Each evening computer operations retrieves the policy request data from the network edits the data on the computer for accuracy (e.g. all required fields
completed) sorts the data in policy number sequence and prints a summary report listing the edited policy requests. The summary report is sent to the sales
office where the sales clerks compare the report to the copy of the policy request form that they previously filed. If everything checks out they notify computer
operations to go ahead with processing. When notified computer operations processes the correct policy request data against the policyholder master data to create
a new policy record. Each evening a disk which was created during the processing run is used to print premium notices that are sent to the customer.