State Approval Prototype
OIPA supports the use of a filter to restrict policies from being issued in states where the plan isn't approved. Segments can also be filtered so that only segments that are approved in the policy issue state can be added to the policy.
Two steps must be performed to enable state approval filtering for plans and segments. First, the screen business rule must be configured to use state approval. Segment state approval requires configuration to be added to the SegmentScreen rule and plan state approval requires configuration to be added to the PlanScreen rule. Then security must be added to the state approval.
When the state approval filtering is applied to a plan, only those states that have been approved will display in the Issue State drop down box on the Policy screen. When state approval filtering is applied to segments, then two categories of segments will display in the Add Segments drop down box on the Segment screen: segments with no state approval filtering assigned and segments with state approval filtering that meet the following filter criteria:
- state approval record exists for the Issue State selected for the policy
- effective date is on or before the plan date. If an expiration date exists for the record, then it must be on or after the plan date.
Scenario
A new policy is created and the CSR wants to issue the policy in the state of New York. The state has an approval record that is on or before the plan date so it is visible in the Issue State drop down box. The CSRselects the state. Roles are added. A RiderWithRoles segment is needed, but the segment is not in the Add Segment drop down box on the Segment screen because the segment isn't approved for New York as of the plan date.
Configuration Requirements
- The Plan screen business rule must have UseStateApproval set to Yes. Navigate to Global Explorer |Business Rules | Plan Rules | Plan Screen | Plan Overrides | PlanScreen (Functional Prototype Plan - Prototype Child Company).
- The Segment screen business rule must identify all segments that use state approval filtering. The <SegmentNames> element identifies the section that contains all segments that will use state approval. Only one segment, RiderWithRoles, is assigned in this example. Navigate to Global Explorer |Business Rules | Plan Rules | Segment Screen | Plan Overrides | SegmentScreen (Functional Prototype Plan - Prototype Child Company)
- Security must be applied to the state approval table so the OIPA users can view the plans and segments that participate in the filtering. This is applied in the Admin Explorer. Navigate to Admin Explorer | Security | Application Security |Security Groups | Prototype Super | Company Pages | Prototype Company | State Approvals.
- Plans must be added using the State Approval editor. After the PlanScreen business rule is configured to accept State Approval filtering, the user may add the plan to the State Approval node. Open the plan folder under the editor and add effective dates for all states that approve the plan. An expiration date is optional. Navigate to Admin Explorer |Administration |State Approvals |Prototype Child Company |Plan State Approvals |State Approval.
- Segments must be added using the State Approval editor. After the SegmentScreen business rule is configured to apply state approval filtering to various segments, the user may add the segment to the State Approval node. Each segment will have its own folder. Open the segment folder and locate the State Approval editor. Check-out the file and add effective dates. Expiration dates are optional. Navigate to Admin Explorer |Administration |State Approvals |Prototype Child Company |Plan State Approvals |Segment State Approvals |RiderWithRoles | State Approval.
View State Approval Filtering in OIPA
In order to see the above configuration in action, follow the steps below. Notice that the Issue State is accepted because NewYork is one of the approved states. The RiderWithRoles segment will NOTappear in the Add Segment drop down list because it is not approved for the state of New York. All other segments will appear because they do not have state approval filtering applied to them.
- Navigate to OIPA and login to the Prototype company using a prototype login.
- Create a new policy on the Functional Prototype Plan and set the Issue State to New York. Make sure the policy creation date is on or after the state approval effective date.
- Add roles.
- Click the Segment link in the Left Navigation menu.
- Click Add Segments on the Secondary menu. Notice the RiderWithRoles segment is not available.
OIPA with State Approval Filter Applied to Segment Drop Down Box