This document summarizes the progress and notable events of 2014 for an insurance administration system. Key accomplishments included welcoming three new clients, transitioning all clients to the AWS infrastructure with 99.99% uptime, and adding 178 new features. Significant software changes included over 600 code changes affecting over 100,000 lines of code. Testing involved over 3,000 test assertions and 1,100 builds. The top 10 new features are described.
2. OVERVIEW 2
Expanding
the
Base
Welcome
Three
New
Clients
Bremen
Mutual
Century
Mutual
State
Na8onal
Fire
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3. OVERVIEW 3
Expanding
the
Base
Recently
Live
Municipal
is
Fully
Live
on
BriteCore
Safe
is
Live
on
BriteCore
Baldwin
is
Live
on
BriteCore
McMinn
is
Live
on
BriteCore
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4. OVERVIEW 4
Expanding
the
Base
Recently
Live
Halifax
Moved
to
BriteQuote
Wausau
Moved
to
BriteQuote
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5. OVERVIEW 5
Notable
Events
BriteNews
New
Web
Site
Released
New
BriteCore
Logo
and
Branding
First
System
to
Support
AAIS
By-‐Peril
Ra8ng
Speaking
at
PAMIC,
VAMIC,
MSO,
North
Carolina
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6. OVERVIEW 6
Notable
Events
BriteNews
SOC
1
Exam
PCI
Audit
Complete
NAMIC
Innova8on
Award
for
Technology
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7. OVERVIEW 7
AWS
Infrastructure
AWS
Is
A
Huge
Success
All
Clients
Fully
On
AWS
500
Node
Cycles
This
Year
with
Zero
Outages
99.99%
Availability
Dedicated
Clusters
-‐
Search,
Reports,
Backgrounding
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8. OVERVIEW 8
AWS
Infrastructure
Amazon
is
Featuring
BriteCore
in
PresentaGons!
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9. OVERVIEW 9
SoIware
Code
Changes
642
Pull
Requests
979
Files
Changed
139,458
Inser8ons
(+),
183,559
dele8ons
(-‐)
178
New
Notable
Features
Added
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10. OVERVIEW 10
SoIware
TesGng
3,062
Unique
Test
Asser8ons
1,126
Jenkins
Builds
728
Sparkles
/
398
Failures
(Bugs
Prevented)
Oops!
Tickets
Con8nue
to
Decline
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38. BRITEQUOTE 38
25
Features
17695:
Add
a
Total
and
Voids
to
Claim
Payments
17695:
Add
Non-‐Deliverables
to
'Documents'
Page
17695:
Add
Total
to
Loss
Incurred
Tab
17695:
Disable
Agent
Header
Icons
17695:
Improved
Formafng
for
Agent
Claims
List
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39. DELIVERABLES 39
11
Features
17695:
Secure
Checkout
-‐
Redirect
Back
to
Agent
Portal
17743:
Temporary
Suspension
18607:
Sefng
for
Contact
PopUp
Required
Fields
19220:
Sefng
to
Restrict
E2value
to
Applica8on
22550:
Policy
Terms
Limited
by
Policy
Type
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40. BRITEQUOTE 40
25
Features
22750:
"New
Quote"
in
Agent
Dashboard
22751:
Confirma8on
Emails
to
Agent
on
Submission
22752:
Limit
Billing
Schedules
for
Agent
Payment
Sweep
22755:
Auto-‐select
state
when
possible
22757:
New
CC/ACH
Entry
Workflow
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41. BRITEQUOTE 41
25
Features
22760:
Note
for
New
Aeachments
on
Ac8ve
Policies
23400:
Agency
Level
Sweep
Report
in
Agent
Portal
24330:
Required
Form
for
Auto-‐Pay
24445:
Change
wording
on
Submit
Page
25465:
Underwri8ng
Contact
Sign
Off
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42. BRITEQUOTE 42
25
Features
25468:
Hide
Line
Items
in
Builder
25469:
Show
Hover
Descrip8ons
on
Line
Items
in
Builder
25711:
High
Limit
Approval
Code
25792:
Binding
Authority
Based
on
Aggregate
Limits
2759:
Generate
Note
when
Contact’s
Address
is
Changed
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43. REPORTS 43
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
19369:
Limit
/
WP
by
by
County
by
LOB
18090:
Underpaid
column
to
Payments
Received
Report
20363:
Add
State
Column
to
Most
Reports
20259:
Expand
Open
Loss
Report
20259:
Expand
Claims
Payments
Report
