Review/Update Producer

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.

Contains hyperlinks to the various data sections of the record. Click a text link in the Quick Links box to navigate directly to the selected data section and automatically expand its contents.

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Additional fields and controls in the Quick Links box include the following:

• Expand All: Click to expand the record to display all collapsed information inside each data section.

• Collapse All: Click to collapse the record to hide the information inside each data section.

• Quick Sync Producer: Click to open the Quick Sync Producer page, where you can update the opened producer record with data from a national producer credentials registry, such as the NIPR Producer Database (PDB).

• New PX Request: Click to launch PLM Producer Express, where you can initiate a new maintenance transaction or onboarding request for the producer. For more information, see New PX Request.

• Verify Sales Authorization: Click to open the Verify Sales Authorization page, where you can determine if the producer has the credentials necessary to perform a specific sales activity for a specific product line in a specific state.

• Fix Required Missing Information: A data section with missing required information will display inside a pink box. Required information is defined as information that has been configured to be required in your company's deployment of PLM. 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. Click the Fix Missing Required Information button () to navigate directly to the maintenance page for the data section in question, where you can correct the deficiency.

Data sections contain the essential information about a producer, with additional information often nested inside sub-sections.

Click a node () to the left of a section or sub-section name to expand the section or sub-section and display its information and controls. Click the node again () to collapse the section or sub-section and hide its information and controls.

With a producer record open, you can maintain information in the following data sections:

Details

Resident States

Comments

Producer Business Rules

External Sys IDs

Contact Information

Address History

Email Messages

Licenses/Qualifications

Appointments

Agreements

Associations

Carrier Requests

Employment History

Aliases

Data Reconciliation

State Producer Numbers

Education/Prof. Design.

FINRA Information

Required Items

Background Investigations

Business Units

Locations and Departments

Costs

Education Credentials

Course Completions

CE Requirements

CE Courses

Third Party Certifications

License Applications

Product Certifications

Transaction History

Professional Liability

Securities Information

Authorization Overrides