United Nations Directories  for Electronic Data Interchange for
Administration, Commerce and Transport



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                                           Message Type : PRPAID
                                           Version      : D
                                           Release      : 01C
                                           Contr. Agency: UN

                                           Revision     : 2
                                           Date         : 2001-11-07






SOURCE: D9 Insurance (SWG)



                               CONTENTS

                  Insurance premium payment message

0.     INTRODUCTION

1.     SCOPE

       1.1   Functional definition

       1.2   Field of application

       1.3   Principles

2.     REFERENCES

3.     TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

       3.1   Standard terms and definitions

4.     MESSAGE DEFINITION

       4.1   Segment clarification

       4.2   Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)

       4.3   Message structure
             4.3.1 Segment table













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For general information on UN standard message types see UN Trade Data
Interchange Directory, UNTDID, Part 4, Section 2.3, UN/ECE UNSM
General Introduction
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0.     INTRODUCTION

       This specification provides the definition of the Insurance
       premium payment message (PRPAID) to be used in Electronic Data
       Interchange (EDI) between trading partners involved in
       administration, commerce and transport.

1.     SCOPE

1.1    Functional definition

       The Insurance Premium Payment message is used by communicating
       parties to notify the recipient about premium or claim amounts
       to be collected, evaluated, paid, not paid or partly paid,
       either individually or in series via bordereau or statements.
       
       The message may be exchanged between insurers or between
       insurers and insurance intermediaries.

1.2    Field of application

       The Insurance premium payment message may be used for both
       national and international applications. It is based on
       universal practice related to administration, commerce and
       transport, and is not dependent on the type of business or
       industry.
       
       The Insurance Premium Payment message is applicable for both
       national and international insurance.

1.3    Principles

       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message refers to insurance
       premium or claim amounts.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message covers all types of
       premium collection or claim settlement.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message can be used for:
       
       a. premium bordereau
       
       b. claims bordereau
       
       c. statement
        
       d. response to statement
       
       e. response to Insurance Premium message.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment message is not a fund transfer
       message.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment message structure is as
       follows: 
       
       a. general information valid for the whole message
        
       b. information about the involved parties
        
       c. information about paid, partly paid or not paid insurance
       premiums or claim amounts
        
       d. total amounts valid for the whole message.

2.     REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
       Introduction, Section 1.

3.     TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1    Standard terms and definitions

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.3 UN/ECE UNSM - General
       Introduction, Section 2.

4.     MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1    Segment clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the segment
       table which indicates mandatory, conditional and repeating
       requirements.

0010   UNH, Message header
       A service segment starting and uniquely identifying a message.
       The message type code for the Insurance premium payment message
       is PRPAID.

       Note: Insurance premium payment messages conforming to this
       document must contain the following data in segment UNH,
       composite S009:

       Data element  0065 PRPAID
                     0052 D
                     0054 01C
                     0051 UN

0020   BGM, Beginning of message
       A segment for specifying message name and function.

0030 X GIS, General indicator
       A segment containing the indication of the type of the
       Insurance Premium Payment message.

0040   RFF, Reference
       A segment containing identifying numbers of the Insurance
       Premium Payment message or of the statement or the bordereau.

0050   DTM, Date/time/period
       A segment specifying dates related to the Insurance Premium
       Payment message or to the statement or the bordereau.

0060   ICD, Insurance cover description
       The main class of business for premiums or claims within the
       message.


0070   Segment group 1:  NAD-CTA-COM-RFF
       A group of segments providing identification, names and
       addresses, contacts and references of the parties involved in
       the exchange of the message.

0080      NAD, Name and address
          A segment for identifying either by names and addresses, or
          by codes, the parties and their function in the exchange of
          the Insurance Premium Payment message.

0090      CTA, Contact information
          A segment giving additional contact information of the party
          specified in the NAD segment.

0100      COM, Communication contact
          A segment specifying the communication channel and number
          for the contact specified in the CTA.

0110      RFF, Reference
          A segment for additional identifying references of the party
          specified in the NAD.


0120   Segment group 2:  DOC-SG3-DTM-NAD-SG4-RFF-SG5-SG6-CUX
       A group of segments providing detailed information concerning
       individual insurance premiums.

0130      DOC, Document/message details
          A segment providing a unique identification of an Insurance
          Premium message or a statement line.


0140      Segment group 3:  GIS-FTX
          A group of segments providing the paid/partly paid/not paid
          indicator and the reason for partly or non payment.

0150 X       GIS, General indicator
             A segment providing the paid/partly paid/not paid
             indicator.

0160         FTX, Free text
             A segment providing the reason for partly or non payment.

0170      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying dates related to the insurance premium.

