Expand the links below to see a complete list of enhancements and fixes in this release:
ACORD Forms
Version 5.5 includes the following forms:
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ACORD 23 (2010/05) Vehicle or Equipment Certificate of Insurance. This form has undergone two name changes since AMS360 v5.0. Please see the "ACORD 23" section below for more information.
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ACORD 25 Certificate of Liability. Three versions of the form are available. Current version 05/2010 and two prior versions 9/2009 and 1/2009.
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ACORD 27 (2009/12) – Evidence of Property Insurance. This form replaces the 2004/04 version, which is no longer available for selection.
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ACORD 28 (2009/12) - Evidence of Commercial Property Insurance. This form replaces the 2003/10 version, which is no longer available for selection.
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ACORD 50 MI (2010/08) – State of Michigan Certificate of No-Fault Insurance. This form replaces the 1993/06 version.
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ACORD 50 TX - Current version 11/2008, 10/2007 and version 9/2003 are available.
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ACORD 51 NV (2010/05) Nevada Temporary Insurance Identification Card
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ACORD 52 NV (2010/05) Nevada Permanent Insurance Identification Card
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The ACORD 52NV is now the default Auto ID card for Nevada, instead of the ACORD 51.
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ACORD 75 (2010/04) - Insurance Binder
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ACORD 101 (2008/01) Additional Remarks Schedule.
If your agency uses the Texas Insurance Liability Card 50, Vertafore suggests you select Toolbox > System Administration > Customer/Policy Setups > eForms Setup and then filter on Form No. and State to verify whether the 09/2003 version should be Active. Only Active forms are available to select when creating forms.
ACORD 23
Two versions of the ACORD 23 are available in this release. The name of ACORD 23 has changed twice since AMS360 v5.0.
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The 1999/01 form (in v5.0 and prior) was called "Leased Auto Certificate". This form has now been retired.
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The 2009/12 form is called "Automobile Certificate of Insurance"
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The latest form (2010/05) is called "Vehicle or Equipment Certificate of Insurance."
Because only one form name can appear in drop-down lists or grids showing form names; the most current form name, "Vehicle or Equipment Certificate of Insurance," is shown for ACORD Form 23.
Instead of attempting to locate this form by name, Vertafore suggests you search by the form number, 23, which has not changed.
Certificate of Liability Insurance
"Get detail based on" now works correctly with future dated policies when you have selected multiple policies.
Certificate of Liability and Certificate of Property
When a Certificate of Liability or Certificate of Property is copied, the correct Certificate Number now flows to the ACORD Form.
Construction Type Codes
Construction Type codes have been updated to reflect the current ACORD standard values for construction types. Using these standard values helps in the smooth transfer of data with other products and or carriers. The following Permanent codes have been updated to match the AL3 description:
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Code
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Current Description
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Al3 Description
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C
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Fire Resistive
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Steel
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R
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Superior
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Fire Resistive/superior
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I
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Plastic siding
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Plastic/vinyl siding
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H
(new)
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Heavy Timbered Joisted Masonry
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Heavy Timbered Joisted Masonry
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Construction type codes are managed in List Setup. Existing policy data is automatically updated to reflect the new descriptions. This change affects all data entry forms using Construction Type codes, as well as applications and reports populated from those forms. Construction Type codes are used on the following data entry forms:
When your agency upgrades to AMS360 version 5.5, existing codes are automatically changed. If your agency created Construction Types that match any of the new ones, the agency-entered description will be renamed. When you log in to AMS360 you will be ask to resolve the conflicts.
Customer Center > Policy Tab
Example
Quote ABC 01/10-01/11
Policy ABC 01/09-01/10
Quote ABC 01/09-01/10
Policy XYZ 01/09-01/10
Quote XYZ 01/09-01/10
Customer Center/Register Tab
The Customer Center Register now correctly displays only invoices with open (non zero) Accounts Receivable balances on the "From Date" in the View Options Date Range. This Open Item reporting now matches the Customer Receivable Activity Report.
