Case Studies

Ever wondered how others are using ACORD standards? To help companies understand the various ways ACORD XML and EDI are being used, we have developed several case studies and more are in the pipeline. Here's what we've learned so far -- ACORD standards, and particularly ACORD XML, are being used in a large variety of ways to tackle the diverse business problems you are struggling with today. Take a look at these case studies for Life & Annuity, Property & Casualty, and Reinsurance lines of business:

Life & Annuity:

• Western & Southern Financial Group Vendor Communications
  Western & Southern Financial Group, American Para Professional Systems, Hooper/Holmes/Portamedic, and NaviSys, Inc. - May 2005
• Amica Life Insurance Company: Straight-through-processing with ACORD Standards
  Amica Life Insurance Company and Fiserv Insurance Solutions - May 2004
• Providing Old Mutual Life Advisors Access to South Africa's Astute Central Information Hub
  BOSS Software International and Old Mutual Life Assurance Company [South Africa] - April 2004
• Reducing Integration Expenses with ACORD XML
  Savings Bank Life Insurance (SBLI) and PilotFish Technology - December 2003
• Leveraging Existing Resources Through the Use of ACORD XML
  U.S. Financial Life and Whitehill Technologies - July 2003
• Providing connectivity and streamlined processing between insurance carriers and distributors
  Blue Frog Solutions and Manulife Financial - May 2003
• ACORD standards and Blue Frog's ADMServer enable BISYS to expand both its business and its sales
  Blue Frog Solutions and The BISYS Group, Inc. - May 2003
• Life New Business Underwriting
  MetLife Individual Business and RGA - May 2003
• Implementing a Server and Interface that Integrates NAILBA EDI Standards and ACORD XMLife
  Principal Financial Group and Blue Frog Solutions - May 2002
• MetLife Service Request Director: An ACORD Based Transaction Processing System
  MetLife - April 2001
• ACORD Standards at Manulife Financial
  Manulife - April 2001
• Joint Proof of Concept: An ACORD Standards-based Calculation Engine Interface
  Philibert Software Group and Blue Frog Solutions - June 2001

Property & Casualty/Surety:

• Real-time Workers Comp Quoting
  Service Group & Whitehill Technologies, Inc. - November 2006
• Allianz Global Risks: International Claims Reporting Using ACORD XML and Web Services
  Allianz Global Risks and Sekhon Associates - February 2005
• OneBeacon Insurance Group: Streamlining and Automating Claims Processing
  OneBeacon Insurance Group & EasyLink Services Corporation - September 2004
• Data warehouse approach integrates data from disparate systems and provides foundation for business intelligence
  AXA Re Property & Casualty Insurance Company and Thazar, A Skywire Software Company - May 2003
• Donegal Insurance and IVANS Edit Builder and WebSEMCI
  Donegal Insurance and IVANS - May 2003
• Progressive provides the "Missing Link" to help agents offer more efficient customer service: real time billing inquiry
  Progressive - May 2003
• Providence Washington and Metaserver's P/C Carrier Integration Solution
  Providence Washington and Metaserver - May 2003
• IVANS e-commerce Division Delivers ACORD XML Solutions that Improve an Agents Productivity
  Seely & Durland, Inc. and IVANS - May 2003
• Managing Complex Data across the Insurance Value Chain: The Development and Deployment of Flexible, XML-Based Data Collection, Storage and Management Technologies
  GRX Technologies and eXcelon - May 2002
• Web-based Services Fuel Frankenmuth Financial Group's Rapid Expansion
  CSC and Frankenmuth Financial Group - May 2002
• Ensuring the Insurance Revolution
  Insure HiTech - May 2002
• ACORD XML for P&C Implementation
  Marsh Inc. - May 2002 
• Promoting the Use of an XML-based Interface between Carriers and Agency Management Systems
  ASCnet and IVANS - May 2002
• Process Redesign: Applying ACORD Standards to Jewelry Claims Processing at the Company Level
  JCRS and Missouri-AAA - May 2002
• Claims Service - Loss Run Proof of Concept
  Marsh Risk Technologies and Royal & SunAlliance - April 2002
• Travelers Real-Time SEMCI: An ACORD Standards-based Policy Quoting and Issuing Solution
  Travelers - May 2001

Reinsurance:

• Integration of Customer Systems with eReinsure’s Web-hosted Platform for Reinsurance Placement
  eReinsure - September 2004
• Business Process Improvement Through Standards-based
  Document Management and Exchange
  Aon Ltd - April 2004
• Automating Reinsurance Billings with ACORD Standards
  American International Group (AIG) - June 2003
• Pilot Implementations of the ACORD SOAP Framework for Unstructured Documents
  ROOM Solutions Ltd and AIG Claim Services - May 2003
• Going for the Full Loop: Automating the Exchange of Broker Back-Office Transactions with Swiss Re
  Swiss Re - August 2002
• ACORD's Electronic Standards as Cost Reducer
  SCOR - May 2002
• Improving Customer Service to Meet Today's Expectations
  Benfield Blanch and CNA Re - May 2002
• The Road to Reinsurance Global e-Commerce Standards: The CNA Re Story
  CNA Re - December 2001

Contact

If you have an interesting story about using ACORD XML that demonstrates how your company capitalized on the benefits of standards, please contact Dominic Caccioppoli, Manager, Member Relations – dcaccioppoli@acord.org to get that story developed.