Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry

Available in spreadsheet format only.

Use the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page to review individual producers affiliated with a selected agency who were appointed or terminated during a given timeframe. You can view appointment data for individuals connected with an agency either by a formal firm association or by an external system ID.

If desired, filter the report results by state, appointment/request processing status, submitting staff member, business unit, or appointing company.

ClosedView screen capture of report criteria

ClosedView screen capture of report results in spreadsheet view

To open the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page, from the Inquiries menu select Appointment, and then select Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry.

The Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page contains the following sections:

ClosedSearch Firm

Use the Search Firm page to search for a single firm producer (agency) whose affiliated producers were appointed or terminated in the selected time period you want to report.

The Search Firm page consists of the following sub-sections:

ClosedSearch Fields

Use the Search Fields to enter report criteria. At least one report criterion is required.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Firm Name:Enter a search string on firm name. You may use as few as two characters in your search string. May contain numeric characters. Wildcard characters are not allowed. May not contain double quotation marks (").
  • EIN: Enter a producer's entire Federal Employer Identification Number. Partial searches not allowed. Maximum 9 characters without a separating hyphen or 10 characters with a separating hyphen.
  • NPN: Enter a producer's entire National Producer Number. Partial searches not allowed. Maximum 10 characters.
  • Active Business Unit: Select from the dropdown menu an the short name of an active business unit to which a producer is assigned. May not be the only search criterion.
  • License Number: Enter the entire number of a producer's state license, either active or inactive. Partial searches not allowed. Maximum 15 characters.
  • License State: Select from the dropdown menu a state in which a producer holds an active or inactive license.
  • External System ID: Enter a producer's entire external system ID code, including leading zeroes, either active or inactive. Partial searches not allowed. Maximum 22 characters.
  • Primary External ID Only: Click to checkmark the checkbox to constrain a search using anExternal System IDcriterion to only those external system IDs marked as a "primary" ID on a producer's record. The search will ignore a match on anExternal System IDthat is not marked as "primary." (For more information, see Maintain External System Identifiers.)
  • Records Per Page: If multiple records met your search criteria, the default number of records displayed per page of results is 10. From the dropdown menu, select a value in increments of 10 up to 50 and then execute or re-execute the search to display a number of records up to the selected value in the Report Results sub-section.
  • Search: Click to execute the search based on the entered search criteria.

If only one record met your search criteria, the Search Firm page will close, and the selected firm's summary information will display in the Associated Firm section of the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page.

If multiple records met your search criteria, they will display in the Search Results section. You then must click the Name of a selected firm to close the Search Firm page and display the selected firm's summary information will display in the Associated Firm section of the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page.

  • Cancel: Click to abort the page operation and open the Producer Manager Home page.

ClosedSearch Results

If multiple producer records met your search criteria, they will display in the Search Results sub-section of the Search Firm section.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Name: For each listed producer record, displays a producer name as a blue hyperlink. Click the column heading to toggle alphabet or reverse alphabetic sorting of the Search Results on the Name field.

To close the Search Firm page and display the selected firm's summary information will display in the Associated Firm section of the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry page, click a desired producer Name hyperlink.

  • EIN: For each listed producer record, displays a producer's federal Employer Identification Number. Click the column heading to toggle highest-to-lowest or lowest-to-highest sorting of the Search Resultson theEINfield.
  • License State/#: For each listed producer record, displays the state codes of the states in which a producer holds at least one active or inactive license and the corresponding license numbers. Click the node () to expand the record row to display all of the producer's license state and number information. Click the node () to collapse the information.
  • NPN: For each listed producer record, displays a producer's National Producer Number. Click the column heading to toggle highest-to-lowest or lowest-to-highest sorting of the Search Resultson theNPNfield.
  • Active BU: For each listed producer record, displays the name of the business unit(s) with which a producer is actively associated. Click the node () to expand the record row to display all of the producer's business unit information. Click the node () to collapse the information.
  • City: For each listed producer record, displays the producer's mailing address city. Click the column heading to toggle alphabetic or reverse alphabetic sorting of the Search Resultson theCityfield.
  • State: For each listed producer record, displays the producer's mailing address state. Click the column heading to toggle alphabetic or reverse alphabetic sorting of the Search Resultson theStatefield.
  • Displaying[v] - [w](of[x]matching records): Displays the range in numbers of producer records currently displaying in the Search Results sub-section out of the total number of producer records returned by a search.
  • Page[y]of[z]: Displays the number of the page currently displaying out of the total number of pages of producer records returned by a search.
  • Go To Page: Available only when more than 10 records are returned by a search, resulting in multiple pages of Search Results. Select from the dropdown menu the number of the page of producer records to which you wish to navigate.
  • Go: Click to navigate to the page number of Search Results selected in the Go To Page dropdown menu.

ClosedReport Criteria

Use the filter fields to enter report criteria and tailor the report results to suit your needs.

Report criteria contains the following sub-sections:

ClosedAppointment Criteria

Enter report criteria about the active or inactive appointments you want to report.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Appointment/Termination Between: Required. Enter a date range during which reported producers were appointed or terminated. Enter the following:
  • between: Enter the first date of a date range in which to search for the value of the Active Dateand/orTerm Date fields in producer appointments information. Use the mmddyyyy date format. Or, click the Calendar button () to open a popup calendar from which you can click to select a date.
  • and: Enter the last date of a date range in which to search for the value of the Active Dateand/orTerm Datefields in producer appointments information. Use the mmddyyyy date format. Or, click the Calendar button () to open a popup calendar from which you can click to select a date.
  • Association Type: From the dropdown menu, select Individual/Firm Association to report producers who are affiliated with a selected firm through a recorded firm association (default). Or, select External System ID to report producers who are affiliated with a selected firm through a shared external system identifier.
  • State: To report appointments and terminations without regard to appointment state, make no selection from the box. Or, to filter the report results to include only  appointments and terminations submitted to or recorded for a specific appointment state, click to select one or multiple state names in the box. To select multiples, press the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking; click again while pressing the CTRL key to de-select.
  • Status(es): To report appointments and terminations without regard to appointment and request processing status, make no selection from the box. Or, to filter the report results to include only appointments and terminations with specific request and processing statuses, click to select one or multiple processing statuses in the box. To select multiples, press the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking; click again while pressing the CTRL key to de-select.
  • Submitting Staff Member(s): To report appointments and terminations without regard to the staff member who submitted or recorded the appointments and terminations, make no selection from the box. Or, to filter the report results to include only appointments and terminations submitted or recorded by a specific staff member, click to select one or multiple staff member names in the box. To select multiples, press the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking; click again while pressing the CTRL key to de-select.
  • Business Unit(s): To report appointments and terminations without regard to reported producers' business unit criteria, make no selection from the box. Or, to filter the report results to include only appointments and terminations of reported producers assigned to one or multiple business units, click to select one or multiple business unit short names in the box. To select multiples, press the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking; click again while pressing the CTRL key to de-select.

ClosedAssociated Firm

Displays summary information about the firm producer selected as criterion for the report.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Name: Displays the firm producer's name.

  • EIN: Displays the selected firm producer's Federal Employer Identification Number.

  • License State/#: Displays the firm producer's license states and numbers. Click the node () to expand the record row to display all of the producer's license state and number information. Click the node () to collapse the information.

  • NAIC ID: Displays the selected appointing company's National Association of Insurance Commissioners identifier number.

  • City: Displays the selected firm producer's business location address city.

  • State: Displays the selected firm producer's business location address state.

  • Search Associated Firm: Click to open the Search Firm page, where you can search for a different firm producer to apply as report criteria.

  • Spreadsheet View: Click to checkmark the checkbox to output the report results in a tabular spreadsheet format. To generate the report in a spreadsheet format, click the Submit Offline button and then click the Excel Format button () associated with the inquiry on the Recent Reports page to view the spreadsheet.

