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MeMBerSHIP rePorT<br />
2012<br />
a
IMAGINE<br />
… An industry that embraces a global and enterprise<br />
view of information.<br />
…An industry where all trading partners can easily<br />
exchange information as required.<br />
… An industry where business solutions include<br />
ACORD standards.<br />
For more than 40 years, ACord has been responding<br />
to the needs of our members and partners, working<br />
hand-in-hand to develop the best and most efficient<br />
products and services for ease of doing business.<br />
we’ve kept pace with the changes, in business and in society. From paper forms, to<br />
electronic data Interchange, to XML, to the enterprise architecture of the Framework,<br />
ACord has consistently positioned itself at the leading edge of technology, to anticipate<br />
and respond to the needs of an evolving industry.<br />
As we head into 2012, everything ACord has done up to this point has laid the<br />
groundwork for the next phase of our evolution.<br />
Today’s ACord is shaped by where we’ve been, but it’s defined by where we’re heading.<br />
Today’s ACord is about possibilities, about solutions, and about connecting the dots for<br />
the future of our industry. New initiatives…new growth…new and better ways to serve our<br />
members.<br />
The ACord story today has two important aspects. The first is, of course, our Standards<br />
themselves. The second is the people behind those Standards: the members from all<br />
corners of the industry who develop them, the diverse communities that embrace them,<br />
and the staff that helps to maintain and implement them. As an ACord member, that<br />
story is being written by your hand as much as by ours.<br />
This membership report will tell you the story of what we’re doing, how we’re doing<br />
it, and who’s doing it, on behalf of, and in partnership with, our members. Most<br />
important, it will tell you why our work benefits you, and why we believe that<br />
Standards matter.<br />
Gregory Maciag<br />
President and Ceo<br />
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John leonard<br />
maine employers’ mutual<br />
Insurance company (memIc)<br />
acord Board chair<br />
“ACORD Standards are absolutely<br />
essential for any organization,<br />
large or small, that wants to<br />
become more efficient, grow<br />
its business and succeed in<br />
today’s global marketplace. It’s<br />
also important for our insurance<br />
community to understand the<br />
role it can play in shaping the<br />
Standards. When you’re working<br />
with ACORD, you’re helping to<br />
create a more interconnected<br />
future.”<br />
STANDARDS VISION<br />
we Seek To MAke ACord STANdArdS THe CorNerSToNe<br />
oF ALL BuSINeSS SoLuTIoNS For eXCHANGe oF INForMATIoN<br />
ACroSS THe INSurANCe vALue CHAIN, BY:<br />
• Advancing a global and enterprise view of information<br />
• Promoting best practices for enterprise architecture<br />
• Providing a roadmap for more dynamic, integrated and effective exchange<br />
• Encouraging broad use of standards-based components to enable more<br />
options for implementation<br />
The greatest value of ACord Standards is in their actual implementation.<br />
ACord’s history demonstrates that when there is clear vision, implementation<br />
follows. our mission is simple: make the vision a reality .<br />
CoNNeCTING THe doTS<br />
what we do<br />
StandardS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4<br />
COMMON SERVICES .............................................................5<br />
LIFE & ANNUITY ................................................................6<br />
PROPERTY & CASUALTY ..........................................................7<br />
REINSURANCE. .................................................................8<br />
AUSTRALIA ...................................................................10<br />
SOUTHERN AFRICA .............................................................11<br />
WORkERS’ COMPENSATION REPORTINg ............................................11<br />
framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12<br />
formS & eformS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14<br />
ImplementatIon advISory ServIceS & toolS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16<br />
advocacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18<br />
COMMUNICATIONS .............................................................18<br />
INDUSTRY AND gOVERNMENT AFFAIRS. ............................................19<br />
EVENTS ......................................................................20<br />
How we do It<br />
StandardS development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23<br />
StandardS ImplementatIon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24<br />
who we Are<br />
acord communItIeS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26<br />
ACORD CERTIFIED ExPERT .......................................................27<br />
gLOBAL COMMUNITY ...........................................................28<br />
VOLUNTEER@ACORD ...........................................................29<br />
PARTICIPATION ................................................................30<br />
AUgIE .......................................................................31<br />
InSIde acord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32<br />
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ..........................................................32<br />
kEY STAFF....................................................................34<br />
PARTICIPANTS .................................................................35<br />
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At ACord, we see an entire industry capable of transacting business using ACord Standards.<br />
This vision includes systems composed of interchangeable components based on ACord<br />
Standards that span the enterprise and provide a 360-degree view of people, organizations<br />
and risks.<br />
It includes the solution providers who build those systems, and it includes all of you who<br />
embrace Standards in your business practices and IT processes. when you implement<br />
any aspect of ACord Standards even in small and incremental ways, you’re showing your<br />
support for an industry based on collaboration, efficiency and sky’s-the-limit potential.<br />
Your Standards implementation is a strong step into the future of our industry. At ACord,<br />
we work to give you all the tools and information you need to help your organization and<br />
your partners take that step together.<br />
Common Services<br />
INTeroPerABILITY ANd CoNSISTeNCY ACroSS ProGrAMS<br />
MeANS FASTer AdoPTIoN ANd GreATer BuSINeSS vALue<br />
To our MeMBerS.<br />
For years, leading organizations in many<br />
industries have established internal<br />
groups to evaluate how their business<br />
units and best practices interface<br />
with the evolving global marketplace.<br />
Today, this kind of broad perspective is<br />
especially important to the insurance<br />
industry. The ACord Common Services<br />
Program mirrors this mission-critical<br />
approach as we aim to minimize<br />
complexity and simplify integration for<br />
ACord’s membership worldwide.<br />
designing ACord’s Common Services<br />
shared Standards to be reusable across<br />
programs and geographies reduces<br />
duplication of effort and use of “one-off”<br />
solutions. This forward-thinking strategy<br />
saves time, money and resources, and<br />
paves the way for solutions to emerging<br />
challenges that face tomorrow’s<br />
insurance industry.<br />
Common Services encompass<br />
Standards-based solutions such as the<br />
acord web Services profile, which<br />
bridges the gap between ACord and<br />
horizontal technical Standards, and<br />
business-oriented content such as the<br />
acord messaging library,<br />
a common set of business<br />
messaging components that<br />
spans multiple domains and can<br />
be used globally.<br />
ACord Common Services also<br />
embrace industry best practices,<br />
including architecture and naming<br />
& design principles aligned with<br />
cross-industry Standards bodies<br />
such as w3C, oASIS, and uN/<br />
CeFACT. This approach allows<br />
ACord members to shorten<br />
implementation timeframes<br />
by leveraging universally<br />
established tools.<br />
Common Services is now focused<br />
on expanding utilization by<br />
the u.S. National Insurance<br />
Producer registry (NIPr),<br />
and in the growing Southern<br />
African market. when new<br />
products are developed and<br />
new markets opened, ACord’s<br />
Common Services provide<br />
the foundation to take our<br />
Standards there.<br />
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Life & Annuity<br />
“THe uSe oF ACord STANdArdS IS eSSeNTIAL For ANY BuSINeSS LookING<br />
To INCreASe eFFICIeNCY ANd ACCurACY wHILe deCreASING CoSTS.”<br />
- Ray SlideR, Vice PReSident, PRudential<br />
2011 was a year of new initiatives and upgrades within the<br />
L&A Program, driven by evolving industry demands for ways<br />
to increase revenue while reducing costs. ACord made<br />
significant progress in several areas including:<br />
Plug & Play<br />
ACORD’s Plug & Play consortium works<br />
to ensure that diverse systems easily<br />
connect with each other (“plug and play”)<br />
through consistent interpretation and<br />
implementation of ACORD Standards. The<br />
current focus is ACORD’s Life & Annuity<br />
Standard and the common ACORD Web<br />
Services Profile. While this initiative<br />
is technical in nature, it is driven by<br />
important business considerations:<br />
• Decrease implementation time<br />
• Reduce associated development<br />
costs by making it easy to reuse<br />
components.<br />
The concept was proven in May 2011 at the<br />
first Plug & Play Jamboree, where companies<br />
with no prior interactions tested their<br />
implementations of ACORD Life, Annuity,<br />
and Health services in a live and unfiltered<br />
environment. The result was a demonstration<br />
of successful service calls achieved by<br />
following the Plug & Play specifications.<br />
Employee Benefits<br />
In the Employee Benefits segment of the<br />
industry, brokers and underwriters often have<br />
to communicate repeatedly to get a complete<br />
data set to create a proposal. ACORD’s XML<br />
Message for Census will enable insurance<br />
carriers to receive the census data for RFI/<br />
RFP, enrollment and maintenance in the same<br />
standard electronic format from every agent/<br />
broker, and help reduce the back-and-forth to a<br />
single exchange of data.<br />
@ACORD_LA acord.org/la @ACORD_PC acord.org/pc<br />
DTCC Messages<br />
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s record<br />
layouts of the fixed file formats used by their Insurance &<br />
Retirement Services business have been incorporated into<br />
ACORD’s Standard.<br />
The inclusion of the DTCC messages in the Standard is<br />
significant because the industry now views these messages<br />
as a Standard and not as a proprietary entity. This will raise<br />
awareness of the importance of Standards for data exchange<br />
between insurance carriers and distributors and help drive<br />
further adoption.<br />
Insured Retirement Institute<br />
The Insured Retirement Institute brings together the<br />
interests of the industry, financial advisors and consumers<br />
under one umbrella. As part of its straight-through<br />
processing initiative to create a paper-free process, gain<br />
regulatory acceptance and benefit consumers, the IRI<br />
continues to define detailed ACORD L&A and DTCC<br />
Standards-based data messaging.<br />
Life Brokerage Technology Committee<br />
Participation<br />
ACORD and the National Association of Independent Life<br />
Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA) are active participants in<br />
the Life Brokerage Technology Committee, an independent<br />
group that brings together carriers, brokers/agents and<br />
solution providers to address technology needs in the life<br />
industry. The Committee provides a forum for the broker<br />
community to share its collective challenges and increase<br />
its input into helping shape the Standards.<br />
Long Term Care<br />
ACORD is working with members to help the Long Term<br />
Care community start implementing ACORD Standards.<br />
