Asia-Pacific Data Standards

Asia-Pacific Data Standards

• Asia-Pacific General Insurance Standards
• Australia / New Zealand Life Insurance Standards
• Delegated Authority Standards
  

Asia-Pacific General Insurance Standards Overview

Asia-Pacific general insurance 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
  
• Cross Industry Schemas: common XML schema for open standards required for implementation
  

Key highlights for the most recent Asia-Pacific General Insurance release include the following capabilities:

• Support for bundling of Life coverages with General Insurance coverages for the South East Asian Market
• Support for Consumer Finance protection cover
• Support for new risk classes for Agriculture, Pet, Engineering and Surety

Below are the most recent versions of the ACORD Asia-Pacific General Insurance Standards releases. 

XML Standards Specifications & Documentation

Australia & New Zealand Life Insurance 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
  
• Cross Industry Schemas: common xml schema for open standards required for implementation
  

Key highlights for the most recent Australia & New Zealand Life release include the following capabilities:

• Providing support for Marketing and Campaign system integration through the Marketing inquiry set of messages
• Supporting exchange customer contact information and campaign information between business partners

Below are the most recent versions of the ACORD Australia & New Zealand Standards releases.

XML Standards Specifications & Documentation

ACORD Delegated Authority Standards can be found on the Global Multi-Functional Standards page.

Contact/Questions

For access to older versions of the Asia-Pacific Data Standards, please contact Member Services.