What is Hosted eQuotes?
eQuotes is a hosted web service provided by Open GI to enable brokers to interface directly with the quotation engine to obtain quotes using their own bespoke web solutions; including population of quotation details within the back-office.
The eQuotes web service is a SOAP web service. All input parameters are strings containing XML.
How to manage schemes that quote on Hosted eQuotes:
As a broker, scheme maintenance is managed via the broker admin centre:
Test Environment:
https://openquoteadmin.openecommerce.co.uk/BrokerAdmin/
Live Environment:
https://openquoteadmin.opengi.co.uk/BrokerAdmin/
Select lists:
Select lists enable a subset of insurer schemes to be returned when a quote is performed. Select lists are held for each product for each rates month. When rates are loaded for a new month the select lists from the prior month are copied forwards to the new month.