Dec Page View
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Private Passenger Auto coverages applied at a line of business level now appear on the DEC Page View, eliminating the need to open the policy to see all coverages.
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The Company Vehicle Number(s) now appears when Private Passenger Auto or Personal Umbrella policies are downloaded.
eForms Manager
Attachments
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You can attach an email, a file, or a Doc360 file to all integrated forms (Auto ID Cards, Binders, Certificates, Evidence of Property Insurance, Claims, and Loss Notices) through eForms Manager. The attached documents appear in eForms Manager with the appropriate eForm.
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You can attach an email, a file, or a Doc360 file to individual Certificate Holders as well as individual Additional Interests on Binders and Evidence of Property Insurance.
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You can attach an email, a file, or a Doc360 file to an application.
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View eForm Attachments on the Document Tab in the Customer Center using a new checkbox in View Options.
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A feature for searching eForm Attachments has been added to the following forms: Doc360 Search, Document Information, Attachments, and History.
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You can email, fax or print eForms attachments and include the attachments in an Activity.
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When emailing an eForm Attachment the document is sent its original format. (Word doc, Excel file, JPEG file, etc.)
Evidence of Property Insurance
Distributing EPI's using the ACORD 28 no longer duplicates holders.
Form Letters
You can now select the .docx file type on the Form Letters Document Library form when choosing templates to use for Form Letters.
Invoice
Entering $0.00 in the Premium To Bill on Effective Date field now correctly bills zero for the first installment.(Resolves Solution #25308)
Reports > Claims Management Report
Loss Date (descending order) is now a secondary sort option for the Claims Management Report.
Direct Bill Download
Direct Bill download statements now create as expected when the statement contains over 1500 items.
Employee Commission Statement
Invoices for agency and broker fees, where some or all of the fee is due the producer, now correctly pull to the Employee Commission Statement when you select the appropriate "Include" option.
Reports > Income and Expense
A discrepancy in the display of Fiscal Years on the Income & Expense Report selection form has been resolved. This issue occurred for agencies using multiple divisions with different fiscal years. (This resolves Solution #25309).
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AL3 Retrieval Utility (Customer Support)
A new utility to assist Vertafore Customer Care in retrieving files from a database is now available from the menu at Toolbox>Integration>AL3 Retrieval (Customer Support).
Customer/Policy Assign
The Customer/Policy assignment grid contains a new column and button used to remove a previous assignment.
Processing Quote and Renewal Transactions
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To reduce the number of new policies created when processing downloads, downloaded Quote transactions now merge with an existing policy if the policy either has "Quote" status or the only existing transactions for the policy are "Quote" transactions. (The new "Quote" status is set when the policy is downloaded, depending on the transaction received.)
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If all policy transactions are not "Quote" transactions, a new policy quote is created.
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With the change in handling renewal quotes in download – a separate policy for quote transactions - renewal transaction handling has also changed. When the renewal transaction is received in download and the policy number has not changed, the expiring policy is marked as renewed.
Garaging Information
Garage rows are now created if the carrier sends at least one of the following values: City, State, or ZIP Code. Previously the data was rejected unless all three values were included.
Updates to Construction Type Codes
Construction Type Codes have been updated to reflect current AL3 standards. This change corrects codes and descriptions for any Property, Commercial Inland Marine – Accounts Receivable Valuable Papers, Personal Inland Marine, Farm, Homeowners, and Dwelling Fire policies using Construction Type. Previously, some policies accessed via TransactNOW were displaying an incorrect code description. In addition, policies migrated from AfW to AMS360 will now map to the updated code list. For more detailed information, see the Construction Type Codes information in the Customer Service section of this topic.
TransactNOW Book Roll and Single Transaction Export
The full term premium amount from Basic Policy Information is now included when using Single Transaction Export and TransactNOW Book Roll.
Customer Service