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44. REPORTS 44
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
21597:
Break
Out
Same
Named
Policy
Types
By
State
18425:
GL
Mutua
Farm
Bureau
Commissions
22643:
Updates
to
Premium
Wrieen
Earned
Unearned
18135:
Renewal
Reports
for
UF
23219:
Added
Columns
to
"Claims
by
Loss
Date”
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45. REPORTS 45
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
23540:
New
InForce
Premium
Report
21154:
HSB
Report
Overhaul
23946:
Wausau
Premium
and
Limit
per
County
Report
24041:
GL
Mutual
Billed
System
Fee
Report
16569:
CFM
Report
Splifng
Paid
Premium
by
Line
Item
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46. REPORTS 46
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
22379:
Item
Detail
Over
a
Date
Range
23623:
Bremen
Per
Risk
Reinsurance
23125:
Madison
and
Eastern
Reinsurance
Enhancements
23525:
GL
Mutual
Dwelling
Lines
by
Fire,
EC,
and
Liability
26360:
Add
Loss
Exposure
Groups
to
Item
Detail
Reports
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47. REPORTS 47
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
23971:
Incep8on
and
Expira8on
to
"Claims
By
Loss
Date”
24173:
Meramec
HSB
Report
23212:
Columns
Added
to
Claims
Reports
25267:
Wausau
New
Inspec8on
Report
26713:
Add
County
and
Zip
to
Item
Detail
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48. REPORTS 48
47
Total
(29
Pre
BriteData)
21298:
New
Backgrounding
Process
for
Reports
21640:
Premium
Records
for
Accuracy
in
Corner
Cases
23127:
Sefng
to
Exclude
Hist.
Claims
from
Agency
Exp.
17060:
Agent
Commission
splits
by
PT
and
Comm.
Rate.
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49. REPORTS 49
47
Total
(18
BriteData)
8/14/14
|
Genesee
|
Landlord
Policies
by
Zip
8/14/14
|
GLM
|
Audit
for
HO
Policies
in
Muskegon
8/26/14
|
GLM
|
Audit
for
Policies
in
Dearborn
8/26/14
|
GLM
|
Audit
for
Vacant
Policies
9/02/14
|
ETMIC
|
Axiom
Report
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50. REPORTS 50
47
Total
(18
BriteData)
9/02/14
|
CFMIC
|
Axiom
Report
9/03/14
|
Municipal
|
Claims
Payment
Breakout
5/14/14
9/04/14
|
GLM
|
Audit
Over
$125K
in
Dwelling
Coverage
9/12/14
|
NW
|
Axiom
Report
9/12/14
|
FMTN
|
TIV
with
County
and
Zip
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51. REPORTS 51
47
Total
(18
BriteData)
9/12/14
|
PH
|
Axiom
Report
9/12/14
|
GLM
|
Audit
$500
Deduc8ble
and
3/4
Family
9/23/14
|
UF
|
Rewrote
Equipment
Breakdown
9/26/14
|
PH
|
Service
Line
Report
9/29/14
|
GPS
|
Rewrote
Equipment
Breakdown
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53. VENDORS 53
13
Features
11585:
ISO
A-‐Plus
Logic
Rewrieen
17383:
Geography
Lookups
to
External
Host
for
Speed
19057:
Add
Email
of
Requester
to
Reliable
Reports
19420:
Add
SubLines
to
XML
Exports
19720:
Document
Scanning
Through
Google
Drive
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54. VENDORS 54
13
Features
20355:
Dropbox
Uploads
17205:
Expanded
NxTech
Repor8ng
21154:
Support
Calc
and
Non-‐rate
for
HSB
Extracts
24325:
ISO
A-‐Plus
>
Property
or
Liability
Claim
Type
Flag
24822:
ISO
A-‐Plus
>
Add
Individual
and
Business
Flag
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55. VENDORS 55
13
Features
24823:
ISO
A-‐Plus
>
Clients
Define
Policy
Type
Flags
24888:
Emailed
NxTech
Daily
Transac8on
Report
25017:
Add
Premium
Basis
Categories
to
NxTech
XML
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56. CLAIMS 56
8
Features
17876:
Historical
Claims
17929:
Void
Claims
Transac8ons
Instead
of
Dele8ng
24459:
Prevent
Coverages
Changes
Auer
Accoun8ng
Data
22180:
Dual
Masthead
Claims
Flag
23207:
Track
Deduc8ble
Applied
Prior
to
Claim
Payment
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57. CLAIMS 57
8
Features
23201:
Reserve
Total
and
Remaining
Added
to
Accoun8ng
25004:
Insured
and
Adjuster
Columns
in
Search
Results
25004:
Blank
Search
Sorts
by
Date
Descending
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58. LINES 58
17
Features