The initial goal is to create standardized messages that<br />
help insurers achieve consistent implementation of<br />
electronic new business applications.<br />
Property & Casualty<br />
The Property & Casualty Standards encompass personal and commercial lines,<br />
surety and workers’ compensation reporting in multiple formats. The P&C<br />
Standards are also used to service data for the global reinsurance market. In<br />
2011, members approved 43 Maintenance requests that improved aspects of<br />
the P&C Standards including XML, AL3, and ACord Forms.<br />
Interoperability<br />
Reinsurance transactions often<br />
require complex global exchanges of<br />
information. ACORD is developing<br />
interoperability between ACORD’s<br />
P&C and Reinsurance Standards<br />
to smooth the flow of reinsurance<br />
data. In addition to the benefits to all<br />
parties along the distribution chain,<br />
this initiative will support ACORD’s<br />
larger interoperability goals by<br />
demonstrating how ACORD<br />
Standards work together to improve<br />
efficiency across lines of business.<br />
Telematics<br />
Telematics is the combination of<br />
telecommunications and informatics<br />
used to gather and transmit data<br />
remotely from motor vehicles. This<br />
data includes driving activity,<br />
accident reporting, GPS usage, and<br />
other functions.<br />
Acting on a member’s suggestion,<br />
ACORD is bringing together a<br />
community of insurers to create<br />
a Standard for telematics data<br />
and reporting. This Standard will<br />
improve the quality and availability<br />
of vehicle data that can be used<br />
for reporting and analytics. A<br />
telematics Standard will enable the<br />
transmission of consistent data that<br />
allows insurers to make business<br />
decisions within their underwriting,<br />
sales, marketing and product<br />
management areas.<br />
Telematics represents an important<br />
opportunity for ACORD to enter an<br />
emerging area that will only grow in<br />
importance to our industry.<br />
Excess & Surplus Lines<br />
ACORD continues to work with<br />
industry organizations such as the<br />
Agents Council for Technology<br />
(ACT), American Association<br />
of Managing General Agents<br />
(AAMGA), and National Association<br />
of Professional Surplus Lines<br />
Offices (NAPSLO) to drive the<br />
Excess and Surplus Lines market<br />
to adopt Standards and to facilitate<br />
automated movement of data<br />
between independent agents,<br />
MGAs, and carriers.<br />
CoMMerCIAL LINeS dowNLoAd<br />
The Commercial Lines download initiative<br />
continues to gain momentum among<br />
insurers and agencies. ACord is currently<br />
assessing the scope of documentation to be<br />
produced and the criteria for defining the minimum<br />
data sets for each message.<br />
peggy Scott<br />
manager, marketing Information<br />
management, liberty mutual<br />
agency corporation<br />
“ACORD understands and<br />
exemplifies working in<br />
collaboration to maximize<br />
results for all. That’s why<br />
it continues to provide<br />
a forum where carriers,<br />
software providers and<br />
agents can come together<br />
to find single solutions to<br />
technology problems or<br />
business requirements. The<br />
industry today would not be<br />
as far along as it is in terms<br />
of cost effective technology<br />
implementation with industry<br />
standards and improving<br />
operational efficiencies were it<br />
not for ACORD’s stewardship.”<br />
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Reinsurance<br />
@ACORD_RE<br />
acord.org/re<br />
SHArING eXPerIeNCe ANd eXPerTISe ACroSS THe GLoBe To INCreASe e-TrAdING eFFICIeNCY.<br />
ACord Standards play a key role in driving major initiatives in the global reinsurance community for both “front<br />
office” placing activity and “back office” premiums and claims processing and settlement.<br />
Placing<br />
There are various initiatives underway:<br />
• The London insurance market is using ACORD messages to administer contract changes and<br />
endorsements. During 2011, 28 broking firms processed more than 30,000 endorsements with 52<br />
Lloyd’s Managing Agents and 21 insurance companies.<br />
• The Exposure Reporting standard has been developed for the collection and reporting of exposure<br />
information which can be used throughout the insurance value chain. The standard was developed<br />
with the assistance of many of the catastrophe modeling software vendors. This group includes<br />
representatives from reinsurance firms from the US and Europe.<br />
Premiums and claims<br />
The reinsurance standards for premiums and claims processing, the electronic Back<br />
office Transaction Standard (eBoT) and electronic Claims office Transaction Standard<br />
(eCoT), are now a global success. Brokers and insurers have implemented them in<br />
more than 30 countries spread across six continents. details include:<br />
• The US Reinsurance Committee is overseeing and promoting implementation<br />
of the standards in the US. Various marketing activities during 2011 have<br />
raised the profile of this work and this will continue in 2012 with specific<br />
activities aimed at cedents.<br />
• The Ruschlikon Initiative is focusing on the implementation activities of some<br />
of the largest firms in the industry who are coordinating their activities globally.<br />
Aon, Willis, Guy Carpenter, Swiss Re, SCOR and Munich Re processed more<br />
than 200,000 messages in 2011 and are set to double that in 2012.<br />
• There are also groups focusing on implementation within other areas such<br />
as Bermuda and London market. Both of these markets already have some<br />
implementations and this is set to increase in 2012.<br />
• Low cost options are in development, including Cedent Bordereau in the US<br />
and Ruschlikon Lite, that allow smaller firms or cedents to participate without<br />
full standards implementation.<br />
• Many insurers in the London market share a common back office and a<br />
version of the standards called E-Accounts has been developed to support this.<br />
8 London brokers are now processing transactions with all Lloyds syndicates<br />
and more than 80 insurance companies.<br />
ACord’s reinsurance standards benefit each member of the value chain. The ceding<br />
company sees reduction in cycle time and paperwork and improvements in data<br />
consistency. For the broker, standards make it easier to analyze data and respond to<br />
queries. For the reinsurer, standards mean faster payment turnaround to the cedent,<br />
and better data, which results in better pricing.<br />
As the reinsurance industry’s understanding deepens about what it gains from<br />
standards implementation, more organizations are taking the important step<br />
toward ACord.<br />
graham clarke<br />
ceo, miller Insurance<br />
Services ltd<br />
“Using ACORD messages<br />
to obtain agreement to our<br />
clients’ endorsements is a<br />
real step forward. It can be<br />
used to support the face to<br />
face negotiation necessary<br />
for complex transactions<br />
but also allows simple<br />
administrative endorsements<br />
to be processed and agreed<br />
without the overhead of<br />
a face to face visit thus<br />
allowing us to concentrate our<br />
efforts where they support<br />
our clients’ needs best.”<br />
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Australia<br />
“IT’S uNPreCedeNTed IN AuSTrALIA For CoMPeTITorS To TALk ABouT<br />
TeCHNoLoGY SoLuTIoNS. However, ACord HAS CreATed A CoLLABorATIve<br />
eNvIroNMeNT To deveLoP STANdArdS THAT BrING reAL vALue To THe INduSTrY<br />
ANd THe CuSToMerS IT ServeS. THe vISIoN IS THere, ANd Now we’re workING<br />
TowArdS IT.”<br />
-tRoy FiliPceVic, executiVe ManageR, SuncoRP<br />
In 2011 ACord established the Australian General Insurance Program to provide insurance<br />
process, messaging and data Standards for the General Insurance (Property & Casualty)<br />
marketplace in Australia. The scope of the Standards includes all general insurance products and<br />
focuses on the entire insurance business process. It involves all constituencies in the community<br />
including agents & brokers, distributors, insurers, solution providers and regulators.<br />
The Australian insurance industry has seen continuous growth in premiums year over year<br />
because of product innovations which include bundling of policies, improved distribution and<br />
servicing strategies. Market size and growth are the driving forces behind improving how data<br />
flows through the Australian market and connects with the rest of the world.<br />
ACord members in Australia officially adopted the ACord Messaging Library as the data<br />
Standard for use within the Australian general insurance market. Two segments of ACord XML,<br />
Professional Indemnity and Commercial Motor, are available for testing and implementation<br />
within the Australian market, and others are in development.<br />
Australian Life Standards<br />
In addition to General Insurance,<br />
ACORD has expanded its presence<br />
into the Australian life insurance<br />
market. The 2011 ACORD Life<br />
Insurance Standards seminar in<br />
Sydney brought together insurers,<br />
funds, administrators and solution<br />
providers to discuss the business<br />
value of implementing ACORD<br />
Standards. The result: development<br />
of the new Australian Life Insurance<br />
Standards Program.<br />
Australian ACORD Forms<br />
acord.org/au<br />
In late 2011, the first group of thirteen<br />
Australia-specific ACORD forms were<br />
approved by member vote. Although the use<br />
of forms in Australia is still in its infancy, the<br />
market shows great interest in eForms.<br />
All of ACORD’s Australian initiatives have<br />
helped to build a thriving community with<br />
local governance, development, deployment<br />
and implementation support for the Standards.<br />
acord.org/za<br />
Southern Africa Program<br />
“INSurANCe TodAY CroSSeS BorderS ANd CoMPANIeS AT A rAPId PACe.<br />
ACCurACY, eFFICIeNCY, ANd TrANSPAreNCY Are AN IMPorTANT PArT oF<br />
TodAY’S INSurANCe TeCHNoLoGY ANd ACord STANdArdS HeLP uS reACH<br />
THoSe oBjeCTIveS.”<br />
- LYdIA MoATe, Ceo, AFrISure<br />
ACord established the South Africa Standards Program to provide insurance process,<br />
messaging and data standards for Short Term (Property & Casualty) insurance. The<br />
scope of the Standards includes all short term insurance products including personal<br />
lines and commercial lines.<br />
Though the program began in South Africa alone, ACord’s facilitation of several faceto-face<br />
meetings and conferences led to major advances in Standards awareness and<br />
development in the region. Almost immediately, organizations in Botswana, Zimbabwe,<br />
and Namibia saw the value of ACord implementation and decided they also wanted<br />
to standardize. By year’s end the ACord Standards Committee had voted to bring the<br />
ACord Standard to these countries and to rename the program “Southern Africa” to<br />
allow ACord’s work to be leveraged by an even wider audience.<br />
The newly renamed program focuses on the entire insurance value chain and involves<br />
all constituencies in the insurance community. Like the Australian program, ACord’s<br />
Southern African initiative is structured for local governance, development and<br />
implementation support for the Standards.<br />
acord.org/wc<br />
Workers’ Compensation Reporting<br />
This year ACord was engaged by<br />
the workers’ Compensation Insurance<br />
organizations (wCIo) and International<br />
Association of Industrial Accident Boards<br />
and Commissions (IAIABC) to help their<br />
community expand upon and modernize<br />
its current fixed length, flat file format data<br />
Standards. ACord’s XML Standard is being<br />
designed to synchronize with the widely<br />
implemented edI standards now in use.<br />
As these organizations increase electronic<br />
transactions and are embracing newer<br />
technology, they have found great value in<br />
the robustly defined and architected XML<br />
business messages found in the ACord<br />
Standards. The workers’ Compensation<br />
community sees ACord XML as a<br />
means to achieve business goals and<br />
realize significant benefits including<br />
cost savings, ease of doing business,<br />
and greater flexibility in its interactions<br />
with the industry.<br />
The initial focus is to provide a<br />
