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Administration console
The Administration Console enables authorized users to manage a suite of administrative tasks.
Global defaults
Manage global defaults for the application.
India crop cluster definitions
Cluster definitions are used in conjunction with the India crop model when importing exposures and programs.
Working with Clusters

Introduction
Introduction to the Touchstone Re application.
Companies
A company is unique entity in Touchstone Re.
Company data (exposures)
Companies are associated with exposure data.
Programs
A program is integral to a company and it's exposure data in Touchstone Re.
Portfolios
A portfolio is a group of treaties selected from across companies.
Import
Import exposure data from external sources into Verisk databases.
Export
Export exposure data, results, reports, and companies out of Touchstone Re.
Loss results
The Loss Results pane for a company lists all loss analyses that have been executed for the company.
Analysis
An analysis in Touchstone Re is a probabilistic analysis of your aggregated loss or exposure data.
Tools
Tools to manage Touchstone Re and its data.
Administration console
The Administration Console enables authorized users to manage a suite of administrative tasks.
- User administration
  User administration involves the management of users, roles, groups, and business units.
- Global defaults
  Manage global defaults for the application.
  - Currency rate settings
    Currency defaults and exchange rates are used when you generate exposure views, run analyses, and view results.
  - Custom lines of business
    A custom line of business (LOB) is a country-specific, user-defined LOB that maps to an Verisk-supported LOB.
  - India crop cluster definitions
    Cluster definitions are used in conjunction with the India crop model when importing exposures and programs.
    - Working with Clusters
  - Touchstone Re default rates
    Touchstone Re uses user-specified default rates, where available, when there are no company exposure rates for a given region, peril, and year.
  - Touchstone Re defaults
    Various application defaults can be managed in this pane.
  - UDC manager
    Manage UDC categories.
- Event set management
  Your Touchstone Re installation includes event set files for each peril and region licensed by your company.
- Loss defaults
  Loss Defaults provides tools for administrators to set defaults for use when loss analyses are run.
- License management
  Tools to managing application licensing.
- HPC resource management
  HPC Resource Management provides tools to configure HPC (High Performance Computing) resources.
- Server administration
  Server administrators can perform a suite of tasks.
- Object management
  Administration of Touchstone Re templates, objects, zones, and adjustment factors.
Reference
Supporting information on various topics associated with Touchstone Re.

Working with Clusters

The PMFBY program in India dictates that a single primary insurer covers all crop business within a collection of districts, called a "cluster." As the model and Touchstone Re are designed around the State-District scheme, special handling has been introduced to support insurance clusters. When using the import tool to distribute the aggregate liabilities from a submission, the input may be specified to cover a cluster, and the liability will be proportionally spread across the districts in that cluster according to Verisk's understanding of actual crops planted in those districts.

Verisk anticipates that the cluster definitions may change from year to year and would like to allow users to stay up to date with the latest information without waiting for Verisk to release an update. Furthermore, users may be interested in performing sensitivity tests to changes in cluster definitions. To support these scenarios, a feature has been introduced to allow users to make changes to the cluster definitions.