Step Function

Trigger Type

One of the following values that indicate how, and for which coverages, payouts are triggered:

•       Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface

•       Must be an integer value between 1 and 5, inclusive, when importing data

Step Number

System-generated number used to sort the step functions in the correct order

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 20, inclusive

Building Start (Percent)

Starting value of the building damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building and Contents

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage.

•       Must be less than or equal to the building end (percent) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building End (Percent)

Ending value of the building damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if Trigger Type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building and Contents

•       Must be greater than or equal to the building start (percent) of the same step

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage. That is, the first building end (percent) of the first step defaults to 1.00, and as you add more steps, the building end (percent) of each subsequent step is equal to the building start (percent) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Content Start (Percent)

Starting value of the contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building and Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage.

•       Must be less than or equal to the content end (percent) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Content End (Percent)

Ending value of the contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building and Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be greater than or equal to the content start (percent) of the same step

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage. That is, the first content end (percent) of the first step defaults to 1.00, and as you add more steps, the content end (percent) of each subsequent step is equal to the content start (percent) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building Content Start (Percent)

Starting value of the combined building and contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage.

•       Must be less than or equal to the building content end (percent) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building Content End (Percent)

Ending value of the combined building and contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter a percentage of the damage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be greater than or equal to the building content start (percent) of the same step

•       Percentages cannot have gaps in coverage. That is, the first building content end (percent) of the first step defaults to 1.00, and as you add more steps, the building content end (percent) of each subsequent step is equal to the building content start (percent) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building Deductible (Percent)

Building deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter a percentage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Content Deductible (Percent)

Contents deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter a percentage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Total Deductible (Percent)

Combined building and contents deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter a percentage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building Payout (Percent)

Payout that covers building (Coverage A) gross losses for the selected step

Enter a percentage of the sums insured (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Content Payout (Percent)

Payout that covers contents (Coverage C) gross losses for the selected step

Enter a percentage of the sums insured (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Total Payout (Percent)

Payout that covers combined building and contents (Coverages A and C) gross losses for the selected step

Enter a percentage (as a decimal greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1). For example, enter 0.12 for 12%.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0.00 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Minimum TIV (Percent)

Enter the monetary value.

Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Limit At Damage (Percent)

Indicates whether the payout is limited by the actual ground-up loss

When importing data, specify one of the following values:

Touchstone uses this setting for each step in the step function rather than for the whole step function.

•       Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface

•       Must be 0 or 1 when importing data

Scale Factor (Percent)

Percentage factor used to scale the calculated losses

Touchstone uses this setting for each step in the step function rather than for the whole step function.

Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive

Building Start (Amount)

Starting value of the building damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building and Contents

•       Must be less than or equal to the building end (amount) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Building End (Amount)

Ending value of the building damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building and Contents

•       Must be greater than or equal to the building start (amount) of the same step.

•       If you add multiple steps, the building end (amount) of each subsequent step must be less than or equal to the building start (amount) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Content Start (Amount)

Starting value of the contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building and Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be less than or equal to the content end (amount) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Content End (Amount)

Ending value of the contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Building and Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be greater than or equal to the content start (amount) of the same step.

•       If you add multiple steps, the content end (amount) of each subsequent step must be less than or equal to the content start (amount) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Building Content Start (Amount)

Starting value of the combined building and contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be less than or equal to the building content end (amount) of the same step

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Building Content End (Amount)

Ending value of the combined building and contents damage range over which the building and contents payouts should be made

Enter the monetary value of the damage.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, then Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Must be greater than or equal to the building content start (amount) of the same step.

•       If you add multiple steps, the building content end (amount) of each subsequent step must be less than or equal to the building content start (amount) of the previous step.

•       Must be a numeric value between 1 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Building Deductible (Amount)

Building deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter the monetary value.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Content Deductible (Amount)

Contents deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter the monetary value.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Total Deductible (Amount)

Combined building and contents deductible that can be used, for example, to account for fire policies before applying step functions

Enter the monetary value.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Building Payout (Amount)

Payout that covers building (Coverage A) gross losses for the selected step

Enter the monetary value of the sums insured.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Content Payout (Amount)

Payout that covers contents (Coverage C) gross losses for the selected step

Enter the monetary value of the sums insured.

•       Required if the trigger type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Total Payout (Amount)

Payout that covers combined building and contents (Coverages A and C) gross losses for the selected step

Enter the monetary value.

•       Required if the trigger type is Building and Contents

•       Must be omitted or 0 if Trigger Type is one of the following:

•       Building

•       Contents

•       Building, Contents separately

•       Building, then Contents

•       Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Minimum TIV (Amount)

Enter the monetary value.

Must be a numeric value between 0 and 999999999999999, inclusive

Limit At Damage (Amount)

Indicates whether the payout is limited by the actual ground-up loss

When importing data, specify one of the following values:

Touchstone uses this setting for each step in the step function rather than for the whole step function.

•       Defaults to a value in the Touchstone user interface

•       Must be 0 or 1 when importing data

Scale Factor (Amount)

Percentage factor used to scale the calculated losses

Touchstone uses this setting for each step in the step function rather than for the whole step function.

Must be a numeric, decimal value between 0.00 and 1.00, inclusive