single XML Standard for workers’<br />
Compensation reporting<br />
requirements as an alternative<br />
to the multiple edI Standards.<br />
Currently North Carolina is in<br />
production and Massachusetts is<br />
piloting the Notice of Assignment<br />
XML message.<br />
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Framework<br />
@ACORD_Framework<br />
acord.org/framework<br />
“we Now SHAre A CoMMoN LANGuAGe ANd A CLeAr roAdMAP.”<br />
- BoRiS BulanoV, inFoRMatica.<br />
It has been a year of great activity and<br />
progress for the ACORD Framework.<br />
The recently released Information Model<br />
version 2.0 marked the beginning of a new<br />
phase in the development of the model.<br />
The Information Model represents<br />
the concepts and relationships of the<br />
insurance industry across all programs,<br />
and will continue to be at the core of all<br />
ACORD Standards development. ACORD<br />
members can use the model as the basis<br />
of application development, for validation<br />
of existing models, or as a source of<br />
information exchange between the<br />
business and IT areas. Broad availability<br />
of the enterprise-class model allows<br />
carriers, software vendors, and service<br />
providers to align strategies and move<br />
forward.<br />
Mapping the content of the various<br />
ACORD Standards to the Information<br />
Model is already underway,<br />
focused on common subject<br />
areas used across all programs.<br />
The Framework team has taken<br />
great care to align existing<br />
ACORD Standards, including the<br />
ACORD Forms Library as well as<br />
the XML and EDI data formats, to<br />
the Model.<br />
The Data Model is progressing,<br />
with a member-driven working<br />
group validating the structure and<br />
design before conducting a general<br />
review of the entire model. We expect<br />
many positive enhancements to the<br />
model as a result of membership<br />
participation.<br />
ACORD’s team has also laid out the<br />
foundational pieces of the final piece<br />
of the Framework, the Component<br />
Model.<br />
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Forms & eForms<br />
Newer, faster, easier…and<br />
helping you stay compliant.<br />
ACORD’s Forms department spent 2011<br />
streamlining its internal processes to<br />
provide faster and more efficient response<br />
to the users of our more than 800 forms.<br />
Whether we’re developing new forms for<br />
Australia or updating existing forms to<br />
comply with new government regulations,<br />
we work to make sure that you can always<br />
access the most current forms when you<br />
need them.<br />
eForms and eLabels<br />
An eForm is an electronic version of an<br />
ACORD form. An eLabel is a unique<br />
data label, consistent across all ACORD<br />
eForms, that provides a common reference<br />
point between a specific field on the eForm<br />
and the corresponding field in a database.<br />
Systems that incorporate eLabels make it<br />
easier for insurers and solution providers<br />
to make required updates to our eForms<br />
more efficiently. This means users can<br />
access the latest versions of ACORD eForms<br />
more quickly. eLabels and eForms help<br />
keep users current and compliant, and also<br />
make it possible for solution providers to<br />
expand their systems’ capabilities.<br />
ACORD Forms are always evolving<br />
in response to regulatory and user<br />
requirements. As we release new forms, we’ll<br />
also develop matching eLabels as needed.<br />
Compliance<br />
In response to our forms users’ needs, a new<br />
Forms FAQ now resides on the ACORD website,<br />
fed by a knowledge base that addresses their<br />
questions in a clear and consistent manner.<br />
One common question: How do I know if the<br />
ACORD Forms I’m using are compliant with the<br />
latest regulations in my area? We can’t predict<br />
when lawmakers will decide to change regulations<br />
that affect our forms, but we can make sure that we<br />
respond quickly to regulatory changes.<br />
For example, in 2011 we learned that New York State<br />
was instituting new requirements for producers, and<br />
we immediately began work with the state’s Insurance<br />
Department, the Association of Professional Insurance<br />
acord.org/Standards/forms<br />
Agents (PIA) and the Independent Insurance Agents and<br />
Brokers of New York (IIABNY). The resulting new form,<br />
ACORD 39, was released in advance of the regulatory<br />
deadline, and will make it easier for producers to comply<br />
with the new disclosure requirements.<br />
ACORD is prepared to support any other jurisdictions<br />
with a similar regulatory requirement. We’re helping you<br />
stay current and compliant, year after year.<br />
Dynamic Forms<br />
Many ACORD Forms users have asked about the<br />
possibility of creating dynamic ACORD forms. A<br />
dynamic form changes according to the user’s needs.<br />
For example, specific form fields might disappear if<br />
they’re not being used, or could expand to accommodate<br />
additional required information. In 2011 ACORD<br />
brought together agents, carriers, and solution providers<br />
to discuss the concept and completed a white paper that<br />
documents the business case and user issues in detail. In<br />
2012 we will continue to explore the possibilities.<br />
AGENCY<br />
CONTACT<br />
NAME:<br />
PHONE<br />
(A/C, No, Ext):<br />
FAX<br />
(A/C, No):<br />
E-MAIL<br />
ADDRESS:<br />
CODE: SUBCODE:<br />
AGENCY CUSTOMER ID:<br />
INSURED<br />
NAME OF INSURED (First, Middle, Last)<br />
PRIMARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
NAME OF SPOUSE (First, Middle, Last) (if applicable)<br />
PRIMARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
CONTACT<br />
CONTACT INSURED<br />
NAME OF CONTACT (First, Middle, Last)<br />
PRIMARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
DATE OF BIRTH FEIN (if applicable)<br />
DATE OF BIRTH<br />
WHEN TO CONTACT<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
SECONDARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
LOSS<br />
LOCATION OF LOSS<br />
STREET:<br />
CITY, STATE, ZIP:<br />
COUNTRY:<br />
DESCRIBE LOCATION OF LOSS IF NOT AT SPECIFIC STREET ADDRESS:<br />
KIND OF FIRE<br />
LIGHTNING FLOOD<br />
LOSS<br />
THEFT<br />
HAIL<br />
WIND<br />
PROPERTY LOSS NOTICE<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
INSURED LOCATION CODE<br />
POLICY NUMBER<br />
CONTACT'S MAILING ADDRESS<br />
PRIMARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
SECONDARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
PROPERTY / HOME POLICY<br />
DATE OF LOSS AND TIME<br />
DATE (MM/DD/YYYY)<br />
CARRIER NAIC CODE<br />
POLICY NUMBER<br />
POLICY NUMBER<br />
DESCRIPTION OF LOSS & DAMAGE (ACORD 101, Additional Remarks Schedule, may be attached if more space is required)<br />
REPORTED BY<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
SECONDARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
FEIN (if applicable)<br />
SECONDARY<br />
PHONE #<br />
MARITAL STATUS<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
MARITAL STATUS<br />
HOME BUS CELL<br />
FLOOD POLICY<br />
CARRIER NAIC CODE<br />
WIND POLICY<br />
CARRIER NAIC CODE<br />
INSURED'S MAILING ADDRESS<br />
PRIMARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
SECONDARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
SPOUSE'S MAILING ADDRESS (if applicable)<br />
PRIMARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
SECONDARY E-MAIL ADDRESS:<br />
REPORTED TO<br />
POLICE OR FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTACTED<br />
REPORT NUMBER<br />
PROBABLE AMOUNT ENTIRE LOSS<br />
ACORD 1 (2011/07) Page 1 of 3 © 1988-2011 ACORD CORPORATION. All rights reserved.<br />
The ACORD name and logo are registered marks of ACORD<br />
AM<br />
PM<br />
Certificates<br />
Last year ACORD changed the<br />
cancellation wording on its certificates<br />
in response to state regulatory<br />
requirements. This change required<br />
insurance producers, carriers, and<br />
regulators - as well as those outside the<br />
industry who receive certificates, such<br />
as general contractors, mortgage lenders,<br />
and governmental agencies - to adapt<br />
to the new language. ACORD took<br />
immediate action to help increase<br />
Forms Highlights<br />
understanding of the issue,<br />
including hosting a meeting<br />
with industry leaders to raise<br />
awareness, participating in<br />
webinars, seeking out speaking<br />
opportunities, and responding<br />
to inquiries from agencies,<br />
carriers and other organizations to<br />
educate them about the insurance<br />
regulatory realities that made the<br />
language changes necessary.<br />
• New and enhanced ACORD Forms were approved and released in 2011. These<br />
included Cyber Liability, Specialty Lines, Flood, Disclosure and Garage.<br />
• Several sectional-style personal lines forms were redesigned to be republished<br />
as “stand-alone” applications, including:<br />
• Personal Umbrella Application<br />
• Dwelling Fire Application<br />
• Personal Inland Marine Application<br />
• Mobile Home Application<br />
• Watercraft Application<br />
The corresponding forms were similarly upgraded to incorporate any relevant<br />
information added to the redesigned applications.<br />
• ACORD convened a new Life & Annuity Forms focus group to take a fresh look<br />
at the current ACORD Life & Annuity forms, and help prioritize actions based<br />
on industry needs.<br />
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Advisory Services<br />
acord.org/advisoryservices<br />
“ACord’S STAFF IS weLL PrePAred ANd doeS AN eXCeLLeNT joB IN ProvIdING<br />
AN overvIew oF THe oPTIoNS For BuILdING ouT ACord ModeLS. we APPreCIATe<br />
THAT THeY Are ALwAYS wILLING To oFFer ANd reCeIve INPuT. THIS reLATIoNSHIP<br />
wILL Be CrITICAL AS we Go ForwArd AS A CoMPANY ANd AS AN INduSTrY IN<br />
deveLoPING THeSe ModeLS.”<br />
-toBy nunn<br />
SenioR aRchitect, cincinnati Financial<br />
An important aspect of ACord’s current re-organization is the expansion of services that help our members in all<br />
programs with Standards implementations. In 2011, ACord began to offer Advisory Services, including Standards<br />
and Framework training to individual companies, implementation communities, and other groups. ACord<br />
Advisory Services staff can:<br />
• Present an overview of why and how standards should be used<br />
• Recommend tools and resources to maximize your investment in<br />
ACORD standards<br />
• Improve your standards knowledge before starting a new implementation<br />
• Explain how to understand and implement the ACORD Framework<br />
• Help prepare your implementations for ACORD certification<br />
• Prepare you for ACORD Certified Expert tests<br />
• Offer best practices for managing and facilitating an ACORD<br />
implementation project<br />
• Help you address internal barriers to standards implementation<br />
• Educate new and emerging markets on the value of using ACORD standards<br />
• Guide implementation communities looking to address common challenges<br />
by sharing consistent messages and workflows<br />
• Conduct surveys, benchmarking and market analyses<br />
• Perform company health checks to determine readiness for<br />
ACORD implementation<br />
Tools<br />
A key long term goal for ACORD is to further the implementation of<br />
Standards via distribution of tools and utilities that developers can use to<br />
build industry Standards into their software products.<br />
ACORD will make more tools available as we continue the migration to modelbased<br />
Standards and components. A good example of why ACORD’s tooling<br />
initiative will benefit members: Message Forge.<br />
Message Forge<br />
“MeSSAGe ForGe ALLowS Me To Be More AGILe IN THe<br />
CreATIoN ANd doCuMeNTATIoN oF THe STANdArdS, wHICH<br />
IN TurN ProvIdeS our MeMBerS wITH IMProved ANd More<br />
eXACTING IMPLeMeNTATIoN reSourCeS.”<br />
- yolanda auStin, acoRd<br />
In 2011, the addition of Standards<br />
programs for Australia, Southern Africa<br />
and Workers’ Compensation Reporting<br />
brought ACORD to a grand total of eight<br />
Standards programs, and made ACORD<br />
more representative than ever of the<br />
global insurance community.<br />
But with that rapid growth came a<br />
challenge: How to quickly provide new<br />
communities with an efficient method for<br />
Standards development that could remain<br />
consistent across geographies and lines of<br />
