcessEntryPoint entrypoint.

Business value for customers:
Retrocession Calculation order and Retrocession Account order are created via the SICS API. This can help users reduce the manual creation process.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
SicsWsBatchProcessEntryPoint 

Changed documentation


BO #

SE-36647 - Auto-Incremental Data Load Strategy for PDM - DXC #

Aim of function:
Assess and identify the suitable methodology for automatically loading only changed data into PDM tables, ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Business value for customers:
Ensures selection of the most efficient and reliable incremental loading approach for timely, accurate PDM updates.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
N/A

 

Changed documentation


SE-36648 - Verify existing and Develop new Power BI reports using PDM Tables - DXC #

Aim of function:
Utilize PDM table structures to develop interactive Power BI reports, supporting business analysis through accurate data modeling and visualization.
The repots include -

  • 44 Statistics Entities Triangular
  • 44 STROS COUNTED between dates with Orig_UD
  • 48 Technical account balance situation from the date.
  • 54 Technical_Financial_Account_All_Cias_Retro_Robot.
  • 63 Remittances and Pairings Report

Business value for customers:
With the newly developed Public Data Model (PDM) database views and tables, BI developers now have a standardized and structured data foundation to build reports and dashboards. These can be developed using BI tools such as Power BI, enabling consistent and efficient data visualization and analysis.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
N/A

Changed documentation


SE-36652 - Enhancements to SICS Life Universes - DXC #

Aim of function:
Implement enhancements to SICS Life Business Objects universes to incorporate new business requirements, improve performance, and ensure accurate, comprehensive reporting

  • Identify the tables, Objects, Joins need to be added or modified.
  • Modify or add objects, classes, and measures to reflect updated business logic.
  • Optimize universe structure for query performance and usability.

Business value for customers:

  • Improves reporting accuracy and provides enriched insights to support decision-making.
  • Enhances universe usability and performance, reducing report generation time and errors.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
N/A

Changed documentation


SE-40680 - Enhancements to SICS CEDE Universes - DXC #

Aim of function:
To enhance the SICS CEDE Universe by analyzing the existing data model and developing approximately 30 new derived tables, joins, and related objects to integrate and represent associated detailed information.
This will ensure that all necessary ORP data elements are efficiently modeled, linked, and available for reporting and analytics purposes within the BusinessObjects (BO) environment. Following derived tables rt be created in SICS CEDE Universe-

  • OCC_RETRO_DTL_PAIR_PROP
  • OCC_AS_BOOKING_ACLD_PROP
  • ORP_RETRO_DTL_PAIR_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ACLD_PROP 
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ADD_CLASS06_ALL_PROP                                                                      
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ADD_CLASS08_ALL_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ADD_CLASS09_ALL_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ADD_CLASS10_ALL_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_BSR_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_ACLB_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_EC_PROP
  • ACC_CLASSIFIC2_PROP
  • REF_LEVELOFBUS_PROP 
  • REF_TYPEOFBUS_PROP  
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_SHARE_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_BROKER_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_BROKER_REL_PROP  
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_CEDENT_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_REINSURER_PROP 
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_REINSURER_COUNTRY_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_TOP_METHOD_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_COUNTRY_PROP  
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_MCOB_PROP  
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_COB_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_SCOB_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_BYRP_PROP
  • ASSOCIATED_ORP_AYRP_PROP

Business value for customers:

  • Enhanced Reporting Capability: Enables users to access a more complete and accurate view of ORP detail data directly through the SICS CEDE Universe without manual data merges.
  • Improved Decision-Making: Provides richer, integrated datasets for analysis, helping business users make faster and data-driven operational decisions.
  • Performance Optimization: Derived tables and well-defined joins improve query performance and reduce report generation time.
  • Data Consistency and Accuracy: Ensures that all ORP-related metrics are standardized across reports, minimizing discrepancies and improving data reliability.
  • Scalability for Future Enhancements: Establishes a flexible universe design that can accommodate future ORP and CEDE data expansions with minimal rework.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
N/A

Changed documentation


SE-40828 - Create PDM database objects from SystemAdmin app - DXC #

Aim of function:

