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Insurance Formula Builder

Build Enterprise Commercial Insurance Pricing Without Software Development

Enterprise Commercial Insurance Formula Builder

SelectRate Formula Builder enables product managers, actuaries, rating analysts, and underwriting teams to build, maintain, and govern commercial insurance pricing without modifying application code. Pricing becomes a configurable business function instead of a software development project. Organizations maintain ISO and NCCI bureau content, carrier specific deviations, proprietary pricing, reusable formulas, and premium calculations from one centralized platform.

Designed for Enterprise Pricing Teams

The Formula Builder centralizes every component used to calculate commercial insurance premiums.

Pricing teams configure:

Every pricing component becomes reusable across multiple products.

What Is an Insurance Formula Builder?

An Insurance Formula Builder is a configuration tool used to define how commercial insurance premiums are calculated. Instead of modifying source code every time pricing changes, organizations configure formulas using reusable business components that are managed through a controlled product development process. This approach simplifies maintenance, reduces development costs, and allows insurance organizations to launch products significantly faster.

Build Complex Rating Logic

The Formula Builder supports sophisticated commercial insurance calculations.

Create formulas using:

Business users can configure complex rating logic without depending on software developers.

Bureau and Carrier Pricing

The Formula Builder supports bureau content together with carrier specific modifications.

Examples include:

Carrier specific pricing extends ISO and NCCI bureau content while maintaining reusable formulas and complete pricing governance.

Formula Components

Every formula is assembled from configurable building blocks.

Components include:

  • Rating Variables
  • Constants
  • Lookup Tables
  • Product Values
  • Coverage Values
  • Bureau Rates
  • Carrier Rates
  • Multipliers
  • Discounts
  • Surcharges
  • Fees
  • Taxes

These components can be reused across multiple insurance products and programs.

Variable Management

Variables are centrally managed to improve consistency across products.

Examples include:

  • Payroll
  • Revenue
  • Square Footage
  • Employee Count
  • Construction Type
  • Territory
  • Industry Classification
  • Protection Class
  • Business Type
  • Coverage Limits
  • Deductibles
  • State

Updating a shared variable automatically benefits every product that references it.

Lookup Tables

Many commercial insurance products rely on lookup tables rather than fixed formulas.

The Formula Builder supports configurable lookup tables for:

  • Classification Codes
  • Territory Factors
  • Loss Costs
  • Carrier Multipliers
  • Premium Factors
  • Fees
  • Taxes
  • Industry Factors
  • Construction Classes

Lookup tables can be maintained independently without changing the underlying formulas.

Formula Version Control

Every pricing change is version controlled before becoming available for production.

Supports:

  • Draft Versions
  • Published Versions
  • Historical Versions
  • Future Versions
  • Rollback
  • Version Comparison
  • Change Tracking

Organizations always know which formula generated each premium calculation.

Formula Testing

Every pricing formula is validated before production deployment through integrated testing.

Run:

  • Formula Validation
  • Premium Comparison
  • Regression Testing
  • Product Testing
  • Scenario Testing
  • Batch Testing
  • Automated Test Suites

Testing significantly reduces production errors and pricing inconsistencies.

Formula Deployment

Approved pricing changes move through governed deployment workflows before production activation.

Deployment includes:

  • Draft Creation
  • Peer Review
  • Business Approval
  • QA Validation
  • User Acceptance Testing
  • Scheduled Release
  • Production Deployment

Every deployment is recorded with complete audit history.

API Integration

Approved pricing logic becomes immediately available throughout the SelectRate platform and connected enterprise applications.

Applications can calculate premiums consistently regardless of where the request originates.

Supported integrations include:

Learn more about Insurance Rating API.

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Simplify Commercial Insurance Pricing with Reusable Rating Formulas

Modernize commercial insurance pricing with SelectRate Formula Builder. Build reusable pricing models, manage ISO and NCCI bureau content, maintain carrier deviations, and govern enterprise pricing from one centralized platform.

Frequently Asked Questions

An Insurance Formula Builder allows insurance organizations to create and manage commercial insurance pricing formulas using configurable business rules instead of modifying software code.

Yes. Product managers, rating analysts, actuaries, and business analysts can configure formulas without writing application code.

Yes. Every formula is version controlled with complete audit history, rollback capability, and effective date management.

Yes. Every formula can be validated using regression testing, premium comparison, automated testing, and scenario testing before production release.

Yes. Shared variables, lookup tables, functions, and reusable components allow organizations to maintain consistency across carriers, programs, and commercial insurance products.