Revision history

Validation Reference version	Touchstone version	Date	Revision description
6.0	2024	June 2024	Added Backwater Valve Protection field to "Location building details" (only for Verisk Inland Flood Model for Canada. Added new smoke peril (SM) for the Verisk Wildfire Model for the United States and support for additional SRCs for the fire peril, such as skylights.
5.1	2023 (11.5)	February 2024	Added "IT IF" to "Location building details" (Floor of Interest, First Floor Height), "Location connection detail fields" (Foundation Type), and "Location surrounding detail fields" (Custom Elevation and Custom Flood SOP). For the "-1" option, added several models. In "Europe perils", added "PFL" to Italy and "Inland Flood" to Perils for Italy. Touchstone now correctly imports exposure data with the Authorized (A) contract status. You can select and view it in the user interface. The imported data produces loss appropriately, both in isolation and in combination with other non-“A” contracts in a set. Updated "Financial terms" section with NGM terms.
5.0	2023 (11.0)	June 2023	Updated "-1" option in Floor of Interest. Added Verisk BINS IDs to Locations section. Added topics for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) codes, which will be supported in the Verisk Earthquake Model for the Middle East in Touchstone in 2024. Updated codes for Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia. Updated "Layers" topic with Next Generation Models (NGM) financial terms, such as the Aggregate Limit field and the Aggregate Attachment Point field.
4.1	2022 (9.0) and 2022 (10.0)	November 2022	Updated codes 486 and 487 in "Japan occupancy class codes". Fixed descriptions in "Industrial facility occupancy codes". Changed "Warehouse" to "Inland Transit Cargo" for code 366 in two topics. Added support for "US IF" to Wet Floodproofing and FIRM Compliance fields. Changed "Gumma" to "Gunma" in Japan prefecture codes. Added note in various places that Touchstone does not support single-day contracts.
4.0	2022 (10.0)	June 2022	Updated -1 option in Floor of Interest. For the Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States, expanded support for combinations of construction/occupancy codes for consistency with the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States. Updated occupancy code 374 (greenhouses), construction codes 239 and 240 (wind turbines), and the 2000-series construction codes to support Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States. The model also supports additional secondary risk characteristics: Gross Area and Certified Structures (IBHS) for wind; Roof Geometry, Roof Deck, Wall Attached Structure, and Gross Area for hail.
3.1	2020 (8.x) and 2021 (9.1) and later	October 2021	In "Location Building Detail Fields", updated "Wet FloodProofing" and "FIRM Compliance" fields to reflect support for US HU peril.
3.0	2021 (9.x) and later	June 2021	To support new marine cargo construction and occupancy codes: Added "Location Marine Fields", "Construction Class Codes – 2000-series", and "Marine Cargo Occupancy Codes"; updated "Marine Cargo Construction Codes", "United States and Canada Construction Class Codes", "Japan Construction Class Codes", and "Caribbean Construction Class Codes". In "United States Perils", added support in Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States for new peril codes: hail, tornado, and straight line wind. Verisk has retired non-catastrophe loss analyses in Touchstone 9.0. Added note to various topics indicating that non-cat fields in the user interface do not affect losses.
2.2	8.x and later	June 2021	Updated "Building Condition" field information in "Location Building Detail Fields". Updated Japan construction code 247 in "Equipment Construction Codes". Added "PWB" to "Australia Perils".
2.0	8.0	July 2020	Added 306 occupancy code (apartment/condos) to Certified Structures (IBHS) secondary modifiers. Added construction code 141, valid only for countries within the Caribbean region. Updated administrative and postal data for the Caribbean countries: Updated information in Location Building Details Fields for FIRM Compliance, Service Equipment Protection, and Wet Floodproofing. Updated Custom Flood Zone in Location Surrounding Detail Fields. Updated Peril Options, Peril Support by Country/Region, and CRESTA and Area Codes to fix errors and add new content related to Caribbean updates. Corrected information about importing offshore deductible terms: Deductible Physical Damage, Deductible Removal of Debris, Deductible Operator's Extra Expense, and Deductible Business Interruption.