18479:
Policy
Term
Limits
for
Credit
Scores
18661:
Change
Deduc8bles
on
Renewal
19676:
Date
Threshold
for
Claims
Surcharge
on
Renewals
19676:
Underwri8ng
Rules
Targeted
on
Renewals
20098:
Shell
Tool
to
Delete
LOBs
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59. LINES 59
17
Features
20355:
Copy
Policy
Type
U8lity
20526:
Add
Sub
Lines
to
UW
Rules
20535:
Builder
Preserves
Line
Item
Order
with
UW
Rules
20566:
Add
Mandatory
Line
Items
to
UW
Rules
20934:
Quasi-‐Circular
Refs
in
Ra8ng
(Limit
v
Premium)
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60. LINES 60
17
Features
21751:
Tool
to
Delete
All
Policies
for
Lines
Tes8ng
22551:
Addi8onal
Insured
Supplemental
Ques8on
Type
22714:
Shell
Tool
to
Copy
Policy
Types
Across
Lines
23336:
Loss
Free
Can
Calculate
from
Incep8on
Date
23534:
Shell
Tool
to
Delete
Line
Items
Aeached
to
Policies
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61. LINES 61
17
Features
25980:
Underwri8ng
Rule
ANDs
in
Triggers
26155:
Limit
Chosen
from
List
Allowed
with
Schedules
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62. POLICY ADMIN 62
17
Features
18359:
Custom
Protec8on
Classes
19663:
Name
Proper8es
by
Number
Instead
of
Address
19744:
Skip
Persistent
Builder
for
Mandatory
Line
Items
20376:
Performance
Upgrades
to
Builder
20832:
Email
on
Property
Photo
Uploads
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63. POLICY ADMIN 63
17
Features
21097:
Rewrite
Policy
to
Exis8ng
Number
21325:
Move
Commieed
Renewal
Effec8ve
Date
22550:
9
Month
Policy
Terms
23304:
Remove
Auto-‐Commit
Renewal
Revisions
23398:
Memory
Op8miza8ons
for
PoliDiff
on
Revision
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64. POLICY ADMIN 64
17
Features
23706:
Edit
Effec8ve
Date
on
Ini8al
Revision
Only
24361:
PB
Preserves
Valid
Combos
Through
New
Op8ons
24914:
Add
Policy
Term
Dates
to
Policy
Search
Results
25208:
Rate
and
Save
Op8miza8on
25%
Speed
Increase
26927:
New
Persistent
Builder
Popups
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65. POLICY ADMIN 65
17
Features
26930:
Separate
Admin
Alerts
for
Apps
&
Endorsements
24939:
Admin
Alert
for
DayCron
Report
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66. BILLING 66
12
Features
15264:
Sefng
to
Charge
$0
on
Renewal
Non-‐Pays
18609:
Archive
Forgiven
Non
Pays
for
Underwri8ng
18790:
Group
Billing
Number
for
Secure
Checkout
20857:
Shell
Tool
to
Regenerate
All
Invoices
For
a
Contact
22102:
Limit
Bill
Whom
By
Contact
Role
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67. BILLING 67
12
Features
22612:
Admin
Alert
for
Submifng
Public
Payments
22741:
Removed
Deprecated
Carry
Balance
Op8on
22965:
Due
Date
as
Day
Minus
X
23338:
Make
“Cancelled”
Status
Bold
Red
in
AR
Screen
23345:
Always
Auto
Pay
Despite
Min
Billing
Thresholds
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68. BILLING 68
12
Features
24123:
Show
System
Fees
in
Individual
PreAuths.
27001:
New
Write-‐Off
Popup
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69. CONTACTS 69
5
Features
17983:
Commission
Structures
Based
on
Incep8on
Date
22107:
User
Permissions
on
Notes
21663:
Shell
Tool
to
Migrate
Policies
to
New
Agency
21386:
Agent
Link
in
Policy
and
Claims
Note
Alerts
25802:
Improvements
to
Switch
Agency
Shell
Tool
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70. DELIVERABLES 70
5
Features
18087:
Add
new
{tags}
to
deliverables
19012:
Sefng
to
Always
Print
on
Renewal
21831:
Added
Form
Descrip8ons
on
Decs
19012:
Clients
Can
Update
Local
Vars
in
Jinja
Templates
23208:
Added
{insured_phone}
to
deliverables
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71. DELIVERABLES 71
5
Features
23208:
Sefng
to
Show
Insured
Phone
on
Dec
22064:
Add
Supplemental
Ques8on
Group
Titles
to
Dec
21359:
Add
{insured_address}
Deliverable
tag
22753:
Beeer
Display
for
Underwri8ng
Ques8ons
on
App
23295:
Amended
Decs
Display
Change
in
Premium
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72. DELIVERABLES 72
5
Features
24939:
Sefng
for
Supp.
