Introduction to Insbridge Extended Services Interface

Oracle Insurance Insbridge Enterprise Rating Extended Services Interface (ESI) is a library module designed to provide remote services to the Insbridge Enterprise Rating (Insbridge) business services without directly utilizing the system User Interfaces (UI).

 

ESI allows users to pass information between a user’s source policy or business admin system and the RateManager system or the Insbridge Framework Administrator (IBFA) without using either the RateManager or IBFA UI. ESI itself is not a web service. You reference it in your applications and consume it natively. ESI then calls the web services in RateManager or IBFA. Both RateManager and IBFA have a web service interface that ESI can call.

ESI is designed to operate on Insbridge version 3.11 or higher and connects with:

  • Oracle Insurance RateManager Interface
  • Oracle Insurance Framework Administrator Interface

For example, if you had a vendor Policy Administration system and wanted to provide integrated product management through your custom solution; ESI would allow you to model and use the workflow on the Insbridge business services and functions but control all the user presentation aspects through your custom product interface.

Rule and Functionality Highlights

  • ESI is available on Insbridge Enterprise Rating version 3.11 or higher.

  • ESI is loaded with the IBFA installation. To locate ESI, look under the Insbridge directory for the SDK/ESI file; [INSTALL_DIR]\Insbridge\SDK\ESI. This file contains below items:
    • Insbridge.Net.Fwk.ESI.dll
    • ESI_Help.chm
    • ESI_Help.chw
    • ESI_Tester
    • Microsoft WSE 3.0.msi
  • ESI entries are immediate. There is no lag time or system sync required.
  • An ESI cannot be recalled or undone. If an ESI needs to be edited, for example a folder has an incorrect name; you must enter RateManager or IBFA and make the changes there.
  • Unless specifically stated as Optional, all inputs are Required.

Note: For further details, please see the ESI_Help.chm file.