1.9.10	7.x and later	December 2019	Updated Custom Elevation field in Location Surrounding Detail Fields to reflect support for Verisk Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe and Verisk Inland Flood Model for Central Europel Europe. Updated Custom Flood SOP Type field to note use of "H" (Height in meters) and "RP" (Return Period) codes. Updated Floor of Interest field in Location Building Detail Fields to reflect incorporation of the Verisk Coastal Flood Model for Great Britain into the Verisk Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe, where the integrated model includes the storm surge events for the United Kingdom. Updated various location fields to reflect support for Verisk Earthquake Model for New Zealand in Location Surrounding Detail Fields, Location Building Detail Fields, Location Wall Detail Fields, and Location Roof Detail Fields. Updated Peril Options to include Liquefaction (PLQ) support. Updated New Zealand Perils to reflect support for additional perils. Updated Miscellaneous Occupancies to reflect support for Forestry in all of Europe.
1.9.95	6.x and later	December 2019	Updated Custom Flood Standard of Protection fields in Location Surrounding Detail Fields to reflect height of the system in meters. Updated First Floor Height field in field in Location Building Detail Fields to reflect height in meters.
1.9.9	7.x and later	June 2019	Updated construction/occupancy codes for new and updated models.
1.9.8	5.x and later	June 2019	Updated Foundation Type field.
1.9.7	7.x and later	June 2019	Added information about Custom Flood SOP Type to Location Surrounding Detail Fields for Verisk Inland Flood Model for Central Europe.
1.9.6	6.x and later	December 2019	Updated codes 156-159 in Steel Construction to reflect support in U.S. and Canada (varies by peril.)
1.9.5	6.x and later	April 2019	Added note to Mobile Home Construction indicating that Detailed Loss Analysis results will not match between Touchstone 6.0 and Touchstone 7.0 for the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States. Updated information about slot count and slot drill values.
1.9.4	6.x and later	February 2019	Updated various topics to indicate that construction code 250 is not valid for any peril in the United States.
1.9.3	6.x and later	February 2019	Updated Location Surrounding Detail Fields with information about Defensible Space and Firewise Community Participation secondary risk characteristics (SRC).
1.9.2	6.x and later	January 2019	Updated China Construction Class Codes and China Occupancy Class Codes with codes for the updated Verisk Typhoon Model for Mainland China. Updated support information related to the updated model in Miscellaneous Occupancies, Bridge Construction, Pipeline Construction, Steel Construction, Storage Tank Construction, and Tunnel Construction.
1.9.1	4.x and later	November 2018	Updated Floor of Interest field in Location Building Detail Fields with -1 Basement support for Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States. Updated Location Group Name field in Location Contract Fields with note regarding use of exposure coding for campus (group) structures.
1.9.0	4.x and later	August 2018	Updated many topics with new codes (associated with new models or changes to current models) and corrected some errors. Removed mapping information; users can find that information in the model documentation. Added robust descriptions to Industrial Facility Occupancies topic. Updated SIC2-digit codes information as needed.
1.8.0	4.x and later	June 2018	Updated Location Builder Risk Fields to reflect `No Builder's Risk (0)` as the default for Project Phase Code.
1.7.0	4.x and later	May 2018	Updated Southeast Asia Occupancy Class Codes to reflect support for 400-series codes.
1.6.0	5.x and later	August 2018	Updated Location Basic Building Fields and Difference between Gross Area and Floor Area fields to reflect the effect of Gross Area on the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States and the Verisk Earthquake Model for the United States.
1.5.0	5.1	January 2018	Updated Pipeline Construction, Storage Tank Construction, and United States and Canada Construction Class Codes with recommendations about the recommended codes to use with the Verisk Earthquake Model for the United States.

