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Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
The detailed information in the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference will help you maximize your success when importing and adding exposure data into Touchstone.
Exposure Data Validation Reference
Reference: exposure data
Touchstone construction and occupancy class codes
The construction and occupancy class codes that you assign to each exposure have an impact on Touchstone analysis results. It is important to understand the two categories of codes, the construction and occupancy classes that Touchstone supports.
Touchstone construction class codes
Construction class codes help to determine the vulnerability of your risks to various perils. Touchstone provides a set of construction class codes that you use to describe the building material and/or type of construction used in your risks. Support for construction classes varies by country/region.
Construction class codes
Touchstone applies non-engineered building damage distributions to the construction classes listed in this topic, regardless of occupancy class.
Dam construction codes
This topic lists the dam construction codes supported by Touchstone.

UNICEDE/2 Reference
UNICEDE/2 information enables primary insurers and their treaty reinsurers to exchange aggregate sums insured, risk count, payroll and premium data in a format that you can import easily.
Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
- Touchstone and UNICEDE
  Verisk provides a public reference to support the validation of UNICEDE-format exposure data in Touchstone.
- What's new
- Revision history
  Summary of the change history for the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference since its initial release.
- Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference
  The detailed information in the Touchstone Exposure Data Validation Reference will help you maximize your success when importing and adding exposure data into Touchstone.
  - Exposure Data Validation Reference
    - Validation rules for exposure data
      Validation rules that Touchstone applies during import.
    - Reference: exposure data
      - Financial terms
        When working with policy terms in Touchstone, it is important to understand the financial terms that are supported and the combinations of the financial terms that are valid for running detailed loss analyses.
      - Currency codes
        Currency codes supported by Touchstone during import.
      - Peril codes
        Perils affect risks and losses associated with Touchstone exposures.
      - ISO country codes
        Touchstone supports ISO 2-character country codes.
      - CRESTA and area codes
        CRESTA and area codes supported by Touchstone.
      - Touchstone construction and occupancy class codes
        The construction and occupancy class codes that you assign to each exposure have an impact on Touchstone analysis results. It is important to understand the two categories of codes, the construction and occupancy classes that Touchstone supports.
        Unknown construction / unknown occupancy combinations
        Touchstone provides construction and occupancy codes to represent cases in which the construction class and/or unknown occupancy type are unknown. This topic lists the results of various combinations of unknown construction and/or unknown occupancy class codes.
        Behavior for invalid construction / occupancy class codes
        This topic describes how Touchstone handles import of invalid construction / occupancy class codes.
        Touchstone construction class codes
        Construction class codes help to determine the vulnerability of your risks to various perils. Touchstone provides a set of construction class codes that you use to describe the building material and/or type of construction used in your risks. Support for construction classes varies by country/region.
        Construction class codes
        Touchstone applies non-engineered building damage distributions to the construction classes listed in this topic, regardless of occupancy class.
        Unknown construction codes
        This topic lists the unknown construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Wood construction codes
        This topic lists the wood construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Masonry construction codes
        This topic lists the masonry construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Concrete construction codes
        This topic lists the concrete construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Steel construction codes
        This topic lists the steel construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Japan composite construction codes
        This topic lists the composite construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Special construction codes
        This topic lists the special construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Mobile home construction codes
        This topic lists the mobile home construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Bridge construction codes
        This topic lists the bridge construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Pavement construction codes
        This topic lists the pavement construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Dam construction codes
        This topic lists the dam construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Tunnel construction codes
        This topic lists the tunnel construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Storage tank construction codes
        This topic lists the storage tank construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Pipeline construction codes
        This topic lists the pipeline construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Chimney construction codes
        This topic lists the chimney construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Tower construction codes
        This topic lists the tower construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Equipment construction codes
        This topic lists the equipment construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Miscellaneous construction codes
        This topic lists the miscellaneous construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Automobile construction codes
        This topic lists the automobile construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Marine craft construction codes
        This topic lists the marine craft construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Marine cargo construction codes
        This topic lists the marine cargo construction codes supported by Touchstone.
        Offshore asset construction codes
        This topic lists supported codes for offshore asset construction.
        Onshore asset construction codes
        Touchstone supports construction codes for onshore assets such as wind turbines.
        Construction class codes by country/region
        Touchstone support for construction classes varies by country/region as well as by model.
        Touchstone occupancy class codes
        The primary codes for occupancy classes define the type of activity carried out in the risks included in a record. Touchstone support for occupancy classes varies by country/region. Use the best possible occupancy class code from the appropriate list of occupancy class codes for a particular country or region.
      - Workers' Compensation
  - Earlier Versions: Exposure Data Validation Reference

Dam construction codes

This topic lists the dam construction codes supported by Touchstone.

Note:

While Coverage C (content) is not supported for most of the 200-series construction class codes, it is supported for Inland Transit (construction code 259) and for some other construction codes, such as tanks and pipelines. For the full list of supported combinations, refer to the Const. & Occ. Combin. tab in each model supplement.


Construction Code	Category	Description
211	Concrete Dams	Poured-in-place reinforced concrete dams
212	Earthfill Dams	Dams constructed from earth