business?<br />
Our members wanted robust and precise<br />
messages, tailored for different audiences<br />
such as business analysts or developers.<br />
So we studied the existing message<br />
documentation from all of our programs<br />
and took the best aspects of each. When<br />
we put it together with our members’<br />
feedback – breakthrough! We’d created<br />
a meta-model for message development:<br />
Message Forge.<br />
Message Forge at its core is a template for<br />
uniform message creation. The template<br />
Testing and Certification Facility<br />
approach means all specifications<br />
look and act the same way, and enable<br />
members to develop deliverables that<br />
contain the same level of consistency<br />
and detail across the board. Another<br />
benefit is the ability to add data<br />
directly as a Maintenance Request<br />
that can be voted on and added to the<br />
specification right away<br />
We piloted Message Forge using the<br />
Employee Benefit Census and LIMRA<br />
messages. The results were satisfying,<br />
says ACORD’s Karen Mottley, who<br />
worked on the project.<br />
“When we did a demo of the Message<br />
Forge pilot at AIF, people from<br />
several different working groups<br />
immediately said, ‘I want that too.’ It<br />
tells me we’re on the right track, and<br />
it feels good to help make it happen.”<br />
We listened, we took action, we<br />
built Message Forge. It’s how we’re<br />
working and where we’re going.<br />
ACORD Testing and Certification Facility acts as a virtual business partner<br />
to validate that an organization’s messages are sent and received in ACORDcompliant<br />
workflow. Certification by the Facility is a prerequisite for<br />
participation in many implementation initiatives<br />
In 2012, we plan to release an ACORD Standards Translator utility for the<br />
specific purpose of translating any version of any one ACORD Standard to<br />
any other in the library.<br />
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Facebook.com/ACORD.Standards @ACORD_Standards<br />
acord.org/about/iga<br />
Communications<br />
with the launch of important new initiatives like ACord 2020 and the reorganization of the<br />
Standards development process, the communications group took on an even more crucial role<br />
in promoting ACord’s activities to the industry. In 2012, ACord‟s communications tools will be<br />
focused on promoting a strong sense of community among ACord members and engaging them<br />
as active participants using our website and other social media tools.<br />
The ACord newsletter entered its second year as a weekly publication, with a strong subscriber<br />
base. Fresh content and unique perspectives provided by professional industry writers and<br />
bloggers, alongside the ongoing contributions from leading publications are making the<br />
newsletter a valuable one-stop hub of industry information, aggregating content of interest<br />
to all our member communities.<br />
ACord video’s new bi-weekly “ACord in the News”, spotlights our accomplishments and<br />
milestones worldwide. It can be viewed on the acord.org homepage. ACord’s social media<br />
presence continues to grow on Twitter and Facebook. Staff post regular updates and we are<br />
adding new fans each week. A LinkedIn group launched this year to promote the ACord<br />
Implementation Forum Group grew to 600 members. An ACord LoMA Forum group has been<br />
launched for the 2012 event.<br />
ACord communications aim to raise awareness of the ACord mission with focused and targeted<br />
messages that drive home the value of implementation to each industry community.<br />
Industry & government Affairs<br />
“BY PArTNerING wITH ACord, we Are eXCITed To HeLP<br />
drIve STANdArdS, eSPeCIALLY THoSe uNIque To our LIFe<br />
ANd HeALTH INSurANCe INduSTrY, To ProvIde CAPABILITIeS,<br />
eFFICIeNCIeS ANd eCoNoMIeS To ProduCerS ANd INSurANCe<br />
CoMPANIeS, uLTIMATeLY To THe BeNeFIT oF CoNSuMerS.”<br />
-aRt JetteR, nailBa<br />
ACORD’s members hail from many lines of business and countries, each with<br />
differing needs, interests and opinions. To make sure our goals for the future align<br />
with our members’ and the industry’s many priorities, ACORD works actively with<br />
industry and government associations to stay well informed and to educate the<br />
industry about our initiatives.<br />
Many ACORD members come from the Information Technology sector, and since<br />
IT infrastructure investments receive increased scrutiny in the current financial<br />
climate, ACORD works to help their insurance business counterparts understand<br />
why ACORD Standards are an especially important and valuable tool that should<br />
be implemented. At the same time, we work with IT departments to increase their<br />
understanding of the business sector, so they can anticipate business strategies and<br />
develop tools that will help achieve their organization’s goals.<br />
ACORD participates in a broad range of trade association meetings, conferences<br />
and collaborative projects covering the range of insurance industry lines of business<br />
and geographies represented within our membership. We had strong presence as<br />
invited speakers, event sponsors and exhibitors at major conferences including RIMS,<br />
NAILBA, CIAB, the Big I and more. We bring a focus on specific near-term projects<br />
with implementation and advocacy opportunities.<br />
We actively track regulations that impact our Standards and Forms, and also larger<br />
international developments like Solvency II and other modernization efforts such as<br />
emerging marketplace conduct.<br />
ACORD’s partnership with the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) is a<br />
great example of what happens when insurance-related data is shared between<br />
the industry and the state regulatory bodies. The ACORD/NIPR relationship<br />
has yielded significant advances in creating appropriate standard messages to<br />
transmit that data.<br />
“THe MoST eXCITING MoMeNTS IN MY roLe AT ACord Are<br />
wHeN I GeT To eXPLAIN To A TrAde ASSoCIATIoN CoLLeAGue<br />
or AN INSurANCe SuPervISor wHY ACord’S dATA<br />
STANdArdS MATTer So vITALLY. THIS INduSTrY MANAGeS<br />
rISk ANd INForMATIoN, ANd THAT ALL CoMeS dowN To<br />
dATA. So IT’S THrILLING wHeN You TeLL PeoPLe ABouT How<br />
our STANdArdS IMPLeMeNTATIoNS LeNd eFFICIeNCY ArouNd<br />
THe GLoBe, ANd wATCH THe LIGHT dAwN oN THeIr FACeS.”<br />
-ann henStRand, acoRd<br />
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Events<br />
wHere BuSINeSS ANd TeCHNoLoGY SHAre kNowLedGe, FINd SoLuTIoNS ANd NeTwork.<br />
ACORD LOMA Forum<br />
@acordlomaforum<br />
Facebook.com/ACORDLOMA<br />
acordlomaforum.org<br />
The ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum headed to a new location in sunny San Diego<br />
and featured Twitter founder Biz Stone as the keynote speaker. The ACORD LOMA program<br />
featured sessions that appealed to attendees from both the business and technology<br />
sectors of the industry who also enjoyed the valuable networking opportunities.<br />
Facebook.com/ACORDIF acord.org/aif<br />
ACORD Implementation Forum<br />
The ACORD Implementation Forum saw steady growth in its fourth<br />
year and continues to reinforce its status as THE place to learn about<br />
working with ACORD Standards and the Framework. A highlight of<br />
this year’s Forum was the well-attended ACORD Awards and ACE<br />
conferment ceremony.<br />
Insurance Technology Congress<br />
ACORD, in association with Insurance Day magazine,<br />
presented the inaugural Insurance Technology Congress event<br />
in London. More than 300 delegates attended the two-day<br />
event which featured sessions covering topics relevant to the<br />
London and European markets and global implementation of<br />
ACORD standards.<br />
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Reorganizing to serve you better.<br />
acord.org/communities/sdo<br />
Standards Development<br />
“THe ACord STANdArdS CoMMuNITY HAS TruLY CoMe<br />
ToGeTHer To STreAMLINe ProCeSSeS, deveLoP A STrATeGY<br />
To deLIver STANdArdS FASTer ANd More TrANSPAreNTLY,<br />
ANd INCLude our CoMMuNITIeS, eSPeCIALLY THe<br />
GeoGrAPHICALLY reMoTe oNeS, MuCH More. I Look<br />
ForwArd To workING wITH ACord STAFF ANd voLuNTeerS<br />
TowArd A More AGILe STANdArdS deveLoPMeNT ProCeSS<br />
THAT BeNeFITS ALL our MeMBerS.”<br />
-Monique heSSeling<br />
chaiR, acoRd StandaRdS coMMittee<br />
head oF PeRSonal lineS/SMall coMMeRcial SegMent<br />
deVeloPMent, ZuRich<br />
In 2011, after a decade of unprecedented growth in participation and expansion<br />
of scope we began the first phase of a reorganization designed to better serve our<br />
members and provide greater benefit to the industry at large.<br />
We began by separating the standards development process from the standards<br />
implementation process, and set up a structure that allows us to focus the<br />
appropriate resources in each area.<br />
We’re examining the day-to-day details of how we develop ACORD Standards,<br />
taking a fresh look at who we are, and who we can be. We seek to constantly validate<br />
that are we meeting the needs of the industry with well-focused Standards that are<br />
developed with openness and broad participation.<br />
The ACORD Standards Committee will direct the development initiatives, working<br />
towards our longer term goal to build a model-based standards development<br />
platform that more precisely targets our communities and serves their specific needs.<br />
This platform is an important first step towards creating a new perception of<br />
standards as products developed by experts based on industry requirements.<br />
This effort has been extremely successful in all aspects so far. It has engaged<br />
members in thoughtful dialogue, brainstorming and visioning. It has identified<br />
opportunities across a broad spectrum. And most importantly it has resulted in a<br />
robust, specific plan of action.<br />
Creating better Standards. That’s what ACORD is all about.<br />
“IT’S NoT ABouT ASkING You To uSe wHAT we HAve; IT’S<br />
ABouT ProvIdING You wHAT You Need.”<br />
-Rick heil, acoRd<br />
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ACORD 2020 Advisory Committee<br />
“THe vALue oF STANdArdS SHouLd Be MeASured INITIALLY BY uTILIZATIoN,<br />
AdoPTIoN ANd, uLTIMATeLY, BY eCoNoMIC vALue Added To MeMBerS oF<br />
THe INSurANCe INduSTrY vALue CHAIN. THAT CHAIN INCLudeS CoNTrIBuTorS<br />
rANGING FroM THoSe ProvIdING ProduCTS, CAPACITY, CLAIMS, dISTrIBuTIoN,<br />
ANd SoLuTIoNS To CLIeNTS, CuSToMerS ANd INSuredS. THe eFForTS ACord<br />
IS MAkING To CoNTINuouSLY IMProve uPoN STANdArdS IMPLeMeNTATIoN<br />
ProCeSSeS wILL Serve To INCreASe THe vALue oF THe orGANIZATIoNS ANd<br />
INdIvIduALS THAT PArTICIPATe.”<br />
- SPeRo ZachaRiaS<br />
chaiR, acoRd 2020 adViSoRy coMMittee<br />
SenioR Vice PReSident, chuBB<br />
As part of ACORD’s reorganization, we have created a companion committee to the ACORD<br />
Standards Committee. While the ASC focuses on development, the new ACORD 2020 Advisory<br />
Committee focuses on driving Standards implementation. The 2020 Committee is the central<br />
forum for ACORD’s implementation activities including:<br />
• Identifying implementation opportunities across the industry<br />
• Forming strategies to turn those opportunities into successful implementations<br />
• Defining metrics to measure the success of implementation initiatives<br />
• Inspiring industry understanding of the vision and value of implementation<br />
The 2020 Committee’s initial activities involved organizing roundtable discussions with a broad<br />
cross-section of industry communities on a variety of topics. A 2020 presentation took center stage<br />
at the ACORD Implementation Forum, and expanded media presence and advocacy is planned for<br />
2012, including a series of videos featuring ACORD members showcasing their successful ACORD<br />
Standards implementations.<br />
The ACORD 2020 Advisory Committee will create an environment that helps facilitate the work of<br />
the various communities within the industry that implement ACORD Standards. A community may<br />
be small and united around a single purpose, or it may cross geographic borders and lines of business<br />
in pursuit of a broad set of business objectives.<br />
Since each community has a different personality and objective, the 2020 Committee will explore ways<br />
