Bonus-Malus
In auto insurance, there are different bonus-malus systems for each country. The system calculates the premium to be paid by the customer as a percentage depending on the premium level that has been reached and based on the premium model (according to the contract and object type). In Austria the premium rate is the main attribute in the bonus-malus procedure. In Germany the number of claim-free years, expressed by the discount base year, is the main attribute.
You use Bonus-Malus Management
(B/M Management) to manage the bonus-malus level that is reached. It provides independent data storage and a range of functions for editing bonus-malus data. B/M Management
comprises services for creating, editing, and displaying bonus-malus data.
B/M Management
communicates with FS-PM business processes and business transactions and IIS Management or Change of Insurer Certificate Management
via function interfaces.
There are relationships between “B/M Management” and the business partner system (role: “B/M Owner”). FS-PM Auto uses (or references) product data defined in the product engine, such as the rating and premium models, in the auto insurance contracts or coverages in the policy management system.
The table below shows all the business transactions that call B/M Management
.
Business Transaction | Description |
|---|---|
| You trigger the issuing of a certificate according to the Compulsory Insurance Act. The system checks whether the bonus-malus can be assigned and notes the creation of the certificate in the bonus-malus. |
| You enter new bonus-malus data as part of policy processing. For more information, see Editing Bonus-Malus Data. |
| You change bonus-malus data as part of policy processing. For more information, see Editing Bonus-Malus Data. |
| You end the assignment of the bonus-malus to the contract or coverage. |
| You assign existing bonus-malus data to a contract or coverage during contract processing. For more information, see Assigning Bonus-Malus Data. |
| You shift the start date of a policy. The system checks whether the bonus-malus can be assigned and changes the start date of the assignment of the bonus-malus data accordingly. |
| You reset a reversal. The system checks whether the bonus-malus can be assigned and reverses the termination of the assignment of bonus-malus data. |
| The system determines the claim data for a rating/simulated rating or to be submitted to the insurance association/subsequent insurer. |
| You request a comparison of the premium progression of the no-claims history and the claimed history. For more information, see Simulation of a Claim Redemption. |
| The system rates the bonus-malus data again based on the rules for upgrading or downgrading a contract rating. For more information, see Perform Rating. |
| You suspend a contract. The system sets the assignment of the bonus-malus to the contract to the status “Inaktive”. |
| You reinstate a contract. The system assigns the most recently assigned bonus-malus data to the contract if the bonus-malus can still be assigned. |
| You exclude a contract or coverage. The system ends the assignment of the bonus-malus data to this contract or coverage. |
| You shift the start date of a contract to which a bonus-malus is assigned. The system checks whether the bonus-malus can be assigned and changes the start date of the assignment of the bonus-malus data accordingly. |
| You shift the start date of a coverage to which a bonus-malus is assigned. The system checks whether the bonus-malus can be assigned and changes the start date of the assignment of the bonus-malus data accordingly. |
The table below shows all the actions and services that call B/M Management
.
Action/Service | Description |
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| If you shift the start date of a policy, contract, or coverage, the system includes the new start date in the bonus-malus data. |
| The system determines the consideration period for a rating date. |
| The system saves the data about the subsequent insurer in the bonus-malus. |
| You change the bonus-malus data using |
| You can display information about the progress of bonus-malus data processing. |
| The system ends the assignment of bonus-malus data to a contract or coverage (because the contract or coverage was reversed, for example). |
| After you enter the bonus-malus data on the bonus-malus detail screen in For more information, see Editing Bonus-Malus Data. |
| The system saves new or changed bonus-malus data in |
| You can lock and unlock a bonus-malus. When the bonus-malus is locked it cannot be assigned to a contract or coverage. You can use this function to remove from business processes invalid duplicates or bonus-malus objects that are no longer used for other reasons. |
| You can search for bonus-malus data using various filter criteria (business partner number, status, rating reason, and contract number). When you search in The system checks a user's authorization based on the company of the bonus-malus. The system displays the data in the search result as follows:
You select the bonus-malus ID you are looking for from the search result. |
| The system displays the initial screen |
| The system assigns (assignable) bonus-malus data to a contract or coverage. |
| Germany only: The subsequent insurer information in the bonus-malus is terminated based on the return of a claim-free discount. |
| You can enter a note in the bonus-malus data or edit an existing note. |
| The system displays an existing premium model. |
| The system saves the results of a rating in the bonus-malus history. |
| The system displays an existing rating model. |
| The system finds all the contracts to which certain bonus-malus data has been assigned since a date specified by the user. |
| The system finds information about the previous or subsequent insurer for the bonus-malus data. |
| The system checks whether a bonus-malus can be assigned to a contract or coverage. The system checks the following:
You can adjust the check criteria in your implementation to meet your needs. |