Report Summary:

ACORD has been providing ACORD standard forms AL3 and XML for over 30 years. Last year, ACORD started delivering the ACORD Framework, a set of models that can be leveraged by insurers and software vendors when developing insurance technology. The framework provides a very useful starting point for enterprise architecture and service definitions, application design, data models, and requirements documentation.

ACORD AL3 and XML messaging standards are well established. The ACORD Information Model may have considerable adoption hurdles in the short term, but ACORD is committed to promoting the model over the long term.

CONTENTS

Introduction …2
What ACORD Offers…3
The ACORD Framework…4
Using the ACORD Framework…6
Conclusions …8
About Novarica …9