in which ACORD can leverage the activities of one community to help another, as well as identifying<br />
shared needs, such as advocacy, exchange development, or tooling.<br />
CoMMuNITIeS ANd INITIATIveS AddreSSed BY THe<br />
2020 CoMMITTee INCLude:<br />
• AAMGA<br />
• AUGIE<br />
• Bermuda<br />
• CIAB<br />
• DTCC<br />
• E-Accounts<br />
• E-Endorsements<br />
• E-Signatures<br />
• Excess & Surplus Lines<br />
• IIABA<br />
• IICMVA<br />
• IRI<br />
• LBTC<br />
• LIMRA<br />
• LTCI<br />
• NASBP<br />
• RAPA<br />
• Ruschlikon<br />
• SILA<br />
• Telematics<br />
• US Reinsurance<br />
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ACord STAFF MeMBerS INvoLve THeMSeLveS IN ALL THe PrACTICAL<br />
dAY-To-dAY ACTIvITIeS NeCeSSArY To SuPPorT our dIverSe MeMBerSHIP<br />
IN ITS vArIouS dISCIPLINeS.<br />
“ASSoCIATIoNS ANd CoMMuNITIeS Are BuILT INTo THe dNA oF<br />
ACord. 40 YeArS AGo THe ProFeSSIoNAL INSurANCe AGeNTS<br />
PLAYed AN INTeGrAL PArT IN THe deveLoPMeNT oF ACord<br />
STANdArdS, ANd THe AGeNT CoMMuNITY HAS reAPed THe<br />
BeNeFITS oF PArTICIPATIoN IN ACord ever SINCe. THe FuTure<br />
IS BrIGHTer STILL.”<br />
-keith SaVino, Pia<br />
@ACORD_education<br />
ACORD Certified Expert<br />
acord.org/ace<br />
The ACord Certified expert (ACe) program is a cornerstone of ACord’s educational<br />
initiatives. To achieve the ACe designation, a candidate must complete three rigorous<br />
exams that include not only detailed and specific ACord knowledge but also general<br />
knowledge of the insurance industry.<br />
This certification provides ACes and their employers with a badge of honor in our industry<br />
that stands for quality, ACord expertise and skill. It also provides industry consumers<br />
with security. An organization that works with a vendor or consultant who employs<br />
ACord Certified experts can be sure that their standards implementation will be<br />
executed properly and efficiently.<br />
The ACe program has graduated more than 70 ACes representing the Life, P&C and<br />
reinsurance lines of business, and nearly 300 candidates are currently enrolled.<br />
In 2011, an exclusive ACe Community website launched that features ACe educational<br />
materials, a discussion forum, and a listing of all current ACe graduates. This site is being<br />
developed into a hub of ACe activity where ACes, ACe candidates, potential employers<br />
and other interested parties can learn about the program, share information and learn<br />
from each other.<br />
In November, new ACes and previous graduates attended the 2011 ACord<br />
Implementation Forum to participate in the ACe conferment ceremony at the ACord<br />
Awards dinner. The Implementation Forum offers ACe training and testing as part of<br />
the program, and has become a valuable event for ACe networking and mentoring<br />
opportunities.<br />
work is underway to streamline the ACe testing process, increase the number of<br />
proctors, and enhance the training materials. As the program expands and the<br />
number of designees and candidates grows, ACord Certified experts will play an<br />
even more vital role in improving the quality of ACord implementations across<br />
the industry.<br />
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global Community<br />
IN AddITIoN To THe New STANdArdS ProGrAMS LAuNCHed IN AuSTrALIA ANd<br />
SouTHerN AFrICA, ACord IS ACTIveLY INvoLved IN SeverAL oTHer GLoBAL<br />
INITIATIveS INCLudING:<br />
Canada<br />
The Centre for Studies in Insurance Operations (CSIO)<br />
has been a partner with ACORD for many years in the<br />
development of Property & Casualty Standards in Canada.<br />
In recent months many of our P&C agency management<br />
vendors have been expanding their presence in Canada and<br />
have expressed a desire to use ACORD eForms technology<br />
with CSIO forms.<br />
ACORD has also had a long relationship with the Canadian<br />
Life Insurance EDI Standards (CLIEDIS). Similar to the P&C<br />
activities, ACORD delivers the XML Standards for CLIEDIS.<br />
India<br />
In 2011 ACORD began discussions with the<br />
Indian insurance community about the use of<br />
ACORD Standards, resulting in a document<br />
from the Insurance Regulatory and Development<br />
Authority (IRDA) that ordered the creation of<br />
a Steering Committee to create India-specific<br />
ACORD Standards for the market.<br />
India is a very diverse insurance market and<br />
ACORD is being discussed on multiple levels for<br />
many different lines of business: Reinsurance<br />
Global Placement, Commercial Property &<br />
Casualty, Personal Lines Property & Casualty,<br />
Life Insurance and Micro-Insurance. Each of<br />
these poses a unique challenge.<br />
ACORD is approaching India as it did Australia<br />
and South Africa -- by working with the<br />
community to define the desired outcome and<br />
the technologies to be used. The Indian market is<br />
very specific about accommodating local needs<br />
and enhancing e-trading capabilities inside the<br />
country. This provides a unique opportunity for<br />
expansion of the ACORD Standards.<br />
China<br />
ACORD’s relationships in China primarily center<br />
on the China Insurance Regulatory Commission<br />
(CIRC) and the China Insurance Industry<br />
Technology Committee (CIISTC). In 2011 ACORD<br />
had its first year of official cooperation in the 8th<br />
Insurance Information Technology Summit and<br />
this will move forward with a wider footprint in<br />
2012.<br />
China Life Ltd. in Beijing continues to expand<br />
the footprint of ACORD Standards inside the<br />
organization, employing various components of<br />
current Framework models. China Life is also<br />
pioneering proof-of-concept for future assets<br />
including the Component Model. This activity has<br />
led to deeper discussions with the parent company,<br />
China Life Group, and the possibility of adoption<br />
of ACORD Standards across the enterprise.<br />
Volunteer@ACORD<br />
acord.org/volunteer<br />
volunteers have been the driving force behind ACord since its beginnings in 1970,<br />
and continue to support and inspire the organization today. ACord volunteers<br />
help create solutions in all areas of Standards development and implementation.<br />
working with ACord helps to improve our entire industry and also brings<br />
professional benefit to the volunteers and their organizations.<br />
ACord’s newly published volunteer Handbook explains the various benefits, which<br />
include opportunities for volunteers to:<br />
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of Standards in line with<br />
their company’s business needs.<br />
• Network with peers and experts who share common professional interests.<br />
• Identify opportunities for Standards implementation that might not have been<br />
otherwise known to their company<br />
• Gain early insight into the future direction of the industry, and help to shape it<br />
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Participation<br />
ACORD <strong>Member</strong>ship<br />
Agents / brokers<br />
Industry Associations / User Groups<br />
Vendors<br />
Insurers / Reinsurers<br />
18%<br />
5%<br />
77%<br />
Forms Program Participation<br />
10%<br />
37%<br />
48%<br />
Reinsurance<br />
Life & Annuity<br />
Property & Casualty<br />
ACORD Forms have been an industry staple for more than 40 years, used daily by<br />
hundreds of insurance companies and thousands of agencies. ACORD makes forms<br />
available to the industry through a variety of programs that include access to the latest<br />
forms in both electronic and printed formats, and we also license our forms to hundreds<br />
of solution providers who incorporate them into their software products.<br />
5%<br />
AUgIE<br />
@ACORD_AUGIE acord.org/augie<br />
The ACORD User Group Information Exchange (AUGIE) facilitates open<br />
communication among industry communities who seek improved workflow<br />
and increased productivity, including agents, brokers, insurers, associations, and<br />
solution providers. AUGIE unites these diverse groups and brings their voices<br />
into the Standards process through meetings, free resources, and online tools.<br />
THe reAL TIMe CAMPAIGN, SPoNSored IN PArT BY ACord<br />
ANd AuGIe, CoNTINueS To work TowArdS INCreASING<br />
reAL TIMe CAPABILITIeS INduSTrY-wIde AMoNG<br />
BoTH AGeNTS ANd INSurerS. reAL TIMe ALLowS AN<br />
INdePeNdeNT AGeNT To eNTer dATA oNCe ANd reCeIve<br />
MuLTIPLe quoTeS oN A PoLICY wITHIN MINuTeS. THIS<br />
INCreASeS THe quALITY oF CuSToMer ServICe wHILe ALSo<br />
FreeING uP TIMe For oTHer TASkS. ACord STANdArdS<br />
Are AT THe rooT oF reAL TIMe CAPABILITIeS.<br />
In February 2011, AUGIE joined forces with ACT and the AIMS Society for a<br />
three-day event in Tampa focused on helping agencies improve business by using<br />
technology, mining existing data, and reducing manual data . Key areas of focus<br />
are increasing implementations in commercial lines, increased use of ACORD<br />
eForms, and the Power of Change educational curriculum that helps agencies<br />
manage change and workflow transitions effectively. AUGIE members also actively<br />
explored the emerging eSignatures area, which will continue to remain<br />
a hot topic in the year to come.<br />
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INSIDE ACORD<br />
32<br />
John leonard<br />
ACord Chair<br />
President & Ceo<br />
MeMic<br />
lawrence Blakeman<br />
ACord vice-Chair<br />
outside director<br />
gregory a . maciag<br />
President & Ceo<br />
acoRd<br />
Steve Betts<br />
Global Chief Information officer<br />
aon<br />
Sal Branca<br />
Senior vice President<br />
chartis insurance<br />
Jeremy cooke<br />
Global Head of Market relationship<br />
Management<br />
Marsh, inc.<br />
mark esposito<br />
Senior Vice President,<br />
chief technology officer<br />
the hartford Financial Services group, inc.<br />
david findley<br />
immediate Past Vice–chair<br />
outside director<br />
andy fogarty<br />
outside director<br />
alessandro Iuppa<br />
Senior vice President,<br />
Government & Industry Affairs<br />
Zurich<br />
art Jetter<br />
Past Chairman<br />
national association of independent life<br />
Brokerage agencies (nailBa)<br />
John kellington<br />
Senior vice President & CIo<br />
cincinnati Financial corporation<br />
robert kelly<br />
executive Chairman<br />
Steadfast group limited<br />
James knight<br />
executive vice President & Global CIo<br />
chubb & Son insurance company<br />
Barbara koster<br />
Senior vice President & CIo<br />
Prudential Financial<br />
elio “al” lagana<br />
Senior vice President,<br />
enterprise operations,<br />
travelers<br />
Sue langley<br />
director, Market operations<br />
lloyd’s of london<br />
frank liu<br />
regional President<br />
china life insurance company ltd.<br />
2012 BoArd oF dIreCTorS<br />
dennis mahoney<br />
chairman<br />
Sciemus<br />
Samuel medina<br />
group cio<br />
Willis group holdings<br />
william pieroni<br />
Chief operating officer<br />
Marsh, Inc.<br />
(formerly operations Vice President,<br />
State Farm insurance companies)<br />
keith Savino<br />
national association of Professional<br />
insurance agents (Pia)<br />
markus Schmid<br />
<strong>Member</strong> of the Group executive Board<br />
and Head of IT<br />
Swiss Re<br />
robert Slocum<br />
independent insurance agents &<br />
Brokers of america (iiaBa)<br />
achim Stegner<br />
Head of the Central division:<br />
Global Business Architecture<br />
Munich Re<br />
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34<br />
keY STAFF<br />
gregory a . maciag<br />
President & Ceo<br />
gary Bel<br />
vice President, General Counsel<br />
& Corporate Secretary<br />
lloyd chumbley<br />
Chief Standards officer<br />
Beth grossman<br />
Chief Learning officer<br />
ann henstrand<br />
Chief Compliance officer,<br />
Government and Industry Affairs<br />
tanya krochta<br />
vice President,<br />
Chief Administrative officer<br />
roy laker<br />
vice President, London office<br />
Shane mccullough<br />
Chief enterprise Architect<br />
Jeannine purvis<br />
Controller<br />
pete teresi<br />
Chief Technology officer<br />
Insurance Carriers, reinsurers, Agents,<br />
Brokers and Financial Services<br />
AAA Mid-Atlantic Insurance group<br />
ACCC Insurance Company<br />
Access Admin Services<br />
Accident Fund group<br />
ACE INA group<br />
ACUITY<br />
AEgON USA group<br />
Affirmative Insurance group, Inc.<br />
AIA Australia<br />
Alfa Insurance group<br />
