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.

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 97B
                     0051 UN

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

0030   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   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.

0070      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.

0080      CTA, Contact information
          A segment giving additional contact information of the party
          specified in the NAD segment.

0090      COM, Communication contact
          A segment specifying the communication channel and number
          for the contact specified in the CTA.

0100      RFF, Reference
          A segment for additional identifying references of the party
          specified in the NAD.


0110   Segment group 2: DOC-SG3-DTM-NAD-SG4-RFF-ICD-SG5-CUX
       A group of segments providing detailed information concerning
       individual insurance premiums.

0120      DOC, Document/message details
          A segment providing a unique identification of an Insurance
          Premium message or a statement line.


0130      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.

0140         GIS, General indicator
             A segment providing the paid/partly paid/not paid
             indicator.

0150         FTX, Free text
             A segment providing the reason for partly or non payment.

0160      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying dates related to the insurance premium.

0170      NAD, Name and address
          A segment specifying the policy holder or the insured.


0180      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.

0190         MOA, Monetary amount
             A segment specifying premiums, taxes, fees, commissions
             and other amounts coming from the Insurance Premium
             message or from the statement line.

0200         DTM, Date/time/period
             A segment specifying dates related to the insurance
             premium.

0210         PCD, Percentage details
             A segment specifying the commission rate for commission
             amounts.

0220      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying references to documents to which the
          insurance premium relates.

0230      ICD, Insurance cover description
          A segment specifying the main class of business of the
          insurance premium.


0240      Segment group 5: ATT-PCD
          A group of segments providing details about the collection
          of the insurance premium.

0250         ATT, Attribute
             A segment providing the type of insurance premium, the
             collection details and the co-insurance information.

0260         PCD, Percentage details
             A segment specifying the percentage of the total premium
             of a co-insurance contract, covered by this insurance
             premium.

0270      CUX, Currencies
          A segment specifying currencies and relevant details for the
          rate of exchange.


0280   Segment group 6: MOA-GIS-DTM-RFF-ATT-ICD-CUX
       A group of segments providing total amounts of the bordereau or
       of the statement.

0290      MOA, Monetary amount
          A segment specifying total amounts.

0300      GIS, General indicator
          A segment specifying the totalization criterion paid/partly
          paid/not paid.

0310      DTM, Date/time/period
          A segment specifying the totalization criterion expressed by
          a date.

0320      RFF, Reference
          A segment specifying a policy number as totalisation
          criterion.

0330      ATT, Attribute
          A segment specifying the type of premium and/or collection
          specifications as totalization criterion.

0340      ICD, Insurance cover description
          A segment specifying the type of insurance as totalization
          criterion.

0350      CUX, Currencies
          A segment specifying the currency as a totalization
          criterion.

0360   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