  • Create new PDM database objects (e.g., tables, indexes, views) from within the SICS System Admin tool, ensuring centralized control over database structures.
  • Enable creation and management of foreign key (FK) constraints directly from SICS System Admin to enforce referential integrity between related tables.
  • Verify and maintain data quality within PDM tables by identifying inconsistencies or missing relationships and allowing corrective actions to be taken efficiently.
  • Automate script generation for the creation, modification, or deletion of PDM objects and FK constraints, ensuring consistent deployment across environments (Development, Test, Production).
  • This functionality aims to streamline database management, reduce manual dependency, and strengthen data integrity and traceability across the SICS and PDM systems

Business value for customers:

  • Create new PDM database objects (e.g., tables, indexes, views) from within the SICS System Admin tool, ensuring centralized control over database structures.
  • Enable creation and management of foreign key (FK) constraints directly from SICS System Admin to enforce referential integrity between related tables.
  • Verify and maintain data quality within PDM tables by identifying inconsistencies or missing relationships and allowing corrective actions to be taken efficiently.
  • Automate script generation for the creation, modification, or deletion of PDM objects and FK constraints, ensuring consistent deployment across environments (Development, Test, Production).

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
N/A:

 

Changed documentation


Business #

SE-30290 - Enter new share when renewing business - Samsung Reinsurance PTE Ltd #

Aim of function:
When renewing a contract, most terms and conditions remain the same for the new insured period, so the system copies them to the new period. Earlier the system also copied the shares. As shares often vary, it is now possible to renew a business without copying the shares. This is customizable so that, if set up to not copy, the new period will get no shares. If the new period gets a definite status however, the system adds a share page to the renewal wizard so that the user can enter the new share.

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Business value for customers:
Ensures accuracy
Improves usability

System Parameters Affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
Renew Business
Mass Renew Business
Automatically Renew Business
Maintain Share Conditions
Maintain Limit and Premium Conditions
Manage Agreement Life Cycle Status
Maintain System Parameters
Renew Business by Web Service

Changed documentation


Cede and NP Recovery #

SE-39409 - Add and Realize Non Proportional Fac OCC Protection via Web Service - AGCS #

Aim of function:
New Web Service Operations for creating and linking Non-proportional Protection Assignment under SicsWsBusinessEntryPoint

  • addRealizeNonPropFacOccProtectionToLightPolicy

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  • addRealizeNonPropFacOccProtection

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Business value for customer:
Possibility to define Non-proportional Protection Assignment using Web Service

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing Functionality affected:
Existing Web Service Operations renamed to separately identify from new Web Service Operations

  • addRealizePropFacOccProtectionToLightPolicy
  • addRealizePropFacOccProtection

Changed documentation


SE-40220 - API for Policy Light Declaration Protection Assignment Override - AGCS #

Aim of function:
New web service for overriding Protection Assignment at declaration level of a Policy Light under SicsWsBusinessEntryPoint

  • OverrideDeclarationProportionalProtectionOnLightPolicy
    OverrideDeclarationProportionalProtectionOnLightPolicy.png
  • OverrideDeclarationNonProportionalProtectionOnLightPolicy
    OverrideDeclarationNonProportionalProtectionOnLightPolicy.png

Business value for customer:
Ability to override Policy Light Declaration Protection Assignment using web service.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing Functionality affected:
Proportional and Non Proportional Protection assignment for a Policy light

Changed documentation


Claims #

SE-37757 - Exclude FGU indicator for LPC business - Swiss Re Zurich #

Aim of function:
The FGU indicator should not be enabled/set when Business Administration type is LPC, despite matching Base Company and Type of Participation, as these claims on these businesses do not use FGU accounting.

Benefit for customers:
Claim is created with correct settings

System parameters affected:
New Base Company Specific Claim Specific parameter - selecting the Additional Business Classification table and table value.

