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Draft Rating Changes

Safely Build Insurance Products Before They Reach Production

Every commercial insurance product evolves over time. New bureau updates, carrier pricing, underwriting rules, rating formulas, and product enhancements should never be deployed directly into production. SelectRate provides a Draft Rating Changes workspace where product managers, actuaries, business analysts, and underwriters can safely develop new rating logic, compare changes, perform testing, obtain approvals, and prepare releases without affecting live quoting. Instead of making changes directly to production products, organizations can manage a complete draft lifecycle with enterprise governance.

What Are Draft Rating Changes?

Draft Rating Changes are unpublished modifications made to insurance products before they become active in production.

Drafts allow organizations to safely develop:

Drafts remain isolated until approved for release.

Why Draft Management Matters

Commercial insurance products change continuously.

Examples include:

Without draft management, organizations risk introducing production errors and inconsistent pricing.

Built for Commercial Insurance

Draft Rating Changes support every commercial insurance product.

General Liability
Workers Compensation
Commercial Property
Commercial Auto
Builders Risk
Inland Marine
Professional Liability
Cyber Liability
Umbrella
Excess Liability

Every product supports independent draft versions.

Create Draft Versions

Business users can create draft versions without affecting production.

Create drafts for:

Multiple draft versions can exist simultaneously.

Draft Workspace

Every draft includes its own isolated workspace.

Manage:

  • Product Configuration
  • Rating Variables
  • Pricing
  • Underwriting Rules
  • Documentation
  • Comments
  • Attachments
  • Status

Teams collaborate without impacting production systems.

Side-by-Side Comparison

Compare draft products with production.

Review:

  • Formula Changes
  • Pricing Differences
  • Rule Changes
  • Product Configuration
  • Forms
  • Endorsements
  • Premium Differences

Visual comparisons simplify product reviews. Learn more about Change History

Premium Comparison

Compare premiums before deployment.

Display:

  • Production Premium
  • Draft Premium
  • Difference
  • Formula Changes
  • Rating Variables
  • Underwriting Changes

Users immediately understand the financial impact of proposed changes. Learn more about Rating Worksheet

Automated Testing

Every draft should be validated before approval.

Test:

  • Premium Calculations
  • Formula Logic
  • Bureau Updates
  • Product Configuration
  • APIs
  • Regression Tests

Drafts cannot move to production until testing is complete. Learn more about Rating Testing Software

Regression Analysis

Automatically compare draft results with production.

Validate:

  • Expected Premium
  • Actual Premium
  • Percentage Difference
  • Formula Execution
  • Rule Evaluation
  • Product Behavior

Regression analysis identifies unexpected pricing changes before deployment. Learn more about Regression Testing.

Approval Workflow

Every draft follows a configurable approval process.

Supports:

  • Product Review
  • Underwriting Review
  • QA Approval
  • Compliance Approval
  • Executive Approval

Only approved drafts can be scheduled for release.

Effective Date Planning

Drafts can be prepared months before implementation.

Configure:

  • Effective Dates
  • Bureau Effective Dates
  • Carrier Releases
  • Product Launches
  • Renewal Dates

Organizations prepare future releases without affecting current business.

Release Preparation

Approved drafts automatically become release candidates.

Supports:

  • Release Packaging
  • Deployment Scheduling
  • Release Notes
  • Rollback Planning
  • Production Promotion

Deployment becomes predictable and repeatable.

API Integration

Draft environments are fully accessible through secure APIs.

Applications can:

  • Submit Draft Quotes
  • Compare Premiums
  • Retrieve Draft Worksheets
  • Execute Testing
  • Validate Releases

Development teams can automate product validation.

Collaboration

Support collaboration across product teams.

Allow:

Comments, reviews, and approvals remain attached to every draft.

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Version Control

Every draft maintains complete version history.

Track:

Organizations maintain complete traceability throughout development. Learn more about Rating Version Control.

Rating Trace Integration

Every draft calculation generates its own Rating Trace.

Review:

Users understand every change before deployment. Learn more about Rating Trace.

Enterprise Governance

Every draft follows structured governance.

Track:

Organizations maintain complete visibility throughout product development.

Benefits of Draft Rating Changes

Insurance organizations use draft environments to reduce production risk.

Benefits include:

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Build Better Insurance Products Before They Go Live

Develop, compare, test, approve, and deploy commercial insurance product changes with confidence using SelectRate Draft Rating Changes.

Frequently Asked Questions

Draft Rating Changes are unpublished modifications to commercial insurance products that can be reviewed, tested, approved, and deployed without affecting production.

Yes. Multiple product, carrier, program, and formula drafts can exist at the same time.

Yes. SelectRate provides side-by-side comparisons showing product differences, premium differences, formulas, and configuration changes.

Yes. Automated testing, regression testing, premium comparison, and API validation are performed before production release.

Yes. Organizations can configure multi-stage approval workflows before drafts are promoted into production releases.