You can link one or more fixed assets to a single insurance policy, and you can also link one fixed asset to the same insurance policy with various amounts.

You can assign a fixed asset to an insurance policy in two ways:

After you have posted an entry with a number in the Insurance No. field, the program will automatically place a check mark in the Insured field on the Maintenance FastTab of the fixed asset card.

The acquisition cost can be posted to the insurance coverage ledger from:

When you sell a fixed asset, the program will automatically remove the check mark in the Insured field on the fixed asset card.

The following table describes a sequence of tasks, with links to the topics that describe them. These tasks are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

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Add, change, or remove insurance policies.

Updating Insurance Information

Post an acquisition cost to a fixed asset and link it to an insurance policy from a purchase invoice.

How to: Post Acquisition Costs to Insurance Policies by Using Purchase Invoices

Post the acquisition cost from an FA journal when you post to a depreciation book in which you have not activated general ledger integration for acquisition cost.

How to: Post Acquisition Costs to Insurance Policies by Using Fixed Asset Journals

Link a fixed asset to an insurance policy by posting the acquisition cost from an insurance journal.

How to: Post Acquisition Costs from Insurance Journals

Attach a fixed asset to different insurance policies.

How to: Attach Fixed Assets to Multiple Insurance Policies

Terminate a fixed asset’s insurance coverage automatically by posting a disposal entry to the depreciation book that you have specified in the Insurance Depr. Book field in the Shortcut iconFixed Asset Setup window.

How to: End Insurance Coverage of Fixed Assets

Enter new information on the insurance card to ensure that you analyze insurance policy coverage correctly.

How to: Modify Insurance Cards

Update the value of the fixed assets that are covered in your insurance policy.

How to: Index Insurance

See which fixed assets are covered by insurance or which policies cover a fixed asset by either looking at the statistics or printing a report.

Monitoring Insurance Coverage

View the entries that you have made in the insurance coverage ledger.

How to: View Insurance Coverage Ledger Entries

Correct an incorrect entry by creating a reclassifying entry in the insurance journal.

How to: Correct Insurance Coverage Entries

View the over/under insurance coverage of a fixed asset in the Fixed Asset Statistics window.

How to: View Over/Under Insurance Coverage

Print a report to view the over/under insurance coverage of a fixed asset.

How to: Print Over/Under Insurance Coverage Reports

Check that you have not forgotten to assign a fixed asset to an insurance policy, by printing the Insurance - Uninsured FAs report.

How to: List Uninsured Fixed Assets

See the statistics for insurance policies in the Insurance Statistics window.

How to: View Statistics for Insurance Policies

Delete insurance cards.

How to: Delete Insurance Cards

See which fixed assets are covered by insurance, and which policies cover a specified fixed asset by viewing the relevant statistics.

How to: View the Total Value Insured for Fixed Assets

See which fixed assets are covered by insurance or which policies cover a fixed asset, by printing the Insurance - Tot. Value Insured report.

How to: Print Total Value Insured Reports

Get an overview of your insurance policies, by printing the Insurance - List report.

How to: List Insurance Policies

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