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EDIFACT message guide · Insurance

REPREM Reinsurance premium

The UN/EDIFACT message that supports the technical entries for reinsurance premium or brokerage adjustment amounts, with how they are built up.

Sent by
Insurer, reinsurer or broker
Received by
Counterparty to the reinsurance contract
Standard
UN/EDIFACT · Batch message
X12 equivalent
No direct equivalent

What is the EDIFACT REPREM message?

REPREM is the UN/EDIFACT reinsurance premium message. The directory describes it as supporting the technical entries for any premium or brokerage adjustment amount, by giving all the relevant data, mainly the amounts and the way they are built up.

Premiums on reinsurance contracts are often provisional and adjusted later, for example on the actual premium income of the cedent. The premium message documents each premium or adjustment so the counterparty can check and book it. Adjustment premiums often follow the end of the contract period, once the actual premium income or other basis is known.

How the EDIFACT REPREM message worksDiagram of the UN/EDIFACT REPREM Reinsurance premium message. Insurer, reinsurer or broker sends it to counterparty to the reinsurance contract. It usually starts the exchange. It is usually followed by RETACC. Inside the UNB and UNH envelopes, the directory D.21A requires, in the start of message: GEI (Processing information) and body and segment groups: the required SG1 loop with NAD (Name and address), DTM (Date/time/period) and the required SG2 loop with REL (Relationship), CUX (Currencies) and the required SG3 loop with ARD (Monetary amount function) and the required SG4 loop with MOA (Monetary amount). 2 conditional segment groups are listed by their trigger segment.How the EDIFACT REPREM message worksReinsurance premium: who sends it, where it fits and what the directory marks mandatory1 WHERE IT FITSUSUALLY FOLLOWSStarts the exchangeREPREMSENDERInsurer, reinsurer orbrokerRECEIVERCounterparty to thereinsurance contractCONTRL syntax report back, if agreedUSUALLY FOLLOWED BYRETACCReinsurance technicalaccount2 WHAT DIRECTORY D.21A REQUIRESInterchange: sender and recipient IDsUNB … UNZMessage REPREMUNH … UNTSTART OF MESSAGEGEIProcessing informationBODY AND SEGMENT GROUPSMandatory group SG1 · repeats up to 9NADName and addressDTMDate/time/period+ required SG2 (REL) and 2 conditional groups, starting with:RFFCUXBlue box: mandatory segment group. Conditional groups are listed by the trigger segment that starts them; a group is sent only when its data applies.Conditional segments outside groups are not drawn.Structure: mandatory segments and groups in the UN/EDIFACT directory D.21A listing for REPREM. Your trading partner's implementation guide adds itsown requirements.
How the EDIFACT REPREM message worksDiagram of the UN/EDIFACT REPREM Reinsurance premium message. Insurer, reinsurer or broker sends it to counterparty to the reinsurance contract. It usually starts the exchange. It is usually followed by RETACC. Inside the UNB and UNH envelopes, the directory D.21A requires, in the start of message: GEI (Processing information) and body and segment groups: the required SG1 loop with NAD (Name and address), DTM (Date/time/period) and the required SG2 loop with REL (Relationship), CUX (Currencies) and the required SG3 loop with ARD (Monetary amount function) and the required SG4 loop with MOA (Monetary amount). 2 conditional segment groups are listed by their trigger segment.How the EDIFACT REPREMmessage worksReinsurance premium: who sends it, where itfits and what the directory marks mandatory1 WHERE IT FITSUSUALLY FOLLOWSStarts the exchangeREPREMSENDERInsurer,reinsurer orbrokerRECEIVERCounterparty tothe reinsurancecontractCONTRL syntax report back, if agreedUSUALLY FOLLOWED BYRETACCReinsurance technical account2 WHAT DIRECTORY D.21A REQUIRESInterchange: sender and recipient IDs(UNB … UNZ)Message REPREM (UNH … UNT)START OF MESSAGEGEIProcessing informationBODY AND SEGMENT GROUPSMandatory group SG1 · repeats upto 9NADName and addressDTMDate/time/period+ required SG2 (REL) and 2 conditionalgroups, starting with:RFFCUXBlue box: mandatory segment group. Conditionalgroups are listed by the trigger segment thatstarts them; a group is sent only when its dataapplies. Conditional segments outside groups arenot drawn.Structure: mandatory segments and groups in theUN/EDIFACT directory D.21A listing for REPREM.Your trading partner's implementation guide adds itsown requirements.

How to read this diagram: the top row shows who sends REPREM, to whom, and which messages usually come before and after it. The lower part shows what the directory D.21A itself requires: the envelopes around REPREM and the segments and segment groups it marks mandatory. Conditional groups are listed by their trigger segment rather than drawn in full. This is the directory's minimum, not a trading partner's requirement: a message implementation guide, such as an industry subset or a partner’s own guide, usually makes some conditional groups mandatory, restricts the codes and may use an older directory.

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When it is used

  • Notifying deposit and adjustment premiums
  • Showing how a premium is calculated
  • Supporting brokerage adjustments

Where it fits in the message flow

This message REPREM Reinsurance premium
Usually followed by RETACC Reinsurance technical account

Structure

Mandatory segments in REPREM (directory D.21A)

In UN/EDIFACT directory D.21A, the REPREM message has 31 segment positions arranged in 6 segment groups. These are the segments and segment groups marked mandatory at message level, in order; a mandatory group is shown with the segment that starts it. Segments inside conditional groups are needed only when the group is used. This is the directory’s requirement, not your trading partner’s: each partner’s message implementation guide names the directory it uses, often an older one such as D.96A or D.01B where the structure can differ, makes some conditional segments mandatory and restricts the codes.

  • UNH
  • GEI
  • SG1 (NAD)
  • DTM
  • SG2 (REL)
  • UNT

Practical example

REPREM in practice

An excess-of-loss treaty has a minimum and deposit premium adjusted on the cedent's actual premium income. At year end, the broker sends the reinsurers a REPREM with the subject premium income, the adjustable rate and the adjustment premium due. The reinsurers verify the calculation and expect it in the next account.

Implementation

Implementation considerations for REPREM

  • Show the premium basis and rate applied.
  • Distinguish deposit, adjustment and reinstatement premiums.
  • Reconcile premium messages with the technical accounts.
  • Follow market standards for premium messages.

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