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 premiums to be collected,
       paid, not paid or partly paid, either individually or in series
       via borderaux or statements.
       
       The exchanging partners are insurers and insurance
       intermediaries.

1.2   Field of Application

       The Insurance Premium Payment message is applicable for both
       national and international insurance.

1.3   Principles

       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message refers to insurance
       premiums.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message covers all types of
       premium collection.
       
       - The Insurance Premium Payment Message can be used for:
        a. premium bordereau
        b. statement 
        c. response to statement
        d. 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 
       d. total amounts valid for the whole message.

2.    REFERENCES

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 1.

3.    TERMS AND DEFINITIONS

3.1   Standard terms and definitions

       See UNTDID, Part 4, Chapter 2.6 UN/ECE UNSM - General Introduction,
       Section 2.

4.    MESSAGE DEFINITION

4.1   Data Segment Clarification

       This section should be read in conjunction with the Segment
       Table which indicate mandatory, conditional and repeating
       requirements.

   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 97B
                     0051 UN

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

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

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

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


   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.

      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.

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

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

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


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

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


      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.

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

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

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

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


      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 borderau or for the statement.

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

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

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

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

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


      Segment group 5: ATT-PCD
          A group of segments providing details about the collection
          of the insurance premium.

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

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

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


   Segment group 6: MOA-GIS-DTM-RFF-ATT-ICD-CUX
       A group of segments providing total amounts of the bordereau or
       of the statement.

      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment specifying total amounts.

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

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

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

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

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

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

   UNT, Message trailer
       A service segment ending a message, giving the total number of
       segments in the message and the control reference number of the
       message.

4.2   Data 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
          GIS General indicator
          ICD Insurance cover description
          MOA Monetary amount
          NAD Name and address
          PCD Percentage details
          RFF Reference
          UNH Message header
          UNT Message trailer

Contents of PRPAID