Ques8on
Group
Titles
on
Dec
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73. INFRASTRUCTURE 73
12
Features
18604:
BritePrint
21767:
Upgrade
Bootstrap
CSS
Framework
23243:
Back
up
MySQL
to
S3
23507:
Agency
Daily
Summary
Email
23665:
Knockout
/
Bootstrap
Consistency
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74. INFRASTRUCTURE 74
12
Features
24027:
Added
Device
Profiling
to
Agency
Site
24597:
Shell
Tool
to
Resend
Vendor
Files
24883:
Background
Individual
Month
End
Reports
25079:
Elas8cSearch
Fallback
25568:
Added
User
Controlled
BriteCore
Dashboard
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75. INFRASTRUCTURE 75
12
Features
26421:
Added
Selec8ze
for
UW
Rules
and
BriteData
27199:
Repor8ng
Supercluster
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76. 76
IN TESTING
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78. BRITEQUOTE 78
4
Features
in
TesGng
22513:
Hide
Green
Plus
if
No
Items
Leu
to
Add
24074:
Require
Permission
Before
Running
Credit
Check
25792:
Restrict
AppSubmission
Based
on
Credit
Tier
27100:
Raise
Font
Size
and
Spacing
in
Builder
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79. REPORTS 79
BriteData
in
TesGng
Over
25
New
BriteData
Reports
During
Tes8ng
Hundreds
More
Coming
this
Year
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80. VENDORS 80
3
Features
in
TesGng
17781:
Automa8cally
Generate
Monthly
MBR
Records
23223:
Separate
“Adjus8ng"
Account
in
GL
Export
23283:
ISO
Protec8on
Class
Lookups
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81. CLAIMS 81
3
Features
in
TesGng
20698:
File
a
Claim
from
Agent
Portal
23211:
Direct
Claims
Emails
to
Specific
Agency
Email(s)
25727:
Admin
Alert
Loss
Incurred
XL
Threshold
in
Claims
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82. LINES 82
3
Features
in
TesGng
23441:
Default
Expanded
26646:
Sefng
for
Years
Auer
Incep8on
a
Claim
Should
Calculate
on
Loss
Free
27056:
Allow
Underwri8ng
Rules
for
Mul8ples
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83. POLICY ADMIN 83
3
Features
in
TesGng
20908:
Show
Hidden
Line
Items
in
Persistent
Builder
23265:
Cancel
Back
to
Due
Date,
but
Don’t
Cancel
Flat
25210:
Speed
Up
Loading
Builder
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84. BILLING 84
1
Feature
in
TesGng
23342:
Combine
RP
for
2
Term
Cancella8ons
15713:
Credits
and
Debits
Across
Terms
(Part
1)
**
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85. BILLING 85
Credits
and
Debits
Part
1
Underlying
Code
in
Place.
DB
Sefng
to
“0”
Unifica8on
of
Fragmented
Logic
Payoff
Calcula8ons
All
Billing
and
Amount
Informa8on
Due/Cancel
Date
Logic
for
Debits
Resolves
Bugs
Previous
Balances
(Fixes
some
Prior
Balance
Corner
Cases)
Underpaid
Debits
(Resolves
how
the
system
handles
underpayments)
350
New
Accoun8ng
Tests!
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86. CONTACTS 86
1
Feature
in
TesGng
26463:
Warning
When
Changing
Contact
Informa8on
That
Impacts
Mul8ple
Policies
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87. DELIVERABLES 87
1
Feature
in
TesGng
26155:
Move
Scheduled
Items
to
Ra8ng
Info
on
Dec
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88. INFRASTRUCTURE 88
1
Feature
in
TesGng
25741:
Vendors
Tags
Ported
to
System
Tags
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89. VENDORS 89
IntroducGon
Debbie
Wagner
-‐
E2
Value
Mike
Ling
-‐
JMI
Reports
Karl
Lauritzen
and
Phil
Roach
-‐
Integ
Jeff
Clevinger
-‐
Booke
Andrew
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