Existing functionality affected
Create Claim
Create Claim Program
Process new claim emessage

Changed documentation

/sicsdocs/sys_admin_guide/system_parameters/base_company_specific_settings/#system-parameters-type—claim-specific


eMessaging #

SE-40178 - Dedicated use cases for eMessaging Discard / Restore / Reject actions - Renaissance Re #

Aim of function:
To create new Use cases in Access security manager window,

  • eMessaging Message Discard with Acceptance acknowledgement.
  • eMessaging Message Reject with acknowledgement.
  • eMessaging Message Discard Without acknowledgement.

Business value for customers:

  • Prevents users from discarding/ rejecting the messages without acknowledgement.
  • Able to assign each use cases to appropriate user roles as required.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
eMessaging Discard& Reject functionality.

Changed documentation


SE-40403 - No Headline Loss was selected - a rule to activate the new system configuration provided/implemented - Renaissance Re #

Aim of function:
To introduce a new rule 'CheckForMandatoryHeadlineLoss' for eMessaging claims to enable applying mandatory headline loss for LOB/RU validations.

Business value for customers:
User get notified with warnings/error on eMessage when the headline loss is defined as mandatory for LOB/RU.

System Parameters affected:

  • From base-company specific settings, Claim Headline Loss Assignment – Mandatory headline loss link for MCOB flag with MCOB.
  • Headline Loss link mandatory for reporting units.
  • Link to a Headline Loss is Mandatory When Closing Claim Worksheet.

Existing functionality affected:
eMessage processing.

Changed documentation


SE-37122 - TA - eMessaging – Tolerance for Rule 237 InsuredPeriodReferenceRule - Swiss Re Zurich #

Aim of function:
To introduce a new eMessaging modifier rule 'ModifyIPReferencingRuleToAllowToleranceOnFromDate' to allow date tolerance for message contract start date.

Business value for customers:

  • User can set Tolerance limit in the new rule 'ModifyIPReferencingRuleToAllowToleranceOnFromDate' 
  • System now links message to the insured period even if the message start date is not exactly matching, if it is within the defined tolerance.

System Parameters affected:
N/A

Existing functionality affected:
eMessage Processing.

Changed documentation


Life #

SE-37028 - Create and update APIs for non-proportional reinstatement condition in Life - Allianz AG #

Aim of Function:
The aim of this enhancement is to be able to create and update the Reinstatement Condition on a non proportional business. 

Business value for customers:
Life Customers will be able to create and update the Reinstatement conditions on the Non Proportional Treaty through webservices as an update in the current insured period or after renewals of the treaties.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
Create Reinstatement Condition:

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Update Reinstatement Condition:

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Changed documentation


SE-10171 - Manage all Life Business Rules as a separate module outside the System Parameters - DXC #

Aim of function:
The aim of this function is to be able define various calculation rules such as Premium Calculation Rules. SAR calculation Rules, Profit Commission Calculation Rules as part of a separate module and not within the system parameters.

Business value for customers:
Customers will be able to define and administer the Business Calculation Rules outside the System Parameters and users who are not System Administrators can be granted access rights to manage them.

System Parameters affected:
All Life Business Calculation Rules

Existing functionality affected:

  • New Security Use Case to Manage Life Business Calculation Rules with the Read, Create, Update and Delete Access Rights

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  • The Life Business Calculation Rules that were earlier in the System Parameters - > Business option are now available as a separate module under System Administration and can be maintained by users that need not have System Administration rights

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  • The following Life Business Calculation Rules will now be available under this module:

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Changed documentation

/sicsdocs/sys_admin_guide/sys_admin/life_bus_calc_rules/


SE-40303 - Webservices for Life Accounting Orders - DXC #

Aim of Function:
The aim of the function is to be able to have webservices to support Life Accounting Orders- Cession Order and Retrocession Cession Order
 

Business value for customers:
 Life Cession and Retrocession Cession Orders can now be created through Webservices

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
Create Cession Order :

 

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Create Retrocession Cession Order :

 

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Changed documentation


SE-28812 - Partial batch processing for Loaded in Errors - Misr Insurance Company #

Aim of function:
The aim of the function is to be able to create a partial batch and a reject file when the batch is loaded with errors.

