ACORD Party API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards (NGDS) Party API
  description: The ACORD NGDS API provides granular, transaction-centric REST/JSON standards for insurance data exchange covering underwriting, policy management, and claims administration. Based on the ACORD Object Model with JSON and YAML formats for microservices, IoT, and modern API architectures.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: ACORD Standards
    url: https://www.acord.org/standards-architecture/acord-data-standards
  license:
    name: ACORD License
    url: https://www.acord.org
servers:
- url: https://api.insurer-internal.example.com/ngds
  description: NGDS REST API endpoint
security:
- oauth2: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Party
  description: Insured party and contact management
paths:
  /parties:
    get:
      operationId: listParties
      summary: ACORD List Parties
      description: Retrieve parties (insureds, claimants, agents, brokers) registered in the system.
      tags:
      - Party
      parameters:
      - name: partyType
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Insured
          - Claimant
          - Agent
          - Broker
          - Carrier
      - name: name
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of parties
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartyList'
              examples:
                ListParties200Example:
                  summary: Default listParties 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    data:
                    - {}
                    pagination:
                      page: {}
                      pageSize: {}
                      totalPages: {}
                      totalItems: {}
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
    post:
      operationId: createParty
      summary: ACORD Create a Party
      description: Register a new party (insured, claimant, or contact) using the ACORD NGDS Party object model.
      tags:
      - Party
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartyRequest'
            examples:
              CreatePartyRequestExample:
                summary: Default createParty request
                x-microcks-default: true
                value:
                  partyType: Insured
                  firstName: sample-value
                  lastName: sample-value
                  organizationName: sample-value
                  taxId: sample-value
                  address:
                    street1: {}
                    street2: {}
                    city: {}
                    state: {}
                    postalCode: {}
                    country: {}
                  contacts:
                  - {}
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Party created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Party'
              examples:
                CreateParty201Example:
                  summary: Default createParty 201 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    partyId: sample-value
                    partyType: Insured
                    firstName: sample-value
                    lastName: sample-value
                    organizationName: sample-value
                    taxId: sample-value
                    address:
                      street1: {}
                      street2: {}
                      city: {}
                      state: {}
                      postalCode: {}
                      country: {}
                    contacts:
                    - {}
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    Party:
      type: object
      properties:
        partyId:
          type: string
        partyType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Insured
          - Claimant
          - Agent
          - Broker
          - Carrier
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        organizationName:
          type: string
        taxId:
          type: string
        address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
        contacts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
    PartyRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - partyType
      properties:
        partyType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Insured
          - Claimant
          - Agent
          - Broker
          - Carrier
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        organizationName:
          type: string
        taxId:
          type: string
        address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
        contacts:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        page:
          type: integer
        pageSize:
          type: integer
        totalPages:
          type: integer
        totalItems:
          type: integer
    PartyList:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Party'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    Address:
      type: object
      properties:
        street1:
          type: string
        street2:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        postalCode:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
          default: US
    Contact:
      type: object
      properties:
        contactType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Phone
          - Email
          - Fax
        value:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://auth.insurer-internal.example.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read:policies: Read policy data
            write:policies: Create and modify policies
            read:claims: Read claim data
            write:claims: Submit and update claims
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-authored-by: API Evangelist
x-modeled-from: 'Modeled by API Evangelist from ACORD''s public description of the Next-Generation Digital Standards. ACORD publishes NO OpenAPI. Verified 2026-08-30: /openapi.json, /openapi.yaml and /swagger.json return 404 on www.acord.org, ngdsobjectmodel.acord.org and www.acordsolutions.com, and 403 on standards.acord.org; every NGDS artifact is a /file-download/<uuid> link that 302s to Microsoft Entra member sign-in. The servers[] host below (api.insurer-internal.example.com) is a placeholder on the IETF-reserved documentation domain example.com, not an ACORD endpoint. This document is an API Evangelist illustration of the standard, NOT a contract published by ACORD, and must not be credited to ACORD as a published API.'
x-provenance:
  method: generated
  authored_by: API Evangelist
  authored_date: 2026-05
  marked_date: '2026-08-30'
  provider_published: false