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Standards Overview

 

The Value of Standards

The ACORD Standards Strategy

The ACORD Standards Strategy is a blueprint for the evolution of ACORD's Standards. It lays out a road map for ACORD and its members to ensure the standards are aligned with current industry architecture methodologies and meet current and future needs through adaptability and agility. It is a living document that will change as times change. Download...

Life, Annuity and Health

ACORD's Life & Annuity Standards Program supports the life, annuity, and health product lines as well as life reinsurance for individual and group lines of business. The current ACORD Standards for Life & Annuity are the Life Data Model, XML for Life and Life FormsMore...

Reinsurance & Large Commercial

ACORD's Reinsurance Standards Program supports P&C and life reinsurance lines of business. ACORD Standards for Reinsurance have been developed for all parts of the reinsurance business cycle and are available for both Property & Casualty and Life insurance.  More...

Working Groups

ACORD's Working Groups are an integral part of the ACORD standards development process. Each group focuses on additions and enhancements to particular areas of ACORD's Global Insurance Standards. More...

Governance Committees

The ACORD standards governance structure is comprised of the ACORD Standards Committee (reporting to the Board of Directors) and three Domain Steering Committees (Life & Annuity, P&C/Surety, and Reinsurance/Large Commercial) and their respective Subcommittees. More...

Property & Casualty/Surety

ACORD's Property & Casualty Standards Program supports personal lines, commercial lines specialty lines, and surety lines of business. The ACORD Standards for P&C are AL3, XML for P&C and P&C Forms.  More...

Standards Maintenance & Process

ACORD facilitates an open standards development process. Throughout the year, interested parties may propose a change or enhancement to the ACORD Standards. These proposals, known as maintenance requests or "MRs", are presented semi-annually as a ballot to the appropriate committees for review and vote. More...

ACORD Standards Forum

ACORD Standards Forum meetings provide a place for industry attendees to gain insight, learn and network with others, and discuss issues of great importance to implementing ACORD Standards. More...

 
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