Ascend Insureds API
Represents the person or business entity that is purchasing the collection of insurance quotes.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Ascend API V1 Accounts Insureds API
version: v1
description: 'Ascend REST API for insurance financial operations: billing & invoicing, premium financing, payments, installment plans, insureds, programs, loans, payouts, and refunds.'
servers:
- url: https://sandbox.api.useascend.com
description: Test server
- url: https://api.useascend.com
description: Production server
tags:
- name: Insureds
description: Represents the person or business entity that is purchasing the collection of insurance quotes.
paths:
/v1/insureds:
post:
summary: Create Insured
tags:
- Insureds
operationId: createInsured
security:
- bearer_auth: []
parameters: []
responses:
'201':
description: successful - multiple contact format
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Insured'
'400':
description: Bad Request
'404':
description: Customer Contact not found
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
description: At least one primary insured or agency contact required
properties:
insured_contacts:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: UUID of the insured contact
role:
type: string
enum:
- primary
- secondary
description: Primary role indicates primary contact for insured account. Only one primary contact is allowed per account.
required:
- id
- role
business_name:
type: string
description: If the insured is a business, the business name is required.
is_business:
type: boolean
description: Determines if the insured is a business entity. If it is not it will be assumed that the insured is a person.
mailing_address_street_one:
type: string
description: Mailing Street address
mailing_address_street_two:
type: string
description: Suite or unit
mailing_address_city:
type: string
description: Mailing city
mailing_address_state:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StateAnsiCodes'
mailing_address_zip_code:
type: string
description: Mailing zip code
required:
- is_business
- mailing_address_city
- mailing_address_state
- mailing_address_street_one
- mailing_address_zip_code
get:
summary: List Insureds
tags:
- Insureds
operationId: listInsureds
security:
- bearer_auth: []
parameters:
- name: page
in: query
schema:
type: integer
- name: email
in: query
required: false
description: Filter by associated email
schema:
type: string
- name: business_name
in: query
required: false
description: Search by business name
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: successful
/v1/insureds/{id}:
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: The insured identifier
required: true
schema:
type: string
get:
summary: Get Insured
tags:
- Insureds
operationId: getInsured
security:
- bearer_auth: []
responses:
'200':
description: successful
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Insured'
patch:
summary: Update Insured
tags:
- Insureds
operationId: updateInsured
security:
- bearer_auth: []
parameters: []
responses:
'200':
description: successful
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Insured'
'400':
description: Bad Request
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
insured_contacts:
description: Updating contacts for an insured will override all existing contacts
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: UUID of the insured contact
role:
type: string
enum:
- primary
- secondary
description: Primary role indicates primary contact for insured account. Only one primary contact is allowed per account.
required:
- id
- role
business_name:
type: string
description: Business name. Either first + last name or business name is required.
is_business:
type: boolean
description: Determines if the insured is a business entity. If it is not it will be assumed that the insured is a person.
mailing_address_street_one:
type: string
description: Mailing Street address
mailing_address_street_two:
type: string
description: Suite or unit
mailing_address_city:
type: string
description: Mailing city
mailing_address_state:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StateAnsiCodes'
mailing_address_zip_code:
type: string
description: Mailing zip code
required:
- is_business
- mailing_address_city
- mailing_address_state
- mailing_address_street_one
- mailing_address_zip_code
/v1/insureds/{id}/payment_methods:
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
description: The id of the insured
required: true
schema:
type: string
format: uuid
get:
summary: List the insured's last-used payment method
tags:
- Insureds
operationId: listInsuredPaymentMethods
security:
- bearer_auth: []
parameters:
- name: page
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: items
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
responses:
'200':
description: successful - empty when no succeeded payment intent exists
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentMethod'
'401':
description: unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
errors:
type: array
'404':
description: insured belongs to another organization
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
errors:
type: array
components:
schemas:
Insured:
type: object
description: Represents the person or business entity that is purchasing the collection of insurance quotes.
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique identifier for the insured
email:
type:
- string
- 'null'
format: email
description: The email for the insured
first_name:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: First name of the insured.
last_name:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Last name of the insured.
business_name:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Business name. Either first + last name or business name is required.
is_business:
type: boolean
description: Determines if the insured is a business entity. If it is not it will be assumed that the insured is a person.
formatted_address:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: complete address of the insured
phone:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Phone number of the insured
mailing_address_street_one:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Mailing Street address
mailing_address_street_two:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Suite or unit
mailing_address_city:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Mailing city
mailing_address_state:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StateAnsiCodes'
mailing_address_zip_code:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: Mailing zip code
required:
- id
- email
- is_business
- phone
- mailing_address_street_one
- mailing_address_city
- mailing_address_state
- mailing_address_zip_code
PaymentMethod:
type: object
description: It represents the payment instrument used by an insured.
properties:
id:
type: string
format: uuid
description: The unique identifier of the payment method.
readOnly: true
payment_type:
type: string
enum:
- card
- ach_debit
- ach_credit_transfer
- us_bank_account
- check
description: The type of payment method.
readOnly: true
card:
type: object
description: Detailed information about the card.
properties:
last_four_digits:
type: string
description: The last four digits of the card.
brand:
type: string
description: The card brand.
required:
- brand
- last_four_digits
ach_debit:
type: object
description: Detailed information about the ach method.
properties:
last_four_digits:
type: string
description: The last four digits of the account number.
bank_name:
type: string
description: The name of the bank institution.
required:
- bank_name
- last_four_digits
ach_credit:
type: object
description: Detailed information about the ach credit method.
properties:
bank_name:
type: string
description: The name of the bank institution.
required:
- bank_name
StateAnsiCodes:
type: string
description: 'A US State represented with their ANSI code. For ex: California = CA'
enum:
- AK
- AL
- AR
- AS
- AZ
- CA
- CO
- CT
- DC
- DE
- FL
- GA
- GU
- HI
- IA
- ID
- IL
- IN
- KS
- KY
- LA
- MA
- MD
- ME
- MI
- MN
- MO
- MP
- MS
- MT
- NC
- ND
- NE
- NH
- NJ
- NM
- NV
- NY
- OH
- OK
- OR
- PA
- PR
- RI
- SC
- SD
- TN
- TX
- UM
- UT
- VA
- VI
- VT
- WA
- WI
- WV
- WY
securitySchemes:
bearer_auth:
type: http
scheme: bearer