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.
View screen capture of report criteria
View 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:
Search
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:
Search
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.
Search
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.
Report
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:
Appointment
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.
Associated 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.
Report 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.
Page 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.