Reinsurance & Large Commercial Data Standards

ACORD GRLC Data Standards

ACORD Global Reinsurance & Large Commercial (GRLC) Standards are available in a fully indexed and searchable format. The main release components are:

Online Data Dictionary: one-stop interactive virtual portal for ACORD Standards data attributes
Code Manual: document listing all code lists for the Standard
Guides: document/s that define the process flows and data content for specific areas of functionality within the Insurance/Reinsurance value chain
Schema Files: used to validate an XML and JSON document

Below are the most recent versions of the ACORD GRLC Standards releases.

ACORD GRLC XML Standards Specifications, Documentation & Schema Tools

Note: All users of the GRLC 2016.10 Standards should download and implement the July 2024 release to stay in full compliance with the Standards. Continued use of an outdated schema may result in unnecessary schema and validator failures.

ACORD GRLC XML 2016.10 Schema Files

Jul 2024

ACORD GRLC XML 2015.04 Schema Files

Jul 2019

ACORD GRLC XML - Guidance for XML Implementations of the ACORD GRLC Message Standard

Nov 2024

ACORD GRLC Code Manual

May 2025

ACORD GRLC Accounting & Claims Release Notes

Nov 2025

ACORD GRLC Accounting & Settlement

ACORD GRLC Electronic Back Office Transactions (EBOT) Quick Reference Guide 2016.10.2

Nov 2025

ACORD GRLC Electronic Back Office Transactions (EBOT) Quick Reference Guide 2015.04

May 2015

ACORD GRLC EBOT Mapped Business Examples

Nov 2013

ACORD GRLC Claims

GRLC Generation 2.0 Claims White Paper

May 2025

GRLC Generation 2.0 Claims White Paper Appendices

Apr 2025

ACORD GRLC Electronic Claims Office Transactions (ECOT) Quick Reference Guide 2016.10.2

Nov 2025

ACORD GRLC Electronic Claims Office Transactions (ECOT) Quick Reference Guide 2015.04

Apr 2015

ACORD GRLC Placing

Unified Placing Standard

ePlacing Implementation

Contract, Risk & Pre-Accounting (CRP) Implementation

Post-Placement Implementation

ACORD GRLC Change Log

Oct 2025

ACORD GRLC Unified Placing Standard Release Notes

Oct 2025

ACORD GRLC Unified Placing Standard Data File Gen 2.0

Oct 2025

ACORD GRLC Conceptual Data Model Gen 2.0

Oct 2025

ACORD GRLC Placing Master JSON Schema Gen 2.0

May 2025

ACORD GRLC ePlacing Implementation Guidance v1.4.0

Feb 2025

ACORD GRLC ePlacing XML Sample Files v1.3

Feb 2025

GRLC CRP 3.2 JSON Schema

Aug 2023

ACORD GRLC CRP Implementation Toolkit Cover Letter 3.2.2

Jan 2024

ACORD GRLC CRP Implementation Guide 3.2.2

Jan 2024

ACORD GRLC CRP JSON Sample Files 3.2.2

Jan 2024

ACORD GRLC CRP 3.2.1 to 3.2.2 Change History

Jan 2024

ACORD Post-Placement Implementation Guide v1

Jun 2023

ACORD GRLC XML Validator Files

ACORD GRLC EBOT Validator 2016.10.2

Nov 2025

ACORD GRLC ECOT Validator 2016.10.2

Jul 2025

ACORD GRLC ePlacing Validator 1.2

Feb 2023

ACORD GRLC ePlacing Acknowledgement Validator 1.2

Oct 2024

ACORD GRLC ECOT Validator 2015.04

Nov 2018

ACORD GRLC Data Dictionary

In order to improve accessibility, performance, and user experience, the ACORD GRLC Data Dictionary is now available online in a browser-based digital format.

Data Dictionary Online

Please note: The MS Access version of the Data Dictionary will not be updated after March 2025, and will be unavailable for download after December 2025. The current version of the Data Dictionary is available online only.

ACORD GRLC Data Dictionary (March 2025)

ACORD GRLC Supplemental Information & Guides

ACORD GRLC Codeset Data File

ACORD GRLC and Ruschlikon Community - Digitisation via Collaboration

ACORD GRLC Accounting & Claims Standards Overview

ACORD GRLC Guide To Business References

ACORD GRLC Technical Implementation Package eAccounting & Claims v1.1

ACORD GRLC: A34 A Guide to the Class of Business Hierarchy (2025)

ACORD GRLC: A Guide to DRI and AMS Integration v1.3.2

ACORD GRLC Best Practice Guides: Implementing Next-Generation Digital Standards

ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards API Glossary

ACORD Standards for Delegated Authority

For Delegated Authority XML standards please visit the Global Multi-Functional Standards area.

Next-Generation Digital Standards

See the ACORD Next-Generation Digital Standards page for more information on ACORD's Data Standards for microservices, API's, and other fine-grained insurance transactions.