Terms (location terms)
Validation rules for for Touchstone terms related to a location.
In Touchstone 2024, we automatically map many Open Exposure Data (OED) financial terms to the appropriate Touchstone terms (policy, layer, and reinsurance).This ensures that you can model OED terms in Touchstone. For example: we currently map site and by coverage limit types, location participation, and site and by coverage deductibles We also map blanket and excess limit types and deductibles for layers, limit by coverage for sublimits, and some reinsurance data for layers.
You can define multiple coverage term sets for a location, each one based on a unique combination of peril, limits, and deductibles. You can include a particular peril only once in the entire series of coverage term sets for a location.
When you use ImportExpress to import locations, you can define up to six coverage term sets for each location; this limit does not exist when you define coverage term sets for a location using the Touchstone user interface. When importing locations, you can define multiple coverage term sets for a location by appending a numeric suffix, such as "1" or "-1," at the end of each field in each term set. For example, to import a location with two coverage term sets, you can specify "LocPerils1" in the first coverage term set and "LocPerils2" in the second coverage term set.
You can add term sets from the Terms tab located at the bottom of the Locations tab. To add one or more term sets, open a contract, select the Terms tab and then click Add Term Set. Touchstone adds the term set columns at the far right of the tab. As you scroll, you will see the identifier for each set of terms: Term 2, Term 3, Term 4, Term 5, and Term 6. You cannot add a new term set if any location in the grid has six term sets. If, however, a location has less than six terms while another location in the same contract has six terms, you can add a new term set by clicking a location ID and manually adding terms in the Terms grid in the Location Details pane.
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Description |
Validation Rules |
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Perils |
Perils that this location term covers. See the list of valid peril codes. To specify multiple perils in a single entry within an import file, separate the corresponding peril codes with a plus (+) symbol, such as, PWH+PES). |
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All perils (PAL) |
Limit Type |
One of the following limit types for this location term:
For information about the effect that each location limit type has on the related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. For a listing of the valid limit type combinations for locations, layers, and sublimits, see Limit Type Combinations. |
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C - Limit by Coverage |
Limit Building |
Coverage A (building) limit for this location term Note the following special cases:
For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the building limit and other related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. |
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999999999999999 |
Limit Other |
Coverage B (other structures) limit for this location term. Note the following special cases:
For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the Other Structures limit and other related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. |
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999999999999999 |
Limit Contents |
Coverage C (contents) limit for this location term. Depending upon the limit type, enter the actual value or the insurance-to-value assumption as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. Note the following special cases:
For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the Contents limit and other related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. |
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999999999999999 |
Limit Time |
Coverage D (time element) limit for this location term. Note the following special cases:
For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the time element limit and other related location fields, see Location limit fields. |
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999999999999999 |
Limit Physical Damage |
Physical damage limit for this offshore location term. To indicate no limit, enter 0 for this field or make this field blank. Touchstone then limits losses only by the amount of the replacement value. Enter 0 in the Replacement Value field for policies that provide no coverage. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the physical damage limit and other related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Limit Removal of Debris |
Removal of debris limit for this offshore location term. To indicate no limit, enter 0 for this field or make this field blank. Touchstone then limits losses only by the amount of the replacement value. Enter 0 in the Replacement Value field for policies that provide no coverage. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the removal of debris limit and other related location fields, see TouchstoneLimit Fields for Locations . |
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Limit Operator's Extra Expense |
Operator's extra expense limit for this offshore location term. Depending upon the limit type, enter the actual value or the insurance-to-value assumption as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. To indicate no limit, enter 0 for this field or make this field blank. Touchstone then limits losses only by the amount of the replacement value. Enter 0 in the Replacement Value field for policies that provide no coverage. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the operator's extra expense limit and other related location fields, see Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Limit Business Interruption |
Business interruption limit for this offshore location term. To indicate no limit, enter 0 for this field or make this field blank. Touchstone then limits losses only by the amount of the replacement value. Enter 0 in the Replacement Value field for policies that provide no coverage. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the business interruption limit and other related location fields, see Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Participation 1 Use for Primary Property contracts and Certificate Participation (facultative). |
Percentage of risk that the insurer covers for this location term. Enter the percentage as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 999. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%, or enter 999.00 for 99,900%. If the limit type on the layer record is a combined single limit (CSL100 - Combined Single Limit 100% participation or CSLAI - Combined Single Limit Assured Interest) and/or the limit type on the sublimit record is C100 - Limit by Coverage 100% Participation or CAI - Limit by Coverage with Assured Interest, this field represents the assured interest percentage, which Touchstone applies by conditioning the layer losses by a weighted average of the losses for each location in the subarea/policy. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the participation 1 and other related location fields, see Touchstone Limit Fields for Locations. |
