Create a zone set

You create zone sets to accumulate exposures or losses in regions identified for loss analysis.

Admin > Administration Console > Object Management > Zone Set Manager >

Verisk recommends that you review "More on zone sets" before creating zone sets.

Procedure

  1. In the Zone Set Manager pane, enter a unique name for the zone set.

    Zone set names must be unique within and across all business units. Special characters are not valid in the names.

  2. Enter a brief description of the zone set.
  3. Enter a zone name to replace the default "Zone 1".
  4. [Optional] Select the loss results filter: Detailed Loss (for Touchstone) or Aggregate Loss (for Touchstone Re).

    The Clear Invalid Areas message becomes active if selected geographies are checked off before a loss results filter is chosen with which they are not compatible. Click the message, which tells you the number of areas that are not compatible with the results and then click Yes to clear the invalid areas or No if you do not want to continue with this zone set.

  5. Set up your zones:

    As you create zones, the Compatibility option indicates whether the zones you are creating include supported resolutions for detailed loss analyses (Touchstone), for aggregate analyses (Touchstone Re), or for both types of analyses. If you select zip (postal) codes, the Aggregate indicator turns grey (not compatible).

    1. In the Global Region list, select a region.
    2. In the Country column, select one or more countries by selecting the check box next to each target country.

      Highlighting a country name displays the available geographic areas in the next column, but does not add the country to the Zones panel. The geographic areas in the next column vary according to the highlighted country.

      Note:

      While you can create zones for non-modeled countries, and the zones will appear in the Zones panel, you cannot use them in a detailed loss analysis (they will not appear in the Zone list in the Output Options pane).

    3. To include all items for a selection, such as for a country, in the next column (e.g., state, province, CRESTA), select only one item at a time. When you select multiple items, Zone Set Manager fills in the next column only with geographic information related to the highlighted item.

      The Zone Set Manager creates a single zone for each selected country, and each zone appears in the Zones panel. When a user selects a country-level zone, such as Bermuda, when configuring a detailed loss analysis, the loss results will include all geographic areas in the Bermuda zone.

      If a geographic area includes mixed resolutions, such as "CRESTA" and "Province", a filter enables you to select the desired area. For North America, select Canada. Notice that there are two Alberta areas, one for CRESTA and one for Province. Click (Filter By Geographic Resolution) next to the Filter box. The list displays the areas with mixed resolution (CRESTA and Province in this example). Clear the geographic area that you do not want to add to the zone, such as "CRESTA". The selector column lists only Canada provinces.

      Touchstone Re has an advanced loss modification feature for use with some non-modeled countries such as Kazakhstan, Russia, and South Africa. For those countries, "(TS Re)" appears to the right of the CRESTA or Province item in the CRESTA/Province column. Touchstone and Touchstone Re include Kazakhstan, a non-modeled country. When you select Kazakhstan, the list in the Non-Modeled CRESTA column includes "(TS Re)" to the right of the CRESTA item. Some of these countries have different CRESTA information in Touchstone Re than in Touchstone.

    4. In the next columns, use the selection tools to include additional geographic areas (e.g. county, parish, zip code).
    5. Repeat this step to create additional zones.
  6. Click to save your work.
  7. View and further manage the zones you created in the Zones pane (far right).
  8. Click .