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ACORD

ACORD is a global standards-setting body for the insurance industry, providing data standards, reference architecture, and digital tools that enable insurers, brokers, and software providers to exchange information.

3 APIs 1 Capabilities 5 Features
ClaimsInsurancePolicyStandardsUnderwriting

APIs

ACORD XML Standards API

ACORD XML Standards define data exchange formats for property & casualty, life, annuity, and reinsurance using SOAP/XML protocols. APIs enable claims inquiry, policy administrat...

ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards (NGDS) API

The ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards (NGDS) Object Model provides granular, transaction-centric standards for APIs, microservices, IoT, and RESTful architectures. Based o...

ACORD Reinsurance & Large Commercial Data Standards API

ACORD Global Reinsurance & Large Commercial Data Standards define XML data exchange formats for reinsurance and large commercial lines. APIs support facultative and treaty reins...

Capabilities

ACORD Insurance Data Exchange

Unified insurance data exchange workflow for policy administration, claims management, party registry, and underwriting using ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards (NGDS). Use...

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Features

XML Data Standards

ACORD XML standards for property & casualty, life, annuity, and reinsurance SOAP/XML data exchange.

Next-Generation Digital Standards

JSON/YAML-based NGDS for RESTful APIs, microservices, and IoT insurance data exchange.

Reinsurance Standards

Global reinsurance and large commercial data standards for facultative and treaty transactions.

Life and Annuity Standards

Electronic data standards for life insurance and annuity products covering underwriting and policy management.

Reference Architecture

ACORD reference architecture providing structural frameworks for insurance technology implementations.

Use Cases

Claims Data Exchange

Standardized ACORD XML or NGDS JSON claims transaction exchange between carriers, adjusters, and reinsurers.

Policy Administration

Automated policy issuance, endorsement, and renewal using ACORD NGDS microservices architecture.

Underwriting Automation

Straight-through processing of insurance applications using ACORD standardized data elements.

Reinsurance Settlement

Facultative and treaty reinsurance data exchange using ACORD Global Reinsurance Data Standards.

Regulatory Reporting

Compliance reporting using ACORD-standardized data formats for regulatory submissions.

Integrations

Insurance Core Systems

Integration with policy administration systems (PAS) and claims management systems (CMS).

Reinsurance Platforms

Integration with reinsurance management platforms supporting ACORD AL3 and RIBO formats.

Insurtech Solutions

Modern insurtech API platforms consuming ACORD NGDS JSON standards.

Regulatory Systems

Integration with state and national insurance regulatory reporting systems.

Semantic Vocabularies

Acord Context

0 classes · 5 properties

JSON-LD

Acord Ngds Context

19 classes · 55 properties

JSON-LD

API Governance Rules

ACORD API Rules

33 rules · 14 errors 17 warnings 2 info

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Resources

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Website
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Documentation
Documentation
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GettingStarted
GettingStarted
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Documentation
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Support
Support
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OpenAPI
OpenAPI
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JSONSchema
JSONSchema
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JSONSchema
JSONSchema
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JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext
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GitHubOrganization
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SpectralRules
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary