Producer Business Rules

Use the Producer Business Rules page to customize one or multiple global business rules for a selected producer. A customized business rule setting will apply only to the selected producer; global business rule settings will apply elsewhere. (For more information, see Administer Producer Business Rules.)

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To open the Producer Business Rules page, choose one of the following methods:

  • From the Licensing menu, select Producer and then select Producer Business Rules. Then, perform a Producer Search to find the producer for whom you want to configure business rules

  • With the record of an individual or firm producer open in the Review/Update Producer page, in the Producer Business Rules data section click the Update Producer Business Rules link.

The Producer Business Rules page contains the following sections:

ClosedRecord Summary

Displays summary information of the producer record currently open for review and/or updating.

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Fields and controls in the Record Summary section include the following:

  • Search Producer: Click the link to start a new search for a producer record. For more information, see Searching for Records.
  • [Producer Name]: Displays the name of the individual or firm producer whose record currently is open in theReview/Update Producerpage. An icon to the left of the producer name signifies the producer's entity type, either individual () or firm ().Click the producer name link to refresh the producer record that is currently open in the Review/Update Producer page or to re-open the producer's record in the Review/Update Producer page from any other page in the system.
  • Rating: If a producer has been assigned a productivity rating (no stars, meaning “not rated;” one star, “poor;” two stars, “satisfactory;” three stars, “good;” four stars, “outstanding;” or the symbol signifying a “Do Not Contract” alert), the display-only rating will appear to the right of the producer’s name.
  • SSN: Individual producers only. Displays an individual producer's Social Security Number. The Social Security Number can be set per security role to mask the first five digits and display only the last four digits. For more information, see Maintain Security Role.
  • EIN: Firm producers only. Displays a firm producer's Federal Employer Identification Number.
  • External System ID: Displays the producer's identifier code in the external system that has been Vertafore-configured as your company's "preferred" system. For more information, see External System IDs, Configuration Options, and Advanced Producer Search.
  • Active BU: Displays the short name of the business units to which a producer is actively assigned (sorted alphabetically). To expand the field to display all active business units, click the node ().
  • NPN: Displays a producer's unique National Producer Number, assigned by the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR).
  • Resident State/License: Displays the codes of the states that a producer claims as a resident state for licensing purposes (sorted alphabetically) and the producer's license numbers in those states. Includes active or inactive licenses. To expand the field to display all resident states and license numbers, click the node ().
  • Additional States/Licenses: Displays the codes of the states in which the producer holds non-resident licenses (sorted alphabetically) and the license numbers in those states. Includes active or inactive licenses. To expand the field to display all resident states and license numbers, click the node ().
  • Producer Contracting Workflow: If your company uses the onboarding and maintenance transaction component of the Sircon Platform, Producer Express, and a producer currently is associated with a request record in Producer Express, you can click the number in the field to launch Producer Express and view or work with the request record. (For more information, see the Sircon Producer Express Online Help.)
  • Missing Required Information Alert: Displays an alert that the producer record lacks information that has been configured to be required in your company's deployment of the Sircon Platform. A producer record deficient of required information is considered "incomplete," and appointment or termination requests may not be submitted for the producer until the deficiency is corrected. Review the Quick Links box to identify and correct the specific details sections in the record with missing required information. For more information, see Configuration Options.
  • CE Compliance: Display-only indication of a producer’s unfulfilled continuing education requirements. Indication will not appear if producer is current with continuing education requirements. Available by Vertafore configuration only; for more information, seeConfiguration Options.

ClosedCustomized Business Rules

Displays all global business rules that have been customized for the selected producer.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • View All Rules: Click to display the All Business Rules section.

  • : For each customized business rule displayed, click to expand the business rule to offer the following fields and controls:

  • Value: Displays the setting of the selected customized business rule. The displayed value always will be the non-default or non-global system setting for the business rule.

  • Use Default: Available only for customized business rules. Click to apply the default setting to the selected business rule.

  • Save: Click to commit a customized business rule to the selected producer.

  • Cancel Edit: Click to abort any change and collapse the business rule.

ClosedAll Business Rules

Displays all default and customized business rules currently applied to the selected producer.

Fields and controls include the following:

  • Hide Defaulted Rules: Click to display the Customized Business Rules section.

  • : For each business rule, click to expand the business rule to offer the following fields and controls:

  • Value: Displays the setting of the selected business rule. For a customized business rule, the displayed value always will be the non-default or global system setting for the business rule. For a non-customized business rule, the displayed value always will be the default or global system setting for the business rule.

  • Save: Click to commit a customized business rule to the selected producer. A customized business rule now will display in the Customized Business Rules section.

  • Cancel Edit: Click to abort any change and collapse the business rule.

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For more information about Producer Business Rules, see Administer Producer Business Rules and  Configuration Options.