Alliance United Insurance Company<br />
Allianz Insurance group<br />
Allianz of America<br />
Allstate Financial<br />
American Compensation Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Modern Insurance group Inc<br />
American Reliable Insurance Company<br />
American Risk Insurance<br />
American Safety Ins U.S. group<br />
American Strategic Insurance group<br />
Americo Life group<br />
Ameriprise group<br />
Amerisafe Insurance group<br />
Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation<br />
Andover Companies<br />
Antares Underwriting Services Limited<br />
Aon Corporation<br />
Arbella Insurance group<br />
Arrowhead general Insurance Agency<br />
Ash Brokerage<br />
Assurance America Insurance Company<br />
Assurity Life Insurance Company<br />
Austin Mutual Insurance group<br />
Automobile Club Casualty Company<br />
Auto-Owners Insurance<br />
Aviva USA<br />
AxA Financial group<br />
AxIS Capital Holdings Limited<br />
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Buckeye Insurance group<br />
PArTICIPANTS as of March 11, 2012<br />
California Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Cameron Mutual group<br />
Capital Insurance group<br />
Casualty Underwriters Insurance Company<br />
Celina Insurance group<br />
Central Insurance Companies<br />
Central Services group<br />
Century-National Insurance Company<br />
CgU Insurance Limited<br />
Chartis<br />
China Life Insurance Company Ltd.<br />
Chubb group of Insurance Companies<br />
Cincinnati Insurance Companies<br />
Civil Service Employees group<br />
CNA Insurance Companies<br />
Columbia Insurance group<br />
Commonwealth Bank<br />
Concord group Insurance Companies<br />
Consumers Insurance USA Inc<br />
Co-operative Insurance Company<br />
Cornerstone National Insurance group<br />
Cumberland Insurance group<br />
Cypress Property & Casualty group<br />
Donegal group<br />
Dongbu Insurance<br />
Electric Insurance group<br />
EMC Insurance Companies<br />
Employers Insurance group<br />
Encompass group<br />
Enumclaw Insurance group<br />
Erie Insurance group<br />
Everest Security Insurance Company<br />
Farmers Alliance Companies<br />
Farmers Mutual Insurance Company<br />
of Nebraska<br />
FBL Financial group, Inc.<br />
FCCI Insurance group<br />
Fidelity National group<br />
First American Corporation Property &<br />
Casualty Companies<br />
Florida Family Insurance Company<br />
Frank Cowan Company Ltd<br />
Frankenmuth Financial group<br />
Franklin Mutual group<br />
Frederick Mutual Insurance group<br />
Fremont Insurance Company<br />
Frontline Homeowners Insurance<br />
gateway Insurance Company<br />
genworth Financial group<br />
german Mutual Insurance<br />
germania Mutual group<br />
global Aerospace Underwriting Managers<br />
global Indemnity group Inc<br />
goodville Mutual Casualty Company<br />
grange Mutual Casualty group<br />
great American group<br />
great Northwest group<br />
great West Casualty Company<br />
grinnell Mutual group<br />
guideOne Insurance group<br />
gulfstream Property and<br />
Casualty Insurance Co<br />
H W kaufman Financial group<br />
Hallmark Insurance group<br />
Harleysville Insurance Companies<br />
Hart Re group<br />
Hartford Life group<br />
Hastings Mutual Insurance<br />
Hawaii Employers Mutual<br />
Hingham group<br />
Hochheim Prairie group<br />
Home Wise Management Company<br />
IBNA Limited<br />
IMT Insurance Company (Mutual)<br />
Indiana Lumbermens group<br />
Indwe Risk Services<br />
INg group<br />
Injured Workers Insurance Fund<br />
International Insurance Company<br />
of Hannover Limited<br />
Jardine Lloyd Thompson group PLC<br />
kemper Preferred<br />
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PArTICIPANTS (continued)<br />
36<br />
kiln Ltd.<br />
Liberty Life Assurance Boston<br />
Liberty Mutual Agency Corporation<br />
Lincoln Financial group<br />
Lititz Mutual group<br />
Lloyd’s<br />
Loudoun Mutual Insurance Company<br />
M Financial group<br />
Main St America group<br />
Manulife Financial<br />
MAPFRE U.S.A. Corp.<br />
Markel Corporation group<br />
Marlborough Underwriting Agency<br />
Limited<br />
Marsh Inc<br />
Marysville Mutual<br />
MassMutual Financial group<br />
Maxum Specialty Insurance group<br />
MCNA Dental Plans<br />
Medica Intergral gNP, S.A. de C.V.<br />
MEMIC group<br />
Mennonite Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Merchants Insurance group<br />
Mercury general group<br />
MetLife Auto & Home<br />
Metropolitan Life & Affiliated<br />
Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Middlesex Mutual and Holyoke Mutual<br />
Miller Insurance Services Limited<br />
Millville Mutual Insurance Companies<br />
MMg Insurance Company<br />
Morgan Stanley<br />
Motorists Insurance group<br />
Mountain States Insurance group<br />
Munich American Holding Corp<br />
Mutual & Federal Insurance Company<br />
Limited<br />
Mutual Benefit group<br />
Nationwide<br />
Nationwide<br />
New Mexico Mutual group<br />
New York Life group<br />
NIAC - Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance<br />
of California<br />
Northwest g F Mutual<br />
Ohio Mutual Insurance group<br />
OneBeacon Insurance group<br />
Oregon Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Pacific Life group<br />
PartnerRe US group<br />
Partners Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Pekin Insurance group<br />
Penn Millers Insurance<br />
Penn National Insurance<br />
Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Philadelphia Contributionship group<br />
Philadelphia Insurance Company<br />
Pinnacol Assurance<br />
Pioneer State Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Plymouth Rock Companies<br />
Poulton Associates Inc<br />
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Principal Life group<br />
Progressive group<br />
Protective Life Corporation<br />
Prudential Financial<br />
QBE Management Services PTY Limited<br />
Quincy Mutual group<br />
Republic group of Insurance Companies<br />
RFIB group Limited<br />
RVOS Farmers Mutual group<br />
Safety group<br />
Santam Ltd<br />
SBLI USA group<br />
SCOR group<br />
SECURA Insurance Companies<br />
Selective Insurance Company<br />
of America<br />
Sentry group<br />
Service Insurance group<br />
SFM Mutual Insurance Companies<br />
Shelters Insurance Companies<br />
SPARTA Insurance group<br />
Sportscover Australia Pty Ltd<br />
Standard Insurance group<br />
Star Casualty Insurance<br />
Star Life Insurance Company<br />
State Auto Insurance Companies<br />
State Farm group<br />
Steadfast group Limited<br />
Sterling Insurance Company<br />
Stonetrust Commercial Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Sun Life Financial group<br />
Suncorp<br />
Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd.<br />
Texas Mutual Insurance Company<br />
The Bremen Farmers’ Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
The Brethren Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
The grotenhuis group<br />
The Hanover Insurance group<br />
The Hartford Insurance group<br />
The Hollard Insurance Company Limited<br />
The Norfolk & Dedham group<br />
The Travelers Companies Inc<br />
TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company<br />
TigerRisk Partners<br />
Tokio Marine Management Inc U.S.<br />
Manager for Tokio Marine & Nichido<br />
Fire Ins<br />
Tower group Companies<br />
Tuscarora-Wayne group<br />
Union Mutual of VT Companies group<br />
United Fire & Casualty group<br />
United Heritage Property/Casualty<br />
group<br />
Upland Mutual Insurance Inc<br />
Utica First Insurance Company<br />
Utica National Insurance group<br />
Vela Insurance Services LLC<br />
Vermont Mutual group<br />
W R Berkley Corporation<br />
West Bend Mutual group<br />
Western National Insurance group<br />
Western Reserve Pool<br />
Westfield group<br />
Willis<br />
Wisconsin Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Wolverine Mutual Insurance Company<br />
xL Reinsurance<br />
Zurich Financial Services<br />
Australia Limited<br />
Zurich Insurance group - NA<br />
Solution Providers<br />
Accenture<br />
Adsensa Ltd.<br />
Advantage Information Systems Inc<br />
AETINS Sdn Bhd<br />
Agency Computer Systems Inc<br />
Agency Insurance Services U.S. Inc.<br />
Agency Matrix LLC<br />
Agency Software Inc<br />
Agency Technologies Inc<br />
American Para Professional Systems Inc<br />
Aon eSolutions<br />
Aplifi<br />
Applied Systems Inc<br />
Appulate Inc<br />
AQS Inc<br />
Artizan Internet Services<br />
Assentis Technologies Inc<br />
ASTUTE Financial Services Exchange<br />
Birlasoft India Pvt Limited<br />
Blackwell Consulting Services<br />
Boston Software Corporation<br />
Brandex Corporation<br />
Brolink<br />
Bupa<br />
Cedar Springs Technologies Inc<br />
CgI Technologies and Solutions Inc<br />
Clinical Reference Laboratory<br />
CodeObjects<br />
Cognizant<br />
Computer Solutions & Software<br />
International Inc<br />
Cover-All Technologies Inc<br />
Crump<br />
CS Stars<br />
CSC Financial group<br />
Dell Services<br />
Deloitte Consulting<br />
Diasoft<br />
Discoverture Solutions LLC<br />
Dragonflyware LLC<br />
DST Systems<br />
DTCC<br />
Duck Creek Technologies Inc<br />
eBaoTech Inc<br />
Ebix Inc<br />
eBridge Solutions Inc<br />
Effisoft<br />
EMC- Document Sciences<br />
EMSI<br />
Entrepreneurial Advantage<br />
Epic-Premier Insurance Solutions Inc<br />
EquiSoft<br />
Ereinsure.com<br />
Eurobase<br />
Evolution Agency Management LLC<br />
ExamOne, A Quest Diagnostics<br />
Subsidiary<br />
Exaxe Ltd.<br />
Excalibur Consulting LLC<br />
Exigen Insurance Solutions<br />
ExL Life PRO<br />
EZLYNx by Webcetera LP<br />
FAST<br />
FINEOS Corporation<br />
FirstBest<br />
FJA-US Inc<br />
Focus Technologies LLC<br />
gamma-DynaCare Medical Labs<br />
global Insurance Technology Inc<br />
gMC Software Technology<br />
guidewire Software<br />
Hawksoft Inc<br />
HCL Technologies Ltd<br />
Hewlett Packard<br />
Hexaware Technologies Inc<br />
Hitachi, Ltd. Financial Information<br />
Systems Division<br />
Hooper Holmes<br />
Hyland Software Inc<br />
IBM<br />
IDMI<br />
igATE Patni<br />
Informatica<br />
Infosys Technologies Ltd<br />
Innovation group<br />
InsPro Technologies<br />
Insurance Data Processing<br />
Insurance Technologies<br />
Insurance Technologies Corporation<br />
Insurance Technology International Inc<br />
InsuranceCONNECT Pty Ltd<br />
InSure Vision Technologies LLC<br />
iPipeline<br />
ISCS Inc<br />
ISIS Papyrus America Inc<br />
iter Inc<br />
IVANS<br />
Jenesis Software<br />
kaplan Compliance Solutions<br />
L&T Infotech<br />
LexisNexis<br />
McCamish Systems<br />
Mg SYSTEMS CONSULTORIA E<br />
SISTEMAS LTDA<br />
MIB group Inc<br />
Microsoft<br />
MIP Holdings<br />
MphasiS Corporation US<br />
MSg Systems<br />
NexJ Systems Inc.<br />
NIIT Insurance Technologies Limited<br />
NIIT-Technologies<br />
No Magic Inc<br />
North American Software Associates<br />
NSEit<br />
NxTech Inc.<br />
Oceanwide Inc<br />
One Inc<br />
OneShield Inc<br />
Oracle Corporation<br />
Pegasystems Inc<br />
Perspective Technologies Ltd.<br />
PilotFish Technology<br />
Pitney Bowes Business Insight<br />
PlanetSoft<br />
37
PArTICIPANTS (continued)<br />
38<br />
Polaris Software<br />
Prima Solutions<br />
Progress Software Corporation<br />
Qatar Insurance Services LLC<br />
QQ Solutions<br />
Quadrant Information Services<br />
RCg global Services Inc<br />
RgA Technology Partners<br />
RiverStone Resources<br />
Riverswave<br />
RSA Medical<br />
Salesforce.com<br />
SAP<br />
Sapiens North America<br />
SAS Institute Inc<br />
SeaPass<br />
Sequel Business Solutions Limited<br />
Siebre Systems Ltd<br />
Silvermoon Business Systems<br />
Sinosoft Co Ltd<br />
Special Agent<br />
StoneRiver<br />
Strategic Insurance Software LLC<br />
STRIPE global Services Limited<br />
Superior Access Insurance Services Inc<br />
Superior Mobile Medics Inc<br />
Sword Insurance<br />
Syntel Ltd<br />
Systemize IT Limited<br />
Tandicorp<br />
Tata Consultancy Services<br />
Telesis global Solutions Limited<br />
Teradata<br />
Thunderhead<br />
Tibco Software<br />
TIW group Ltd.<br />
Torrent Technologies Inc<br />
Total Objects Limited<br />
Trace Isys Ltd<br />
Transunion Credit Bureau (Pty) Ltd.<br />
TriSystems Limited<br />
UnivitaHealth<br />
Vallue Consulting<br />
ValueMomentum Inc<br />
Verisk Analytics<br />
Vertafore Inc<br />
VERTEx Inc<br />
VRC Insurance Systems<br />
Web Connectivity Limited<br />
Wipro Technologies Ltd<br />
xanatek Inc<br />
xchanging Ins-sure Services Limited<br />
