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Policy installment

Policy installment

Managing policy installments in Seamless is simple and efficient. This guide will walk you through everything you need to know, including installment details, available actions, and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ). Whether you're tracking payments, making adjustments, or resolving issues, we've got you covered!

What You’ll Learn:

  • Policy Installment Details: Understand how installments are structured and tracked.

  • Installment Actions: Learn what actions you can take, such as making payments, adjusting due dates, and managing outstanding amounts.

  • FAQ: Find quick answers to common questions related to policy installments.

 

Installment details

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  1. Type: Seamless will based on your policy activity generate the suitable payment types

  2. Order: The invoice reference in the Accounting system, you can use this reference to find your invoice in the Accounting system

    1. For instance, your installment when booking in the Accounting system will have the order reference as 100 (item 8 ), but all the orders will be in one invoice with the reference 50 => the invoice will show “50”

  3. Total: The total installment amount and the collected currency. This is the final amount that the customer would need to pay, including tax, commission, etc.

  4. Tax: The tax amount that the customer would need to pay in an installment

  5. Commission: The sales commission amount that the customer would need to pay in an installment

    1. Please notice that the product commission won’t be showing in the installment details

  6. Period: The installment period, will be defined based on the payment frequency of your policy, the policy start date, and the finance settings

  7. Due date: The due date of an installment. When the due date is met, then Seamless will treat the installment as an overdue. You can refer to Finance Settings to see the due date calculation rule

    1. Sometimes, you might notice that your installment is highlighted in yellow. This indicates that the payment is overdue.

  8. Booking ref: The order reference in the Accounting system, you can base on this reference to find your order line in the Finance provider system (Accounting or Billing)

  9. Status: The status of the installment. Seamless will check the payment status from the 3rd party to update the installment status. There are some statutes in Seamless

There are multiple types of Installment in Seamless”

  1. Normal: the installment that is generated when the issuing policy, or when the policy premium is changed due to MTA.

  2. Adjustment: when a policy premium is changed and the paid installment must be adjusted, then the adjustment installment is generated

    1. For instance, when the policy is fully paid, and the policy premium is increasing → the adjustment installment will reflect the add-on premium so the finance people can collect the amount correctly

  3. Settlement: when a policy is terminated, then the settlement installment will be generated to reflect the amount that needs to be collected or refunded

There are multiple statuses of Installment in Seamless”

  1. None: the installment is new, is not frozen, and can be adjusted or removed

  2. Extracted: the installment is frozen and ready for the next step

  3. Export confirmed: the installment is frozen and cannot be changed. When you meet this status, it means the installment is already frozen and is extracted successfully from Seamless to the 3rd party for invoicing or collecting payment.

  4. Export cannot be confirmed: the installment is frozen and cannot be changed. However, if Seamless is not connected to the 3rd party billing or accounting provider, it can’t export the installment.

  5. Export failed: the installment is frozen and cannot be changed, and is export failed due to any issue

  6. Paid: the installment amount is collected, which is confirmed by the Accounting system or Billing provider system.

Installment actions

Only available on paid installments

On your paid installment, there will be an action button to show the payment details image-20240226-073445.png

In the payment details dialog, you can view the payments that have been made on the installment. For each payment type, the fields would be different.

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Before you can use the function, there are 2 preconditions:

  1. The feature “Multiple Instalment Payment Transactions” must be turned on. Please reach out to our support team for more details.

  2. The permission Update Payment Transactions must be set for your user role

  1. Accessing policy details → Navigating to the Payment Schedule section → Viewing installment details

  2. Click on the 3-dot icon

  3. Click on the Mark as paid button

  1. On the Mark Payment As Paid dialog, you would need to choose the Payment Type

  1. With the selected payment type, there would be a list of fields that you need to input.

  2. After finishing the input, you would need to tick the confirmation box

  3. Then click on the Submit button to submit the payment

  4. After making the payment successfully, the installment balance will be updated to reflect the new information

FAQ about installment

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