Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development

ACORD, the Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development, is a non-profit organization in the insurance industry.[1] ACORD is widely known across the industry for the publication and maintenance of an extensive archive of standardized forms. ACORD has also developed a comprehensive library of electronic data standards with more than 1200 standardized transaction types to support exchange of insurance data between trading partners.

Today, many of the forms and electronic data standards utilized by the insurance and related industries – both in the United States and in several countries across the globe – were developed by ACORD. The Lloyd's of London insurance market uses ACORD standards for messaging between counterparties.[2]

In 2018, ACORD partnered with DataPro on the production of new software that would streamline the implementation of insurance data standards. The project was aimed at improving data integration between legacy data systems and a new wave of automated data processing systems.[3]

ACORD also provided expertise on digital data standards for a collaboration with IBM, ISN, and Marsh to streamline the proof of insurance process with the help of blockchain technology. The partnership is an attempt to eliminate the time- and labor-intensive paper insurance certificates that dominate the global insurance market.[4] A pilot project for the new platform, called Insurwave, launched in the spring of 2018, uses the blockchain to create a distributed ledger of insurance data and to automate recording of shipping information for maritime transactions.[5]

ACORD has also worked with the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations on numerous initiatives including the development of North American XML data standards[6] and the creation of a telematics data standard.[7]

ACORD is headquartered in Pearl River, NY and maintains an office in London, U.K.

History

Established in 1970 as a non-profit organization, ACORD was formed by insurance carriers and agents focused on building efficiencies in the United States property casualty insurance market. Originally named Agent Company Operations Research and Development (ACORD), the organization's initial goal was to standardize the many proprietary forms being used by carriers for new business and claims submission.[8] In the late 1970s, ACORD began developing electronic standards to complement its form standards. ACORD subsequently expanded both its forms and electronic data standards beyond property and casualty insurance to encompass life and annuity, surety, and reinsurance markets.

Conferences

ACORD hosts several events on technology and related business topics. Among its events are an annual conference on insurance technology.

References
  1. "About ACORD — ACORD.org". About. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  2. "Exchange". Lloyds of London. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  3. "Acord and Datapro in data standards partnership". www.cirmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  4. "Marsh Collaborates with IBM, ACORD, and ISN to Apply Blockchain Technology for First Commercial Proof of Insurance". www.businesswire.com. 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  5. "Blockchain insurance technology goes live through EY's Maritime". Live Insurance News. 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
  6. "ACORD, CSIO to Collaborate on XML Standards for North America". Insurance Journal. 2000-09-08. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  7. "Q&A: CSIO on efforts to standardize UBI telematics data in North America | TU Automotive Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine". Analysis.TU-auto.com. 2014-03-25. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
  8. Wan, Hakman (2006). Electronic Financial Services: Technology and Management. Chandos. pp. 155–157.
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