Definitions

Some commonly used terms when installing or using the Oracle Insurance Insbridge Enterprise Rating system:

• IBER – Insbridge Enterprise Rating System. Most often referred to as Insbridge. This is the entire system.

• IBRU: Previous name for Insbridge Enterprise Rating; Insbridge Rating and Underwriting. The acronym may still be in use in certain areas.

• IBFA – Insbridge Framework Administrator. IBFA is an administrative tool used to configure Insbridge applications and setup RateManager database connections. IBFA will be located on a Windows Server machine. IBFA/SR-WIN is an Insbridge Framework Administrator/SoftRater for Windows.

• IBSS – Insbridge SoftRater Server. IBSS is the administrative tool for the SoftRater engine. The SoftRater engine is a multi-platform component within Insbridge that processes the rules, rating and underwriting instructions as defined by the user in RateManager. IBSS is usually located on a Java machine. IBSS/SR-JAVA is an Insbridge SoftRater Server/SoftRater for Java.

• SoftRater Node – A SoftRater node is either an IBFA (without RateManager) or IBSS instance on a physical environment.

• RM – RateManager. RateManager is a component within Insbridge that enables users to manage the product definition and modification process, including rating and underwriting logic.

• SR – SoftRater. The engine that processes the rating, rules and underwriting instructions defined within RateManager. The rating environment for runtime process and processing of business content. SoftRater can be further defined by the operating system where it has been loaded.

• SR-WIN – SoftRater for Windows. This is also another name for IBFA.

• SR-JAVA – SoftRater for Java. This is also another name for IBSS.

• SRP – SoftRater Packages. A package that holds all the RateManager logic for a specific program and version.