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1 |
Participation 2 Use only for Primary Property contracts. |
Percentage of risk that the insured owns (working interest) for this location term. Enter the percentage as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 999. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%, or enter 999.00 for 99,900%. When more than one entity shares in the ownership of the risk, this field represents the percentage of the risk that the insured party owns. This participation is also known as the working interest. Touchstone applies the Participation 2 percentage to the ground-up losses and then applies financial terms to the results. Those results then affect other loss perspectives, such as gross losses. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the participation 2 and other related location fields, see Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Assured Interest |
(Participation 1) Percentage of risk that the insurer covers for this offshore location term. Enter the percentage as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the participation 2 and other related location fields, see Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Working Interest |
(Participation 2) Percentage of risk that the insured owns for this offshore location term. Enter the percentage as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location limit types has on the participation 2 and other related location fields, see Limit Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Type |
One of the deductible types for this location term. See Deductible types for location terms. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the related location fields, see Touchstone Deductible Fields for Locations. For a listing of the valid deductible type combinations for locations, layers, and sublimits, see Deductible Type Combinations. |
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Deductible By Coverage (C) |
Deductible Building |
Coverage A (building) deductible (deductible 1) for this location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the building or site deductible or the percentage to apply to the building limit (limit 1) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For the Percent of Loss (PL) deductible type, this field contains the percent of loss that Touchstone applies across loss from all coverages. In this case, you can only enter a deductible percentage in this deductible field. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the building deductible and other related location fields, see Touchstone Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Other |
Coverage B (other structures) deductible (deductible 2) for this location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the other structures deductible or the percentage to apply to the other structures limit (limit 2) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. If the deductible type is Site Deductible (S), Deductible By Coverage (C), Combined - Including Time (CT), or Combined - Excluding Time (CB), this field represents the actual value of the other structures deductible or the percent that Touchstone applies to the other structures limit (limit 2). If the deductible type is Max of Deductible Amount or Percent Loss (ML), this field represents the percent of loss deductible that Touchstone applies to losses combined for buildings, other structures, and contents. This field is not applicable for the U.S. Hurricane Plate Glass Module. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the other structures deductible and other related location fields, see Touchstone Location deductible fieldsDeductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Contents |
Coverage C (contents) deductible (deductible 3) for this location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the contents deductible or the percentage to apply to the contents limit (limit 3) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. If the deductible type is Site Deductible (S), Deductible By Coverage (C), Combined - Including Time (CT), or Combined - Excluding Time (CB), this field represents the actual value of the contents deductible or the percent that Touchstone applies to the contents limit (limit 3). This field is not applicable for the U.S. Hurricane Plate Glass Module. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the contents deductible and other related location fields, see Touchstone Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Time |
Coverage D (time element) deductible (deductible 4) for this location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the time element deductible or the percentage to apply to the time element limit (limit 4) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the time element deductible and other related location fields, see Location deductible fieldsDeductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Physical Damage |
Physical damage deductible (deductible 1) for this offshore location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the physical damage deductible or the percentage to apply to the Deductible Building limit as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For the Percent of Loss (PL) deductible type, this field contains the percent of loss that Touchstone applies across loss from all coverages. In this case, you can only enter a deductible percentage in this deductible field. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the physical damage deductible and other related location fields, see Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Removal of Debris |
Removal of debris deductible (deductible 2) for this offshore location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the other structures deductible or the percentage to apply to the Deductible Other limit (limit 2) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the removal of debris deductible and other related location fields, see Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Operator's Extra Expense |
Operator's extra expense deductible (deductible 3) for this offshore location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the contents deductible or the percentage to apply to the Deductible Contents limit (limit 3) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the operator's extra expense deductible and other related location fields, see Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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Deductible Business Interruption |
Business interruption deductible (deductible 4) for this offshore location term. Enter the actual monetary value of the time element deductible or the percentage to apply to the Deductible Time limit (limit 4) as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than 1. For example, enter 0.12 for 12%. For detailed information about the effects that each of the location deductible types has on the business interruption deductible and other related location fields, see Deductible Fields for Locations. |
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