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Southern Africa Short-Term Insurance Standards

Southern Africa Data Standards are available in a fully indexed and searchable format. The main release components are:

  • Release Notes: a list of changes applied to this standard since its last release
  • Help File: reference document for primary source of information for the Standard
  • Schema Files: used to validate an XML document 
  • Business Process Guide:  high-level process flows supporting the policy life cycle
  • XML Sample Files: Example XML messages illustrating best practice message design

Below are the most recent versions of the ACORD Southern Africa Standards releases.

XML Standards Specifications & Documentation

ACORD Southern Africa Short Term XML v2.4.1
May 2018
ACORD Southern Africa Short Term XML v2.3.1
Feb 2018
ACORD Southern Africa Short Term XML v2.3.0
Sep 2016

Exposure Reporting Standards

ACORD XML Cat Exposure v2.1.0
Nov 2013

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.

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Standards Training Materials

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