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Add/Edit Additional Interests

When you create or edit a master Binder, use the Add/Edit Additional Interests form to add a new interest, edit an existing interest, or delete an interest.

ClosedAccessing Add/Edit Additional Interests

When entering a new binder or editing an existing binder, you can access the Add/Edit Additional Interests data entry form in one of the following ways:

Method

How to access?

Entering a New Binder

When entering a new binder and adding interests, do the following:

  1. From the Customer Center with the appropriate Policy selected, click Binder from the eForms menu.

  2. Enter the appropriate Binder information.

  3. When ready to add the additional interest, click the Interest Detail link. The Add/Edit Additional Interest form appears.

Editing a Binder

When editing a binder to add or edit an interest, follow one of the methods below:

Method #1

  1. From the Customer Center with the appropriate Policy selected, click eForms Manager from the eForms menu.

  2. From the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree, select the binder for which you want to add or edit an interest.

  3. Right-click the binder form number in the tree and select Add Additional Interest. The Add/Edit Additional Interest form appears.

Method #2

  1. From the Customer Center with the appropriate Policy selected, click eForms Manager from the eForms menu.

  2. From the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree, select the binder for which you want to add or edit an interest.

  3. From the eForms menu select Binder > Additional Interests. The Add/Edit Additional Interest form appears.

ClosedAdding/Editing and Deleting Additional Interests

ClosedAdding an Additional Interest

  1. The Binder # field contains the Master Binder # to which you are adding the additional interests.

  2. If you want to copy additional interests from another binder to the selected binder, select the binder # from the Copy from list, and click Copy.

  3. If you want to Add a new additional interest to the Binder, click New on the section menu.

  4. Select the appropriate additional interest Name Selection option to populate the Name list.

  5. Select the additional interest Type to further filter the Name list.

  6. Select or enter the additional interest Name to add to the binder. If the additional interest is fully setup, the following information fills. Otherwise, enter this information for the additional interest.

  7. Contact

  8. Address, City, State and Zip

  9. Email Address

  10. Fax/Extension

  11. Enter the Loan # for the additional interest, if applicable.

  12. If appropriate, type in a Note/Message for the additional interest and select the Print note with form option if you want the note to print on an overflow page with the form.

  13. Click Add on the section menu when finished adding the additional interest.

  14. Click Create/Refresh Forms to add the additional interest to the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree, and the Binder form.

ClosedEditing an Additional Interest

  1. The Binder # field contains the Master Binder # to which you are editing the additional interests.

  2. Select the additional interest in the grid you want to edit and click Edit on the section menu.

  3. Make the changes to the additional interest as needed. See the Add/Edit Additional Interest Selections section in this topic for specific field information.

  4. When you are finished editing the additional interest's information, click Update on the section menu. The additional interest appears in the grid.

  5. To edit another additional interest, select the interest from the grid and click Edit. Repeat steps 3 and 4.

  6. After you have finished editing additional interests, click Create/Refresh Forms. The updated interests appear in the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree and on the binder.

ClosedDeleting Additional Interests

ClosedFrom the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree

  1. From the Customer Center with the appropriate Policy selected, click eForms Manager from the eForms menu. This opens the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree for the selected customer and policy.

  2. Right-click the appropriate binder's additional interest you want to delete, and click Delete from the right-click menu.

ClosedFrom the Add/Edit Additional Interest Form

  1. From the Add/Edit Additional Interest form, select the additional interest you want to delete from the grid.

  2. Click Delete on the section menu.

  3. ClickCreate/Refresh Forms.

ClosedAdd/Edit Additional Interests Selections

The following fields and selections appear on the Add/Edit Additional Interests data entry form:

Field/Selection

What is this?

Binder #

This is a system-assigned binder number and cannot be changed.

Binders are numbered starting with a prefix of B followed by YYMMDD then a five-digit incremental number. At calendar year end the five-digit incremental number starts back at 00001.

Copy From

Use to select a binder from which to copy all interests.

Copy

Click to perform the copy of all interests from the selected binder.

(Grid of Interests)

This grid lists all the Additional Interests for the selected binder.

Name Selection

Use to determine the category of names that display in the Name list.

Name Selection

What names appear?

Certificate Holder Master List

Names entered in Additional Interest Setup as Master Certificate Holders. These names normally include municipalities, counties, states and others used on certificates for multiple customers.

Additional Named Insureds

Named Insureds and Co-Insureds entered on the policy data entry form for which this binder is based.

Policy Additional Interests

Commercial Additional Interest names entered in the Additional Interest section of the Policy data entry form on which this binder is based.

Setup Additional Interests

Names entered in Additional Interest Setup as Additional Interests. These names normally include mortgage companies, banks, and others typically used on policies for multiple customers.

Name Filter

The names available in this list depend on the Name Selection option.

Once you have selected a name, click Refresh (in the toolbar) in the toolbar) to automatically enter contact information in the fields that follow.

Type

Select the category of names to filter the Name list.

Name

Select a name from the list or enter the name.

The names that appear in the list are based on the Name Selection and Type you selected. See information above.

Contact

Enter or verify the information.

This information appears in Contacts, if entered here.

Address
City
State
Zip
Email
Fax
Ext

Enter or verify this information.

Loan #

Enter the Loan #, if known.

Notes/Message

Field/Option

What is this?

Print note with form

Choose this option if you want the note to print on an overflow page with the form.

Message Text

Enter the message that you want to include with the form.

Create/Refresh Forms

Use after adding or updating interests. Clicking this button adds or changes additional interests in the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree under the master binder form.

Cancel

Use to cancel the action of adding or editing additional interests to the binder and the Customer/Policy Transaction/Form Tree. Canceling closes the Add/Edit Additional Interests form and returns focus to the Transaction Form Tree.

What's Next?

Do you need more information on printing or emailing the forms? See eForms Manager Print Options or eForms Manager Email Options.