RI Scope file filters about oasislmf HOT 4 CLOSED

What Joh's specified is well defined, but I would like to clarify this point: "LocGroup is assumed to be unique across portfolios and accounts", as when I read it I find it can be ambiguous. LocGroup values would be repeated, i.e. the same value, say 'LocGroup1! would appear on multiple rows in loc file. Also, some rows can be blank in LocGroup field. It's just another field to group multiple locations in a group and allowing to filter the data in the easiest way possible. If several locations are tagged with the same LocGroup, say "LocGroup1", then it does not matter if they come from the same account or even the same portfolio, they all should be filtered for the reinsurance scope purposes.

Any filtering field (LocGroup, ReinsTag, CountryCode, CedantName, ProducerName, LOB) can have blanks on some rows in acc or loc file, so the logic should be able to handle this.

Any of the fields can be used in conjunction with one another, whether the field sits in acc or loc file. So you can easily get reinsurance scope specified as, say CedantName AND CountryCode or any other combination.

There is no limit in how many filtering fields are selected on one row, so in theory, you can end up with something like PortNumber AND LocGroup AND ReinsTag AND CountryCode AND CedantName AND ProducerName AND LOB. It's quite unlikely, but do not limit the logic in how many fields can be used.

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Comments on the input files:

• add combinations of several fields in order to test.
• currently most fields has a unique value per row, which in reality would not be the case. In reality, most will behave like LOB is specified, i.e. the same value will occur multiple times.
• add blanks for each field on some rows

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More detail copied from #148

Implemented filters:
PortNumber
PortNumber, AccNumber
PortNumber, AccNumber, PolNumber
PortNumber, AccNumber, LocNumber

To do:
LocGroup
ReinsTag
CountryCode
CedantName
ProducerName
LOB

The above fields are used to 'scope' treaties, which means to specify which subset of locations in the location file the reinsurance contract should apply to, with reference to the matching fields and values found in oed location and account.

LocGroup, ReinsTag and CountryCode are found in the location file and filtering is applied to locations, whereas CedantName, ProducerName, LOB are found in the account file and filtering is applied to accounts (and all locations under the account meeting the criteria will be in scope of the treaty).

The 'to do' filter fields above may all be used individually as filters, independently of PortNumber, AccNumber, LocNumber, PolNumber. LocGroup may be specified without reference to a PortNumber and AccNumber. (This is different to LocNumber which must also have PortNumber and AccNumber specified because LocNumber is not unique to a Portfolio and Account. LocGroup is assumed to be unique across portfolios and accounts)

All scope filter fields may be used in combination.

The use of multiple scope fields within a row in ri scope are interpreted as AND logical statements

Example: say LocGroup and PortNumber were both specified in one row for ReinsNumber=1, then only the locations with both the LocGroup specified value and the PortNumber specified value would be in scope of the treaty. A location must meet all conditions to be in scope.
The use of multiple scope fields across multiple rows in ri scope for the same ReinsNumber are interpreted as OR logical statements to define treaty scope.

Example: say LocGroup was specified in the first row for ReinsNumber=1, and PortNumber and CountryCode was specified in the second row for ReinsNumber=1, then all locations meeting either the LocGroup criteria OR the PortNumber AND CountryCode criteria are under the scope of the treaty. A location must meet the conditions of at least one row to be in scope.

Final note

How a treaty is scoped may be unrelated to the RiskLevel specified for the treaty. For example, a Per Risk treaty with RiskLevel = LOC does not have to have each LocNumber listed in scope on separate rows. The RiskLevel only indicates how risk attachment/limits will be applied to the losses in scope. (The exception is ReinsType=SS where each risk ,as defined by RiskLevel, must have a PercentCeded specified in the scope file with one 'Risk' on each row.)

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