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<p>Bot: Creating new article from JSON</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>📋 &#039;&#039;&#039;ACORD&#039;&#039;&#039; (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is the insurance industry&#039;s global standards-setting body, responsible for developing and maintaining the data standards, forms, and electronic messaging frameworks that enable information to flow between [[Definition:Insurance carrier | carriers]], [[Definition:Insurance broker | brokers]], [[Definition:Managing general agent (MGA) | MGAs]], [[Definition:Reinsurance | reinsurers]], and technology vendors. Established in 1970, ACORD operates as a nonprofit consensus organization whose membership spans thousands of insurance organizations across more than 100 countries.<br /> <br /> 🔗 At its core, ACORD publishes standardized data models — including ACORD XML and ACORD JSON schemas — that define how policy, [[Definition:Claim | claims]], [[Definition:Underwriting | underwriting]], and accounting information should be structured when exchanged electronically. It also maintains the widely used ACORD paper and electronic forms (such as the ACORD 25 certificate of insurance and the ACORD 125 commercial insurance application) that serve as the common language for submissions and evidence of coverage across the U.S. market. When an [[Definition:Agency management system | agency management system]] sends a new business submission to a carrier&#039;s [[Definition:Policy administration system | policy administration system]], ACORD standards govern the format and field definitions so both sides can parse the data without manual rekeying.<br /> <br /> 🌐 Without a shared vocabulary, the insurance ecosystem — which depends on complex, multi-party transactions spanning [[Definition:Distribution channel | distribution]], [[Definition:Placement | placement]], [[Definition:Binding authority agreement | binding]], and [[Definition:Settlement | settlement]] — would drown in manual data entry and reconciliation errors. ACORD standards lower integration costs, accelerate straight-through processing, and make it feasible for [[Definition:Insurtech | insurtechs]] and legacy systems to interoperate. As the industry pursues greater digitization, ACORD&#039;s evolving data standards and its ACORD Solutions Group certification program have become essential building blocks for any organization seeking to modernize its technology stack.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Related concepts&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> {{Div col|colwidth=20em}}<br /> * [[Definition:Policy administration system]]<br /> * [[Definition:Agency management system]]<br /> * [[Definition:Straight-through processing (STP)]]<br /> * [[Definition:Certificate of insurance]]<br /> * [[Definition:Data standard]]<br /> * [[Definition:Insurtech]]<br /> {{Div col end}}</div>

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