ClosedReport Results

Displays producer appointment information stored in your company's instance of Producer Manager that met the report criteria. Results may be narrowed by selected filter criteria.

The Title tab of the report displays a summary of the selected report criteria, including data summaries (such as total record and producer counts), report properties, and all of the selection and filter criteria used to generate the report.

The Title tab also includes the following data fields per producer included in the report:

  • Firm Name: Displays the name of the firm selected as report criteria. (For more information, see Details.)
  • PM Producer ID: Displays the selected firm's Producer Manager record ID. (For more information, see Details.)
  • EIN: Displays the Federal Employer Identification Number of the firm selected as report criteria.
  • Active Business Units: Displays the short name(s) of the business units to which the selected firm producer is actively assigned (sorted alphabetically). (For more information, see Business Units.)
  • External System ID: Displays the external system identifier marked as "Primary" on the selected firm's record. (For more information, see External System IDs.)

The Data tab includes the following data fields:

  • Producer Name: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the affiliated producer's name information: last name, first name, and middle name for individuals or firm name for firms. (For more information, see Details.)
  • NPN: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the producer's National Producer Number.
  • PM Producer ID: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the affiliated producer's Producer Manager record ID. (For more information, see Details.)
  • Preferred External System ID: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the external system identifier marked as "Primary" on the producer's record. (For more information, see External System IDs.)
  • Active Business Units: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the short name(s) of the business units to which the producer is actively assigned (sorted alphabetically). (For more information, see Business Units.)
  • State: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the two-letter code for the state that issued or terminated an appointment.
  • Company Name: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the name of the appointing company that issued the producer's appointment.
  • Appointment Type: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the description of the type of appointment that the affiliated producer that became active or was terminated in the selected date range.
  • Active Date: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the date on which the affiliated producer's appointment became active.
  • Term Date: Inactive appointments only. For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the date on which a termination of the affiliated producer's appointment in the selected state was submitted and state-approved or recorded.
  • Term Reason: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays the state-specific termination reason for the termination of the affiliated producer's appointment.
  • Record Only?: For each producer listed that met the report criteria, displays Yes if the Record Appt checkbox in the affiliated producer's appointment information contains a checkmark; displays No if the Record Appt checkbox in the affiliated producer's appointment information does not contain a checkmark.

ClosedPage Controls

Controls include the following:

  • Search Associated Firm: Click to open the Search Firm page, where you can search for a firm to include as report criteria.

  • Submit Offline: Click to generate the inquiry offline, where it can be retrieved in spreadsheet format by any staff member with the permissions to view it. For more information, see Recent Reports.

  • View/Refresh Report: Click to generate the inquiry "on demand" in spreadsheet format. The report will open in the separate Inquiry Output Window.

  • Cancel: Click to open the Producer Manager Home page.

Warning

Results of the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry may contain unmasked, full Social Security Number information for individual producers. It is not possible to configure the system to mask or hide these values in the report results. However, using a security role setting, a user with administrator permissions may deny other users the permission to run this inquiry or view inquiry results requested by other users. For more information, see Maintain Security Role.

Notes

Note: The Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry reports appointment information only as recorded in your company's instance of Producer Manager. It does not verify appointment information directly with state records. However, if your company is using Producer Manager's automated data reconciliation utilities (such as Scheduled Syncs) to keep producer appointment data refreshed continually, the Firm Associated Individual Appointments Inquiry report results should be synchronized with state records.

Note: If you are generating an "on-demand" report by clicking the View/Refresh Report button, the range between the Appointment/Termination Between Begin Date and End Date fields may not exceed 30 days. To expand the date range in which to report appointments and terminations, generate the report offline by clicking the Submit Offline button. After it generates, the report will be available for download from the Recent Reports page.

Tips

For easier viewing of the report results in any chosen output format, we recommend always checkmarking the Spreadsheet View checkbox.