Mission

ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit standards development organization serving the insurance industry and related financial services industries. ACORD’s mission is to facilitate the development of open consensus data standards and standard forms. ACORD members include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, agents and brokers, software providers, and industry associations worldwide. ACORD works with these organizations towards a goal of improved data communication across diverse platforms through implementation of standards. ACORD maintains offices in New York and London.

ACORD is a member-driven organization whose members work together to improve the flow of insurance information between systems and partners.  ACORD Standards and services improve data quality and transparency, resulting in greater efficiency and expanded market reach.