Interface to Collections and Disbursements System

Use

Business Add-In (BAdI) BADI_ICLF_CD provides the interface between the Claims Management system (FS-CM) and a collections and disbursements system. With this interface you can create a payment in FS-CM and pay it out via the relevant collections and disbursements system.

SAP provides default coding, linking FS-CM with the SAP Collections and Disbursements system (FS-CD) . If you want to use a different collections and disbursements system, you must perform your own implementation of the BAdI.

Medium-size insurance companies with a fairly small claims volume also have the option of integrating a general ledger accounting system instead of subledger accounting (this might be an option for insurance companies who settle claims related to their own fleet).

Prerequisites

Customizing Settings in FS-CD

The following Customizing settings are only relevant if you use FS-CD as the collections and disbursements system.

For more information on the individual IMG activities, see the relevant IMG documentation.

Make the following settings in Customizing for FS-CD:

Define insurance object categories (IMG path: Collections/Disbursements Basic Functions Insurance Object Number Ranges and Insurance Object Categories Configure Insurance Object Categories and Assign Number Ranges ).
Define account creation variants ( Collections/Disbursements Basic Functions Insurance Object Account Creation Variant Settings Define Account Creation Variants)
Define contract account categories ( Collections/Disbursements Basic Functions Contract Accounts Number Ranges and Contract Account Categories Configure Contract Account Categories and Assign Number Ranges ).
Define payment methods (IMG path: Collections/Disbursements Business Transactions Payments Incoming/Outgoing Payment Creation Define Payment Methods ).
Define business partner relationships for the contract account (IMG path: Collections/Disbursements Basic Functions Contract Accounts Contract Account Relationships Define Contract Account/Business Partner Relationships ).
G/L accounts in FI are determined by way of main and subtransactions in FS-CD. You define these main and subtransactions in IMG activity Define Accounts for Revenues/Expenses (IMG path: Collections/Disbursements Basic Functions Postings and Documents Document Define Account Assignments for Automatic Postings Automatic G/L Account Determination Define Accounts for Revenues/Expenses)

In addition, in Customizing for FI you must define tax codes for sales and purchases (IMG path: Start of the navigation path SAP Customizing Implementation Guide Next navigation step Financial Accounting Financial Accounting Global Settings Tax on Sales/Purchases Calculation Define Tax Codes for Sales and Purchases) End of the navigation path

Customizing Settings in FS-CM

The following Customizing settings are only relevant if you use FS-CD as the collections and disbursements system.

For more information on the individual IMG activities, see the relevant IMG documentation.

In Customizing for FS-CM, make the following settings (the name of the relevant IMG path is Start of the navigation path Claims Management Next navigation step Claim Business Settings Payments Special Settings for FS-CD End of the navigation path , and then the relevant activity):

Define the general parameters to enable posting of payment transactions to FS-CD (IMG activity Define General Parameters for FS-CD )
Define sample templates for the contract account for the insurance object Contract (IMG activity: FS-CD: Define Contract Account Creation Variant and Insurance Object for Contract).

Here you use the relevant key to refer to the insurance object category and associated account creation variant that you defined in Customizing for FS-CD.

Assign these sample templates to a policy product version and generation in IMG activity Configure Policy Products . This enables you to choose between different templates for various policy product versions and generations.

On the basis of this sample template, FS-CD creates an insurance object with the relevant contract account.
Define sample templates for the contract account for the insurance object Claim (IMG activity: FS-CD: Define Contract Account Creation Variant and Insurance Object for Claim).

Here you use the relevant key to refer to the insurance object category and associated account creation variant that you defined in Customizing for FS-CD.

Assign these sample templates to a version and generation of an internal claim type in IMG activity Configure Internal Claim Types . This enables you to choose between different templates for various versions and generations of an internal claim type.

On the basis of this sample template, FS-CD creates an insurance object with the relevant contract account.
Per posting transaction type, define standard data for the FS-CD document (IMG activity Define Standard Data for FS-CD Document )

Features

BAdI BADI_ICLF_CD

If you use FS-CD, you can use the default coding provided.

If you want to use a collections and disbursements system other than FS-CD, you must implement the following BAdI methods:

Method	Meaning of Method
CHECK_OPEN_AMOUNT_FOR_CLEARING	This method checks whether the amount of a request from subrogation/recovery is the same in the claims system and the collections & disbursements system, or whether the amount differs as a result of an incoming payment.
DISBURSEMENT	This method posts payments and subrogation to the collections & disbursements system.
BULK_CHECK	This method provides information whether payments for the transferred payee can be collected in a clearing account.
DOCUMENT_CHECK	This method provides information whether the transferred document of a payment has already been cleared.
DOCUMENT_DISPLAY	This method calls a screen with posting information from Disbursements with reference to the transferred document of a payment.
SINGLE_DOCUMENT_DISPLAY	This method calls the collections/disbursements transaction for display of the transferred document of a payment.
DOCUMENT_CLEAR	This method clears the transferred document of a payment in the collections & disbursements system.
CHECK_NUMBER_VALIDATE	This method checks the check number.
ONLINE_CHECK_PRINT	This method prints an online check.
CHECK_REG_CALL	This method calls the check register (repository).
PAYMENT_METHOD_GET	This method creates the F4 input help for the payment method toolbar.
DOCUMENT_READ	This method reads the CD document for the mini-CD screen.
INVOICE_PAYMETHOD_GET	Invoice: This method determines the payment method for the payee.
RECEIVED_AMOUNT_READ	This method reads the receipts relevant to FS-CM from the collections system
RECEIVED_ENTRY_DELETE	This method deletes the receipts relevant to FS-CM in the collections system
SCHED_POS_COMPRESS	This method compresses the scheduling items before transfer to the collections and disbursements system.
SCHED_POS_MODIFY	This method modifies the default values for the documents that were set in FS-CM.
SCHED_POS_GETPAYPLAN_ALL	This method makes available all payment plans for a claim from the collections and disbursements system.

Creation of a Payment in FS-CM

When you create and save a payment in FS-CM, the following takes place automatically in FS-CD:

If the business partner (in other words, the policyholder or the payee) does not exist in the FS-CD business partner role of Contract Partner , this role is created.
If no insurance object exists for the contract, the following are created:
- Contract account for the policyholder or payee
- Insurance object for the contract
If no insurance object exists for the claim, the following are created:
- Contract account for the policyholder or payee
- Insurance object for the claim
  
  When creating insurance objects and contract accounts, FS-CD uses the sample templates that you defined in Customizing for FS-CM (see section above “Customizing Settings in FS-CM”).
A posting document is created in FS-CD.