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Administration console
The Administration Console enables authorized users to manage a suite of administrative tasks.
Loss defaults
Loss Defaults provides tools for administrators to set defaults for use when loss analyses are run.
Demand surge
Demand surge is the increase in prices for labor and materials following a catastrophe, as construction material and contractors' costs increase along with the increased demand for repairs and replacement construction.
Configuring demand surge
This table provides information about configuring demand surge.
US-derived
Customize demand surge for U.S. derived models.

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.
- 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.
  - Gas and oil prices
    The application uses gas and oil prices to calculate platform Business Interruption (BI) losses, providing default values for the oil and gas production rates.
  - Exceedance probability
    Exceedance probability (EP) enables you to set defaults for the number of exceedance probabilities and return periods that appear in loss analysis results, for up to 15 point sets.
  - Demand surge
    Demand surge is the increase in prices for labor and materials following a catastrophe, as construction material and contractors' costs increase along with the increased demand for repairs and replacement construction.
    - Configuring demand surge
      This table provides information about configuring demand surge.
      - Country-specific
        Customize demand surge for select European models.
      - US-derived
        Customize demand surge for U.S. derived models.
        Add new demand surge
        Customize your US-derived demand surge.
        Regions
        This pane displays information about demand surge regions and options.
  - Risk statistics
    Loss defaults include a set of risk statistics.
  - U.S. MPCI settings
    Customize U.S. MPCI settings.
- 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.

US-derived

Customize demand surge for U.S. derived models.

Admin > Administration Console > Loss Defaults > Demand Surge > US-derived

Select the US-derived tab to view and customize demand surge for models under the event-based demand surge methodology.

Regions: Select the region for which you want to view the demand surge information and curve. To see what areas are included in a region, select the region and then click Regions.
Set as Default: Select this check box to establish the current settings as the default.
Unit: Select units (trillions, billions, millions, thousands) from the selection list.
Factor fields: For each number you want to update, click inside the cell and enter a new number. To create a new field click and then enter starting and ending points and increment in the Add New Demand Surge dialog box.