Business value for customers:
Now when a cession or claim batch has partially incorrect records that would result in a loaded stage error, it is possible to generate these as a sub batch and continue to process the remaining correct records

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
When the flag 'Allow Partial Processing of Cession Batch' is selected, then when there are records rejected at the Loading stage, they will now be created as a sub batch with a reject file and the remaining records will be processed to the next stage

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Please note that due to technical limitations, the number of records that have been rejected will currently not be displayed in the sub batch, but the number of records will continue to be displayed in the sub batch that has been successfully processed.

 

Changed documentation


MG & Reserve Orders #

SE-39591 - New variables for stepped sliding scale & sliding scale commission in MultiGAAP calculation editor - Allianz AG #

Aim of function: 
To introduce all the following new variables in the Multi GAAP and Underwriter estimates Calculation editor from Stepped Sliding Scale and Sliding Scale commission window.  

  • Provisional Commission
  • Minimum Sliding Commission
  • Maximum Sliding Commission 
  • Minimum Loss ratio
  • Maximum Loss Ratio
  • Slope Ratio 
  • Loss Ratio

Business value for customers: 
To retrieve values from Stepped Sliding Scale and Sliding Scale commission conditions. Provisional Commission and (Stepped) Sliding Scale Commission can now be booked using different entry codes. Booked (stepped) sliding scale commission that represents the differentiation between the Provisional Commission and the SSC.

System Parameters affected:
All of the calculation variables specified above will be added to the Multi GAAP and Underwriters Calculation Editor.

Existing functionality affected:
Multi GAAP and Underwriter Calculation Editor. 

Changed documentation

/sicsdocs/sys_admin_guide/system_parameters/underwriters_estimates/#calculation-rule-variables

/sicsdocs/sys_admin_guide/system_parameters/multi_gaap/#variables


Other #

SE-38687 - Prevent deletion of a used security user role - Allianz AG #

Aim of function:
Prevent user roles that have been allocated to users and therefore part of the security setup from being deleted. This preserves the audit trail of security rights. The role can only be inactivated.
User roles that have not been allocated to users can be deleted.

Business value for customers:
This ensures previous security settings are preserved and can be tracked in audit trails.

System Parameters affected:
Security Administration

Existing functionality affected: 
Delete Security Role

Changed documentation

/sicsdocs/sys_admin_guide/security_handling/user_roles/#delete-user-role


SE-38015 - Support for PostgreSQL 18 - DXC #

Aim of function:
As part of ensuring we remain up to date on our software support and remove technical debt issues, we continue to support new releases of underlying technology and drop support for unsupported software.
In this case we are adding support for PostgreSQL 18
and dropping support for PostgreSQL 13

Business value for customers:
Ensure DXC supports modern technology & minimizes the exposure to security & technical debt issues.

System Parameters affected:
N/A
Existing functionality affected:
N/A

Changed documentation


SE-40103 - Assure 360 enablement - DXC #

Aim of function:
When running Assure Reinsurance,:
For REST API Server: Provide Application Performance Monitoing dashboard via Grafana or AWS Cloudwatch for realtime monitoring and bug fixing.
For DataManager: Adding more Memory specific metrics on existing Dashboard to optimize Data-manager's memory utilization.

Business value for customers:
New dashboard for Rest API Server and Improvements in existing dashborad for Data-manger Server.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
None

Changed documentation


SE-2444 - Digital GPS coordinates on location-based entities - Samsung Reinsurance PTE Ltd #

Aim of function:
Currently Insurable objects store and display the GPS coordinates using the older notation of Direction, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds. ie: (N 59° 55' 01'', E 10° 43' 39'').

This enhancement moves instead to use the simpler decimal degrees format (59.91715, 10.72764) for display and storage.
5 decimal places is accurate to about 1-2 meters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_degrees

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Business value for clients:
The decimal degrees format is widely used by analytics tools such as SAP BI, Microsoft PowerBI & Excel, AWS QuickSight which allows extracts to be used to create geographic representations of SICS data.
Additionally, it is simpler to enter 2 decimal numbers in the UX and the data storage format is smaller and speeds up SQL queries.

System Parameters affected:
None

Existing functionality affected:
Insurable Objects General Information & BI Universe

Changed documentation


This report was generated Tue Dec 16 10:08:12 UTC 2025.