Associations<br />
AAMgA<br />
AIPSO - Automobile Insurance Plans<br />
Service Office<br />
ASCnet - Applied Systems Client<br />
Network<br />
Aviation Software Alliance<br />
Business Insurance<br />
CIAB - Council of Insurance Agents<br />
& Brokers<br />
CLIEDIS - The Canadian Life Insurance<br />
Standards Association<br />
Commonwealth Automobile Reinsurers<br />
CSIO - Centre for Study of Insurance<br />
Operations<br />
Fenaseg<br />
FIA - Financial Intermediaries<br />
Association of South Africa<br />
HR-xML<br />
IAIABC - International Association<br />
of Industrial Accident Boards and<br />
Commissions<br />
Idaho Surveying & Rating Bureau<br />
IDMA Inc - Insurance Data Management<br />
Association<br />
IFx Forum Inc - Interactive Financial<br />
exchange Forum<br />
IIABA - Independent Insurance Agents &<br />
Brokers of America<br />
Insurance Bureau of Canada<br />
Insurance Council of Botswana<br />
Insured Retirement Institute<br />
IUA - International Underwriting<br />
Associations<br />
LIIBA - London and International<br />
Insurance Brokers’ Association<br />
LMA<br />
NAILBA - National Association of<br />
Independent Life Brokerage Agencies<br />
NAPSLO - National Association of<br />
Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd<br />
NASBP - National Association of Surety<br />
Bond Producers<br />
NASPA - National Association of SIS<br />
Partner Agents Inc<br />
NCCI - National Council of<br />
Compensation Insurance<br />
NetVU<br />
Nexsure User group<br />
NIPR<br />
NUDgMI - National Users Development<br />
group for MI Inc<br />
Object Management group - OMg<br />
PIA National - Professional Insurance<br />
Agents<br />
Reinsurance Administration<br />
Professionals Association<br />
RIMS - The Risk & Insurance<br />
Management Society<br />
SFAA - The Surety & Fidelity<br />
Association of America<br />
South Africian Ins Crime Bureau<br />
Success group International LLC<br />
The South African Insurance Association<br />
Underwriters Rating Board<br />
Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau<br />
Workers Compensation Insurance<br />
Organizations (WCIO)<br />
ACord Forms Participants<br />
1st Auto & Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Accident Fund general Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Accident Fund Insurance Company<br />
of America<br />
Accident Fund National Insurance<br />
Company<br />
ACE American Insurance Company<br />
ACE Fire Underwriters Insurance<br />
Company<br />
ACE Insurance Company of the Midwest<br />
ACE Property & Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
ACUITY A Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Advantage Workers Compensation<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Affinity Mutual Insurance Company<br />
AgCS Marine Insurance Company<br />
Agrigeneral Insurance Company<br />
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company<br />
of America<br />
Alamance Farmers Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Alamance Insurance Company<br />
Alaska National Insurance Company<br />
Alfa Alliance Insurance<br />
Alliance Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Allianz global Risks US Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Allied Eastern Indemnity Company<br />
Alterra Specialty Insurance Company<br />
America West Insurance Company<br />
American Alternative Insurance<br />
Corporation<br />
American Automobile Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Bankers Insurance Company<br />
of Florida<br />
American Country Insurance Company<br />
American Family Home Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Family Insurance Company<br />
American Family Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Insurance Company<br />
American Interstate Insurance Company<br />
American Interstate Insurance Company<br />
of Texas<br />
American Mercury Insurance Company<br />
American Mercury Lloyds Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Mining Insurance Company<br />
American Modern Home Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Modern Insurance Company<br />
FL<br />
American Modern Lloyd’s Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Modern Select Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Modern Surplus Lines<br />
Insurance Company<br />
American Reliable Insurance Company<br />
American Service Insurance<br />
Company Inc<br />
American Southern Home Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Southern Insurance Company<br />
American Standard Lloyd’s Insurance<br />
Company<br />
American Western Home Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Americas Insurance Company<br />
Amerisure Insurance Company<br />
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company<br />
AmeriTrust Insurance Corporation<br />
Amguard Insurance Company<br />
AmTrust Insurance Company of kansas<br />
Arbella Protection Insurance Company<br />
Argonaut great Central Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Argus Fire and Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
ARI Casualty Company<br />
ARI Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Arizona Home Insurance Company<br />
Associated Indemnity Corporation<br />
Association Insurance Company<br />
AT&T Services, Inc<br />
Atlantic Employers Insurance Company<br />
Attorneys Insurance Mutual of Alabama<br />
Austin Mutual Insurance Company<br />
AxIS Insurance Company<br />
AxIS Reinsurance Company<br />
AxIS Specialty Insurance Company<br />
Axis Surplus Insurance Company<br />
Bankers Insurance Company<br />
Bankers Standard Fire & Marine<br />
Company<br />
Bankers Standard Insurance Company<br />
Barnstable County Insurance Company<br />
Barnstable County Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Bear River Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Berkley National Insurance Company<br />
Berkley Regional Insurance Company<br />
Bituminous Casualty Corporation<br />
Bituminous Fire and Marine Insurance<br />
The Brethren Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Briar Creek Mutual Insurance Company<br />
BrickStreet Mutual Insurance<br />
Brookwood Insurance Company<br />
Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Builders Insurance<br />
(A Mutual Captive Company)<br />
Builders Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Bunker Hill Insurance Company<br />
California Casualty & Fire Insurance<br />
Company<br />
California Casualty general Insurance<br />
Company OR<br />
California Casualty Indemnity Exchange<br />
California Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Canal Insurance Company<br />
Capitol Indemnity Corporation<br />
Capitol Specialty Insurance Corporation<br />
Carolina Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Caterpillar Insurance Company<br />
CEM Insurance Company<br />
Century Indemnity Company<br />
Century Surety Company<br />
Century-National Insurance Company<br />
Chartis Ins Co-Puerto Rico<br />
Chicago Insurance Company<br />
Church Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Colorado Farm Bureau Mutual<br />
Columbia Insurance Company<br />
Companion Commercial<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Companion Property & Casualty<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Compensation Rating and Inspection<br />
Bureau of NJ<br />
CompSource Oklahoma<br />
Conifer Insurance Company<br />
Continental Divide Insurance Company<br />
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Continental Western Insurance Company<br />
Cooperative Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Cornhusker Casualty Company<br />
Cotton States Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Country Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Country Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Country-Wide Insurance Company<br />
Countryway Insurance Company<br />
Crum & Forster Indemnity Company<br />
CT Inter Local Risk Management Agency<br />
Cumberland Insurance Company Inc<br />
Cumberland Mutual Fire Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Cypress Insurance Company(California)<br />
Dairyland County Mutual Insurance<br />
Company(Texas)<br />
Dairyland Insurance Company<br />
De Smet Insurance Company of SD<br />
Deerbrook Insurance Company<br />
Dentists Benefits Insurance Company<br />
Diamond State Insurance Company<br />
DTRIC Insurance Company Ltd<br />
DTRIC Insurance Underwriters Ltd<br />
Eastern Advantage Assurance Company<br />
Eastern Alliance Insurance Company<br />
Electric Insurance Company<br />
Elephant Insurance Company<br />
Employers Security Insurance Company<br />
Encompass Floridian Indemnity<br />
Encompass Floridian Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Encompass Indemnity Company<br />
Encompass Insurance Company<br />
Encompass Insurance Company of NJ<br />
Erie Insurance Company<br />
Erie Insurance Company of NY<br />
Erie Insurance Exchange<br />
Erie Insurance Property & Casualty<br />
Company<br />
Everest Indemnity Insurance Company<br />
Everest National Insurance Company<br />
Everest Reinsurance Company<br />
Explorer Insurance Company<br />
F B Insurance Company<br />
Fairmont Insurance Company c/o<br />
MFxChange US Inc<br />
Fairmont Premier Insurance Company<br />
c/o MFxChange US Inc<br />
Fairmont Specialty Insurance Company<br />
Farm Bureau Mutual of ID<br />
Farm Bureau Property & Casualty<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Farm Family Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Farm Insurance Brokerage Company Inc<br />
Farmer Mutual Insurance Company of<br />
Noble County<br />
Farmers & Merchants Mutual Fire<br />
Farmers Fire Insurance Companies (PA)<br />
Farmers Insurance Company of<br />
Flemington<br />
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company<br />
of Iowa<br />
Farmers Mutual Insurance<br />
Company(WV)<br />
Farmers Union Mutual Insurance(MT)<br />
Farmers Union Mutual Insurance(ND)<br />
Federated Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Federated Service Insurance Company<br />
FFVA Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Fidelity National Indemnity Insurance<br />
Fidelity National Insurance Company<br />
Fidelity National P & C Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Financial Pacific Insurance Company<br />
Fire Districts of New York Mutual<br />
Fireman’s Fund County Mutual<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Fireman’s Fund Indemnity Corporation<br />
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company<br />
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company of<br />
Hawaii<br />
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company of<br />
Louisiana<br />
First Benefits Insurance Mutual<br />
First Chicago Insurance Company<br />
First Nonprofit Insurance Company<br />
FirstComp Insurance Company<br />
Firstline National Insurance Company<br />
Flagship City Insurance Company<br />
Florida Farm Bureau Casualty<br />
Florida Workers Compensation Joint<br />
Underwriting Association<br />
Florists’ Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Forestry Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Founders Insurance Company<br />
Founders Insurance Company of<br />
Michigan<br />
Franciscan Alliance<br />
Franklin Insurance Company<br />
FRSA Self Insurers Fund<br />
FUBA Workers’ Comp<br />
galen Insurance Company<br />
geneva Insurance Company<br />
germania Insurance Company<br />
germantown Mutual Insurance Company<br />
government Employees Ins Co<br />
grain Dealers Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
granada Insurance Company<br />
grange Insurance Association<br />
granite State Insurance Company<br />
great Divide Insurance Company<br />
great West Casualty Company<br />
greater New York Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
greenwich Insurance Company<br />
Halifax Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Harco National Insurance Company<br />
The Harford Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Highmark Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Hiscox Insurance Company<br />
HM Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Hochheim Prairie Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Hochheim Prairie Farmers Mutual<br />
Hospitals Insurance Company Inc<br />
Housing Authority Property Insurance<br />
Housing Authority Risk RRg Inc<br />
Housing Enterprise Risk Services<br />
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance<br />
Idaho State Insurance Fund<br />
Illinois Casualty Company<br />
