Rating Plugin

This page describes instructions for using the new JavaScript-based rating engine for Socotra, which is replacing the existing Liquid-based rating system.

The plugin will rate all perils for a policy transaction at one time. This allows doing calculations that are common across perils one time, and also makes it easier to manage situations where there are interdependencies between perils, such as in “minimum total premium” scenarios.

The basic approach is that a set of peril characteristics objects each need to be rated. The identities of those characteristics are passed by locator in the policyExposurePerils property of the data object, and each can be correlated with actual objects that are found in the policy property, which contains a full PolicyResponse object.

Each ratable peril characteristics must be rated with a RatingPluginPriceResponse object in the return object.

Note

This topic does not apply to rating for Premium Reports. Those continue to use Liquid rating.

Enabling the Plugin

To enable the rating plugin for a product, in that product’s policy.json file, add a getPerilRates property to the plugin enablement section. For example:

{
  "plugins": {
    "getPerilRates": {
      "path": "master/rater.js",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

Data Object

The following data object is passed to the plugin for use by the plugin code:

RatingPluginData

required
operation string new_business | endorsement | renewal | reinstatement
policy PolicyResponse
policyExposurePerils [RatingPluginCharacteristics]
tenantTimeZone string

optional
endorsementLocator string
newPaymentScheduleName string
quoteLocator string
renewalLocator string

RatingPluginCharacteristics

required
policyCharacteristicsLocator string
exposureCharacteristicsLocator string
perilCharacteristicsLocator string

Return Object

The object returned from the plugin should take the following form:

RatingPluginResponse

required
pricedPerilCharacteristics map<string,RatingPluginPriceResponse>

optional
exceptionMessage string

The pricedPerilCharacteristics property is a map of the peril characteristics locators that are being priced to the specific pricing information:

RatingPluginPriceResponse

optional
commissions [RatingPluginCommissionsResponse]
yearlyPremium string
yearlyTechnicalPremium string

RatingPluginCommissionsResponse

required
recipient string

optional
yearlyAmount string

Validation

The response from the plugin must conform to the following criteria:

• The keys in the return object’s pricedPerilCharacteristics map must correspond 1:1 with each perilCharacteristicsLocator in the input’s policyExposurePerils.

• No priced characteristics other than those specified in the request should be returned.

• Commmissions are optional, but if they are included they must each include both a recipient and a yearlyAmount.

Sample Implementation

The following implementation of rater.js illustrates a simplified rating algorithm:

function getPerilRates(data)
{
  let policy = data.policy;

  // This is the return object that we'll decorate with rating calculations
  let ret = { pricedPerilCharacteristics: {} };

  // For each peril characteristics, look at its peril to get a rating
  // factor and then multiply by vehicle value to get the premium.
  for (pep of data.policyExposurePerils)
  {
    let peril = getPerilFromPerilCharacteristicsLocator(policy, pep);
    let exposureCharacteristics = getExposureCharacteristicsFromExposureCharacteristicsLocator(policy, pep);
    let vehicleValue = parseFloat(exposureCharacteristics.fieldValues.vehicle_value[0]);

    let ratingFactor;

    switch (peril.name)
    {
      case "bodily_injury": ratingFactor = 52.0; break;
      case "collision": ratingFactor = 45.5; break;
      case "comprehensive": ratingFactor = 32.5; break;
      default: ratingFactor = 12.0; break;
    }

    let yearlyPremium = round2(vehicleValue * ratingFactor / 1000);
    ret.pricedPerilCharacteristics[pep.perilCharacteristicsLocator] = {
      yearlyPremium: yearlyPremium,
      yearlyTechnicalPremium: round2(yearlyPremium * 0.8),
      commissions:[
          {
            yearlyAmount: round2(yearlyPremium * 0.1),
            recipient: "broker_abc" // a code that specifies who gets the commission
          }
      ]
    }
  }
  return ret;
}
function getPerilFromPerilCharacteristicsLocator(policy, pep)
{
  for (exp of policy.exposures)
    for (peril of exp.perils)
      if (peril.characteristics.some(c => c.locator == pep.perilCharacteristicsLocator))
        return peril;
  throw `Peril characteristics ${pep.perilCharacteristicsLocator} not found!`;
}
function getExposureCharacteristicsFromExposureCharacteristicsLocator(policy, pep)
{
  for (exp of policy.exposures)
    if (exp.characteristics.some(c => c.locator == pep.exposureCharacteristicsLocator))
      return exp.characteristics.find(c => c.locator == pep.exposureCharacteristicsLocator);
  throw `ExposureCharacteristics ${pep.exposureCharacteristicsLocator} not found!`;
}
function round2(amount)
{
  return Math.round(amount * 100.0) / 100.0;
}

exports.getPerilRates = getPerilRates;