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Quotes

A guide to getting quotes with Herald

The [.h-endpoint-link]/quote[.h-endpoint-link] endpoint contains some additional fields which are not included in a submission:

  • Quote [.h-code]status[.h-code] describes the state of the quote object.
  • The [.h-code]status_reasons[.h-code] object explains why a quote is referred, declined, or unsupported. The [.h-code]source[.h-code] field differentiates between a Carrier reason and a sanitized Herald reason.
  • The [.h-code]prices[.h-code] object describes the total premium (before taxes and fees).
  • The [.h-code]naic_code[.h-code] is assigned by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and identifies the licensed and authorized insurance company for your quoted policy. The field is [.h-code]null[.h-code] if this information is not available.
  • The [.h-code]portal_link[.h-code] is a hyperlink that routes the user to the institution’s portal. The field is NULL if not available.
  • The [.h-code]files[.h-code] array provides all files that are available when getting a quote.

You can get quote details by retrieving any individual quote, using [.h-code]GET[.h-code] [.h-endpoint]/quotes/:id[.h-endpoint]. Quotes can have the following statuses:

Status Description
pending Starting status for all quotes. This status usually means that we are waiting on a response from an institution.
active This quote has a price and is currently valid.
referral Quotes with a referral status require review by an underwriter but are not yet referred. Herald may not receive updates from the carrier as the quote status progresses. You can use the portal_link from the quote response to see the most accurate status provided by the carrier. To learn which products support real-time status updates, reach out to support@heraldapi.com.
referred This quote has been referred to an underwriter.
declined This quote was explicitly declined by the institution from an underwriting perspective.
rejected This quote cannot be provided because some of the information sent to the institution was invalid. Different then declined because the submission was never underwritten.
unsupported This quote is not available through Herald, but not explicitly declined by the institution. This status differs based on the institution, and usually occurs because the quote's industry code is not yet supported by Herald.
unresponsive Quotes from this institution are temporarily unavailable.
expired This quote was, but is no longer relevant. This is usually because the quote expiration date is in the past or an underwriter did not respond.

A quote can differ from the submission that created it in a few ways:

  • Additional coverage values. Quotes may have additional coverage values that you did not include in the submission. This happens because either Herald provided a default request value or because the quote contains a coverage parameter specific to that product. We outline our default request values in the appendix.
  • Different coverage values. Institutions have different appetites and sets of coverage options. As a result a quote may have a different coverage value than the requested value. Note that this phenomenon is also true for the default request values we outline in the appendix. For any product, we make sure you get the closest coverage values to the ones requested. For example, while we default the requested deductible to zero, institutions may increase this deductible under certain circumstances.
  • Fewer risk values. Risk values can apply to some products but not others. As a result, quotes only include the relevant subset of risk values from the values in the submission.