Illinois FAIR Plan Association<br />
Illinois Union Insurance Company<br />
Indemnity Insurance Company of North<br />
America<br />
Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance<br />
Injured Workers Insurance Fund<br />
Insurance Company of greater New York<br />
Insurance Company of North America<br />
Insurance Company of the West<br />
Insurors Indemnity Company<br />
Integon general Insurance Corporation<br />
INTEgRAND Assurance Company<br />
Interboro Insurance Company<br />
Interinsurance Exchange of the<br />
Automobile Club<br />
Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Joint Insurance Association (MD)<br />
Juniata Mutual Insurance Company<br />
kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance<br />
kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual<br />
kentucky National Insurance Company<br />
Lackawanna American Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Lackawanna Casualty Company<br />
Lackawanna National Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Lebanon Valley Insurance Company<br />
Little Black Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Louisiana Commerce and Trade<br />
Association<br />
Louisiana Pest Control Insurance<br />
Company (LPCIC)<br />
Louisiana Workers Compensation<br />
Corporation<br />
Lumbermen’s Underwriting Alliance<br />
Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Manufacturers Alliance Insurance<br />
Company<br />
MAPFRE Insurance Company of Florida<br />
MAPFRE Pan American Insurance<br />
Company<br />
MAPFRE PRAICO Insurance Company<br />
MAPFRE Preferred Risk Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Markel American Insurance Company<br />
Markel Insurance Company<br />
Markel Insurance Company of Canada<br />
Medical Liability Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
MEMIC Indemnity Company<br />
Mercer Insurance Company<br />
Mercer Insurance Company of NJ<br />
Mercury Casualty Company<br />
Meritplan Insurance Company<br />
Middlesex Insurance Company<br />
Middleton Insurance Company<br />
Midwest Family Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Millers Capital Insurance Company<br />
Millers Classified Insurance Company<br />
Millers First Insurance Company<br />
Milwaukee Casualty Insurance Company<br />
Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Mount Carroll Mutual Fire Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Mount Vernon Fire Insurance Company<br />
Mt Washington Assurance Corporation<br />
National American Insurance<br />
Company(Ok)<br />
National Continental Insurance Company<br />
National Fire & Indemnity Exchange<br />
National Fire & Marine Insurance<br />
Company<br />
National Indemnity Company<br />
National Indemnity Company<br />
of the South<br />
National Indemnity Company<br />
of Mid-America<br />
National Liability & Fire Insurance<br />
Company<br />
National Specialty Insurance Company<br />
National Surety Corporation<br />
Nautilus Insurance Company<br />
Nazareth Mutual Insurance Company<br />
New Hampshire Insurance Company<br />
New York Marine & general Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Newport Insurance Company<br />
Nodak Mutual Insurance Company<br />
North American Specialty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
North River Insurance Company<br />
North Star Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Northbrook Indemnity Company<br />
Northern Mutual Insurance Company<br />
(MI)<br />
Northern Neck Insurance Company<br />
Northern Plains Insurance Company<br />
Northwest Dentists Insurance Company<br />
Nova Casualty Company<br />
NY Property Insurance Underwritrs<br />
Association<br />
Oak River Insurance Company<br />
Old Republic Insurance Company<br />
Oriska Insurance Company<br />
Pacific Employers Insurance Company<br />
Palisades Insurance Company<br />
Palisades Property and Casualty<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Palisades Safety & Insurance<br />
Association<br />
Parrot Bay Insurance<br />
Partners Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Patriot general Insurance Company<br />
Penn-America Insurance Company<br />
Penn-Patriot Insurance Company<br />
Penn-Star Insurance Company<br />
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Indemnity<br />
Company<br />
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association<br />
Insurance Company<br />
Pharmacists Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Piedmont Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Platte River Insurance Company<br />
Preferred Professional Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Princeton Insurance Company<br />
Pro group Captive Management<br />
Services<br />
Providence Mutual Fire Insurance<br />
Public Service Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
QBE First<br />
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Rainer Insurance Company<br />
RAM Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Red Shield Insurance Company<br />
Redwood Fire & Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Republic Fire & Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Republic Lloyds<br />
Republic Underwriters Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Republic-Vanguard Insurance Company<br />
Repwest Insurance Company<br />
RLI Insurance Company<br />
Rochdale Insurance Company<br />
Rockford Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Rockingham Casualty Company<br />
Rockingham Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Rocky Mountain Fire and Casualty<br />
Company<br />
Rural Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Safety First Insurance Company<br />
Safety Indemnity Insurance Company<br />
Safety Insurance Company<br />
Safety National Casualty Corporation<br />
SAIF Corporation<br />
Savers Property & Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
SC Home Builders Self Insurers Fund<br />
SCF American<br />
SCF Arizona<br />
SCF Casualty<br />
SCF general<br />
SCF Indemnity<br />
SCF National<br />
SCF Premier<br />
SCF Western<br />
SeaBright Insurance Company<br />
Security National Insurance Company<br />
Sentry Casualty Company<br />
Sentry Insurance A Mutual Company<br />
Sentry Select Insurance Company<br />
Service Lloyds Insurance Company<br />
Silver Oak Casualty Inc<br />
Society Insurance a Mutual Company<br />
Sompo Japan Insurance Company of<br />
America<br />
Sompo Japan F&M Ins Company of<br />
America<br />
Southern Insurance Company<br />
Southern Mutual Church Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Southern Trust Insurance Company<br />
Southern Underwriters Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Southern Vanguard Insurance Company<br />
SPARTA Insurance Company<br />
Standard Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Star Insurance Company (MI)<br />
StarNet Insurance Company<br />
State Compensation Insurance<br />
Fund of CA<br />
State National Insurance Company Inc<br />
STICO Mutual Insurance Co RRg<br />
Stonington Insurance Company<br />
Sutter Insurance Company<br />
T.H.E. Insurance Company<br />
Technology Insurance Company Inc<br />
Texas Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Thames Insurance Company Inc<br />
TIg Insurance Company c/o MFxChange<br />
US Inc<br />
TNUS Insurance Company<br />
Tower National Insurance Company<br />
Transit general Insurance Company<br />
Triangle Insurance Company<br />
U.S. Underwriters Insurance Company<br />
Ulico Casualty Company<br />
Umialik Insurance Company<br />
Underwriters Rating Board<br />
Union Insurance Company<br />
United Automobile Insurance Company<br />
United Farm Family Insurance Company<br />
United Farm Family Mutual Insurance<br />
Company<br />
United National Casualty Insurance<br />
Company<br />
United National Insurance Company<br />
United National Specialty Insurance<br />
United States Fire Insurance Company<br />
United States Liability Insurance<br />
Company<br />
United Wisconsin Insurance<br />
Universal Insurance Company (NC)<br />
Universal Insurance Company of Texas<br />
Universal Insurance of North America<br />
Valiant Insurance Company<br />
Valiant Specialty Insurance Company<br />
Vanliner Insurance Company<br />
Vinings Insurance Company<br />
Washington State Transit Insurance Pool<br />
Wayne Mutual Insurance Company<br />
Wesco Insurance Company<br />
Westchester Fire Insurance Company<br />
Westchester Fire Insurance Company<br />
Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance<br />
Western Agricultural Insurance Company<br />
Western Community Insurance Company<br />
Williamsburg National Insurance<br />
Company<br />
Wilshire Insurance Company<br />
Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance<br />
Workers Compensation Fund of Utah<br />
xL Specialty Insurance Company<br />
Zenith Insurance Company<br />
ZNAT Insurance Company<br />
Forms Licensees<br />
Abacus Insurance Brokers Inc<br />
Advantage Information Systems Inc<br />
Agency Computer Systems Inc<br />
Agency rating System<br />
Agency resources<br />
Agency Software Inc<br />
Agency Systems<br />
Agency Technologies Inc<br />
American wholesalers underwriting<br />
Ameriprise Financial<br />
Aon Corporation<br />
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency<br />
Assurance Systems Inc<br />
Atlatl<br />
Automotive risk Management<br />
Insurance Services<br />
Barney & Barney LLC<br />
Bollinger Insurance Inc<br />
Boston Software Corporation<br />
Braishfield Associates<br />
Britt/Paulk Insurance Agency Inc<br />
Brown & Brown Insurance<br />
Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance<br />
Services, Inc.<br />
Burns & wilcox Ltd<br />
CCiComputer Services Inc<br />
Cedar Springs Technologies Inc<br />
Certificate exchange<br />
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc<br />
Choices Software Inc<br />
City of Los Angeles<br />
Coastal Insurance underwriters Inc<br />
Cochrane & Company<br />
Combined Group Insurance Services<br />
Inc.<br />
Consolidated risk Solutions<br />
Crump Insurance Services of TX<br />
CS Stars<br />
CSC Financial Group<br />
duck Creek Technologies Inc<br />
ebix Inc<br />
epic-Premier Insurance Solutions Inc<br />
evolution Agency Management LLC<br />
eZLYNX by webcetera LP<br />
Farmers Mutual Insurance Agency<br />
FergTech Inc<br />
First Internet Solutions<br />
FirstBest<br />
Five Star Specialty Program<br />
Focus Technologies LLC<br />
FojP Service Corp<br />
FrankCrum<br />
GBS Inc<br />
Global Aerospace underwriting<br />
Managers<br />
Hawksoft Inc<br />
Hays Companies<br />
Hoffman Computer Systems<br />
Hyland Software Inc<br />
IBq Systems<br />
ICe Systems Inc<br />
Impressive Publishing<br />
Innovation Group<br />
Insurance Technologies Corporation<br />
Insurance visions Inc<br />
International risk Management<br />
Institute<br />
Iroquois Group Inc<br />
ISCS Inc<br />
iter8 Inc<br />
IvANS<br />
kapnick & Company Inc<br />
Leading Insurance Services Inc<br />
LexisNexis<br />
Lockton Company<br />
M & r Information Services Inc<br />
M j kelly Company<br />
Networked Insurance Agents<br />
North American Software Associates<br />
oCI (options and Choices Inc)<br />
oracle Corporation<br />
PaperFree Corporation<br />
Pearl & Associates Ltd<br />
Pitney Bowes Business Insight<br />
PointSure<br />
Policy works Inc<br />
Porter & Curtis LLC<br />
qq Solutions<br />
quomation Insurance Services Inc<br />
rain & Hail LLC<br />
risk Placement Services Inc<br />
Self Insured Solutions<br />
Service First Insurance Group<br />
Silverlake Software LLC<br />
Single entry Systems Inc<br />
Special Agent<br />
Specialty Insurance Agency<br />
Stoneriver<br />
Strategic Insurance Software LLC<br />
Summit Consulting Inc<br />
Superior Access Insurance Services Inc<br />
Sword Insurance<br />
Symetra Financial<br />
Symmetry Technology Labs Inc<br />
TerraAlta risk Inc<br />
Terrace Software Inc<br />
The Heffernan Group<br />
The rough Notes Company<br />
The Starr Group<br />
Time warner<br />
Tower Hill Insurance Group Inc<br />
Transportation Certificate Service Inc<br />
Tri-State General Insurance Agency Ltd<br />
Tropics Software Technologies<br />
united Software developers Inc<br />
verisk Analytics<br />
vrC Insurance Systems<br />
weSTCAP Insurance Services<br />
wolters kluwer Financial Services<br />
woodruff-Sawyer & Company<br />
Xanatek Inc<br />
Xdimensional Technologies Inc<br />
Zain jeewanjee Insurance Agency<br />
d/b/a Go one Global d/b/a GG<br />
Insurance Services<br />
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