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Listings Updated for Winter/Spring 2009 Cycle
Account Current Standardization
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jb-accountcurrent
Email: jb-accountcurrent@teams.acord.org
Chairs: Gary Woodring, Chubb
See Proposal
This group will explore the many methods of account current submission and process in order to identify an industry-wide standard of electronic data fields that could be used to automate A/C reconciliation. This would include cross-domain perspectives for relevance to all within the industry:
Life, Annuity & Health / P&C/Surety, Reinsurance & Large Commercial Lines. The group will also take into account current ACORD standards including documentation relevant to this work including: PCS AL3 Standard 701-Account Current and RLC XML-Financial Account & Technical Account business messages.
ACORD Messaging Library
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jbaml
Email: jbaml@teams.acord.org
Chairs: Mele Fuller, Safeco Insurance Company, Chair; BA Scott, New York Life, Associate Chair; Patrick Vice, Frank Cowan Company, Associate Chair
See Proposal
This working group is intended to support the ACORD Standards
Committee (ASC)
decision to pursue
a unified messaging direction - the ACORD Messaging Library.
The objective of the group is to provide a Standards Roadmap
to address immediate implementation challenges and XML usage
including:
- Inconsistent use of messages due to "conceptual" definitions.
- Independent "sub-transactions" that support business needs.
- Granularity of message definitions that limits reuse.
- Redundant message definitions between lines of business requiring additional resources.
- W3C extension of XML specifications.
- New hardware and software solutions that improve XML performance.
- Use of XML with internal processing as well as external data exchange.
This direction will carefully architect a broader and stronger business messaging to meet today's needs while preparing for the future by bringing the business messaging together into a coherent library to support the industry.
ACORD Web Services Profile (AWSP)
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jtwsp
Email: jtwsp@teams.acord.org
Chairs: Sandi Perillo, The Hartford; Jim Brain, AEGON; Tom Neff, Aon
See Proposal
This group will be starting work on AWSP version 2.0, a new
version based on finalized Web Services Standards developed
by W3C and OASIS. They will focus on and Interoperability Profile
developed by WSI on which AWSP 2.0 is depending that will come
to completion in this period
The ACORD Web Service Profile development plan includes the following profile components:
- Basic SOAP and WSDL Profile
- Addressing Profile
- Security
Profile
- Reliable Messaging
Profile
- SOAP Fault
usage Profile
- Attachment
Handling
Profile
- Message Groups
and Batches
Profile
Capability Model
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/cd-capabilitymodel/
Email: cd-capabilitymodel@teams.acord.org
Chairs: David
Schmitz, Deloitte, LLC
See Proposal
Mapping the insurance domain from a business perspective helps insurance companies
and vendors better understand the "landscape" of insurance. The Capability
Model, part of the ACORD Standards Framework, is focused on doing just
that. For this cycle, the group will be working on:
- Scope and vision
- Evaluation of current capabilities and processes
- Incorporation of Deloitte's contribution
- Implementation suggestions
Catastrophe Exposure Data Standards
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jb-catexp/
Email: jb-catexp@teams.acord.org
Chairs: Paul Nunn, Lloyd's (Advocacy and Marketing); Markus Spuehler, Swiss Re (Pilot)
See Proposal
This group is reassessing the ACORD 2003 Exposure Reporting Standards against industry requirements and working to define the "core" dataset within the standard and the "complete dataset" against practical considerations. This includes development of an XML message of core data that could be used across the value-chain. They are also defining an action plan to encourage implementation from "homeowner" consumer through to global reinsurer.
Loss Control
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jb-losscontrol/
Email: jb-losscontrol@teams.acord.org
Chairs: Mike Heembrock, Chubb
See Proposal
This group focuses on the various business aspects associated with loss control including the development of an inventory of loss control business functions, prioritization of business functions, and proposed standards development/solutions. The expected deliverable is a maintenance request for a new form, forms and/or related XML business messages. The XML development would be directed for the ACORD Messaging Library standard.
MR Review
Site: TBA
Email: TBA
Chairs: TBA
See Proposal
This group provides ongoing review of maintenance requests and provides recommendations and guidance on how to best address expressed business, technical, and implementation requirements for ACORD's cross domain standards.
Naming and Design Rules (NDR)
Site: http://teams.acord.org/apps/org/workgroup/jtndr
Email: jtndr@teams.acord.org
Chair: TBA
See Proposal
This working group develops new ACORD XML components around a single XML architecture that encompasses all ACORD domains. The group is developing a set of XML architecture principles in line with approaches taken within the wider XML user community. Examples of issues to be addressed are XML naming conventions, standardized data types, code list representation, message assembly principles, use of XML schema features, use of namespaces, and XML extension method.
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