6.0

2024

June 2024

Added Backwater Valve Protection field to "Location building details" (only for Verisk Inland Flood Model for Canada.
Added new smoke peril (SM) for the Verisk Wildfire Model for the United States and support for additional SRCs for the fire peril, such as skylights.

5.1

2023 (11.5)

February 2024

Added "IT IF" to "Location building details" (Floor of Interest, First Floor Height), "Location connection detail fields" (Foundation Type), and "Location surrounding detail fields" (Custom Elevation and Custom Flood SOP). For the "-1" option, added several models. In "Europe perils", added "PFL" to Italy and "Inland Flood" to Perils for Italy.
Touchstone now correctly imports exposure data with the Authorized (A) contract status. You can select and view it in the user interface. The imported data produces loss appropriately, both in isolation and in combination with other non-“A” contracts in a set.
Updated "Financial terms" section with NGM terms.

5.0

2023 (11.0)

June 2023

Updated "-1" option in Floor of Interest. Added Verisk BINS IDs to Locations section.

Added topics for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) codes, which will be supported in the Verisk Earthquake Model for the Middle East in Touchstone in 2024. Updated codes for Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

Updated "Layers" topic with Next Generation Models (NGM) financial terms, such as the Aggregate Limit field and the Aggregate Attachment Point field.

4.1

2022 (9.0) and 2022 (10.0)

November 2022

Updated codes 486 and 487 in "Japan occupancy class codes". Fixed descriptions in "Industrial facility occupancy codes". Changed "Warehouse" to "Inland Transit Cargo" for code 366 in two topics. Added support for "US IF" to Wet Floodproofing and FIRM Compliance fields. Changed "Gumma" to "Gunma" in Japan prefecture codes. Added note in various places that Touchstone does not support single-day contracts.

4.0

2022 (10.0)

June 2022

Updated -1 option in Floor of Interest.

For the Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States, expanded support for combinations of construction/occupancy codes for consistency with the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States.

Updated occupancy code 374 (greenhouses), construction codes 239 and 240 (wind turbines), and the 2000-series construction codes to support Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States. The model also supports additional secondary risk characteristics: Gross Area and Certified Structures (IBHS) for wind; Roof Geometry, Roof Deck, Wall Attached Structure, and Gross Area for hail.

3.1

2020 (8.x) and 2021 (9.1) and later

October 2021

In "Location Building Detail Fields", updated "Wet FloodProofing" and "FIRM Compliance" fields to reflect support for US HU peril.

3.0

2021 (9.x) and later

June 2021

To support new marine cargo construction and occupancy codes: Added "Location Marine Fields", "Construction Class Codes – 2000-series", and "Marine Cargo Occupancy Codes"; updated "Marine Cargo Construction Codes", "United States and Canada Construction Class Codes", "Japan Construction Class Codes", and "Caribbean Construction Class Codes".

In "United States Perils", added support in Verisk Severe Thunderstorm Model for the United States for new peril codes: hail, tornado, and straight line wind.

Verisk has retired non-catastrophe loss analyses in Touchstone 9.0. Added note to various topics indicating that non-cat fields in the user interface do not affect losses.

2.2

8.x and later

June 2021

Updated "Building Condition" field information in "Location Building Detail Fields". Updated Japan construction code 247 in "Equipment Construction Codes". Added "PWB" to "Australia Perils".

2.0

8.0

July 2020

Added 306 occupancy code (apartment/condos) to Certified Structures (IBHS) secondary modifiers.

Added construction code 141, valid only for countries within the Caribbean region.

Updated administrative and postal data for the Caribbean countries:

Updated information in Location Building Details Fields for FIRM Compliance, Service Equipment Protection, and Wet Floodproofing.

Updated Custom Flood Zone in Location Surrounding Detail Fields.

Updated Peril Options, Peril Support by Country/Region, and CRESTA and Area Codes to fix errors and add new content related to Caribbean updates.

Corrected information about importing offshore deductible terms: Deductible Physical Damage, Deductible Removal of Debris, Deductible Operator's Extra Expense, and Deductible Business Interruption.

1.9.10

7.x and later

December 2019

Updated Custom Elevation field in Location Surrounding Detail Fields to reflect support for Verisk Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe and Verisk Inland Flood Model for Central Europel Europe.

Updated Custom Flood SOP Type field to note use of "H" (Height in meters) and "RP" (Return Period) codes.

Updated Floor of Interest field in Location Building Detail Fields to reflect incorporation of the Verisk Coastal Flood Model for Great Britain into the Verisk Extratropical Cyclone Model for Europe, where the integrated model includes the storm surge events for the United Kingdom.

Updated various location fields to reflect support for Verisk Earthquake Model for New Zealand in Location Surrounding Detail Fields, Location Building Detail Fields, Location Wall Detail Fields, and Location Roof Detail Fields.

Updated Peril Options to include Liquefaction (PLQ) support.

Updated New Zealand Perils to reflect support for additional perils.

Updated Miscellaneous Occupancies to reflect support for Forestry in all of Europe.

1.9.95

6.x and later

December 2019

Updated Custom Flood Standard of Protection fields in Location Surrounding Detail Fields to reflect height of the system in meters. Updated First Floor Height field in field in Location Building Detail Fields to reflect height in meters.

1.9.9

7.x and later

June 2019

Updated construction/occupancy codes for new and updated models.

1.9.8

5.x and later

June 2019

Updated Foundation Type field.

1.9.7

7.x and later

June 2019

Added information about Custom Flood SOP Type to Location Surrounding Detail Fields for Verisk Inland Flood Model for Central Europe.

1.9.6

6.x and later

December 2019

Updated codes 156-159 in Steel Construction to reflect support in U.S. and Canada

(varies by peril.)

1.9.5

6.x and later

April 2019

Added note to Mobile Home Construction indicating that Detailed Loss Analysis results will not match between Touchstone 6.0 and Touchstone 7.0 for the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States.

Updated information about slot count and slot drill values.

1.9.4

6.x and later

February 2019

Updated various topics to indicate that construction code 250 is not valid for any peril in the United States.

1.9.3

6.x and later

February 2019

Updated Location Surrounding Detail Fields with information about Defensible Space and Firewise Community Participation secondary risk characteristics (SRC).

1.9.2

6.x and later

January 2019

Updated China Construction Class Codes and China Occupancy Class Codes with codes for the updated Verisk Typhoon Model for Mainland China. Updated support information related to the updated model in Miscellaneous Occupancies, Bridge Construction, Pipeline Construction, Steel Construction, Storage Tank Construction, and Tunnel Construction.

1.9.1

4.x and later

November 2018

Updated Floor of Interest field in Location Building Detail Fields with -1 Basement support for Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States. Updated Location Group Name field in Location Contract Fields with note regarding use of exposure coding for campus (group) structures.

1.9.0

4.x and later

August 2018

Updated many topics with new codes (associated with new models or changes to current models) and corrected some errors. Removed mapping information; users can find that information in the model documentation. Added robust descriptions to Industrial Facility Occupancies topic. Updated SIC2-digit codes information as needed.

1.8.0

4.x and later

June 2018

Updated Location Builder Risk Fields to reflect No Builder's Risk (0) as the default for Project Phase Code.

1.7.0

4.x and later

May 2018

Updated Southeast Asia Occupancy Class Codes to reflect support for 400-series codes.

1.6.0

5.x and later

August 2018

Updated Location Basic Building Fields and Difference between Gross Area and Floor Area fields to reflect the effect of Gross Area on the Verisk Hurricane Model for the United States and the Verisk Earthquake Model for the United States.

1.5.0

5.1

January 2018

Updated Pipeline Construction, Storage Tank Construction, and United States and Canada Construction Class Codes with recommendations about the recommended codes to use with the Verisk Earthquake Model for the United States.