0180      NAD, Name and address
          A segment specifying the policy holder or the insured.


0190      Segment group 4:  MOA-DTM-PCD
          A group of segments providing total amounts of an Insurance
          Premium message or of a statement line. These amounts are
          detailed amounts for the bordereau or for the statement.

0200         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment specifying premiums, taxes, fees, commissions
             and other amounts coming from the Insurance Premium
             message or from the statement line.

0210         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment specifying dates related to the insurance
             premium.

0220         PCD, Percentage details
             A segment specifying the commission rate for commission
             amounts.

0230      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying references to documents to which the
          insurance premium relates.


0240      Segment group 5:  ICD-MOA-RFF-PCD
          To specify the covers that apply to the bordereau line.

0250         ICD, Insurance cover description
             A segment specifying the main class of business of the
             insurance premium.

0260         MOA, Monetary amount
             To specify the monetary amount associated with the cover
             such as claim amounts.

0270         RFF, Reference
             A segment to specify references for the cover.

0280         PCD, Percentage details
             To specify the percentage of co-insurance for the cover.


0290      Segment group 6:  ATT-PCD
          A group of segments providing details about the collection
          of the insurance premium.

0300         ATT, Attribute
             A segment providing the type of insurance premium, the
             collection details and the co-insurance information.

0310         PCD, Percentage details
             A segment specifying the percentage of the total premium
             of a co-insurance contract, covered by this insurance
             premium.

0320      CUX, Currencies
          A segment specifying currencies and relevant details for the
          rate of exchange.

0330   UNS, Section control
       A mandatory service segment to be placed before the first user
       segment in the summary section to avoid segment collision.


0340   Segment group 7:  MOA-GIS-DTM-RFF-ATT-ICD-CUX
       A group of segments providing total amounts of the bordereau or
       of the statement.

0350      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment specifying total amounts.

0360 X    GIS, General indicator
          A segment specifying the totalization criterion paid/partly
          paid/not paid.

0370      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying the totalization criterion expressed by
          a date.

0380      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying a policy number as totalisation
          criterion.

0390      ATT, Attribute
          A segment specifying the type of premium and/or collection
          specifications as totalization criterion.

0400      ICD, Insurance cover description
          A segment specifying the type of insurance as totalization
          criterion.

0410      CUX, Currencies
          A segment specifying the currency as a totalization
          criterion.

0420   UNT, Message trailer
       A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
       segments in the message (including the UNH & UNT) and the
       control reference number of the message.

4.2    Segment index (alphabetical sequence by tag)

          ATT Attribute
          BGM Beginning of message
          COM Communication contact
          CTA Contact information
          CUX Currencies
          DOC Document/message details
          DTM Date/time/period
          FTX Free text
       X  GIS General indicator
          ICD Insurance cover description
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PCD Percentage details
          RFF Reference
          UNH Message header
          UNS Section control
          UNT Message trailer

4.3 Message structure 4.3.1 Segment table Pos Tag Name S R 0010 UNH Message header M 1 0020 BGM Beginning of message C 1 0030 X GIS General indicator M 1 0040 RFF Reference M 9 0050 DTM Date/time/period M 9 0060 ICD Insurance cover description C 1 0070 ----- Segment group 1 ------------------ M 9-----------+ 0080 NAD Name and address M 1 | 0090 CTA Contact information C 1 | 0100 COM Communication contact C 3 | 0110 RFF Reference C 9-----------+ 0120 ----- Segment group 2 ------------------ C 9999--------+ 0130 DOC Document/message details M 1 | | 0140 ----- Segment group 3 ------------------ C 1----------+| 0150 X GIS General indicator M 1 || 0160 FTX Free text C 1----------+| 0170 DTM Date/time/period C 9 | 0180 NAD Name and address C 9 | | 0190 ----- Segment group 4 ------------------ C 99---------+| 0200 MOA Monetary amount M 1 || 0210 DTM Date/time/period C 1 || 0220 PCD Percentage details C 1----------+| 0230 RFF Reference M 9 | | 0240 ----- Segment group 5 ------------------ C 99---------+| 0250 ICD Insurance cover description M 1 || 0260 MOA Monetary amount C 99 || 0270 RFF Reference C 9 || 0280 PCD Percentage details C 1----------+| | 0290 ----- Segment group 6 ------------------ C 9----------+| 0300 ATT Attribute M 1 || 0310 PCD Percentage details C 1----------+| 0320 CUX Currencies C 1-----------+ 0330 UNS Section control M 1 0340 ----- Segment group 7 ------------------ C 99----------+ 0350 MOA Monetary amount M 1 | 0360 X GIS General indicator C 1 | 0370 DTM Date/time/period C 1 | 0380 RFF Reference C 1 | 0390 ATT Attribute C 1 | 0400 ICD Insurance cover description C 1 | 0410 CUX Currencies C 1-----------+ 0420 UNT Message trailer M 1

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