The mission of ACORD is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance and related financial services industries. ACORD accomplishes its mission by remaining an objective, independent advocate for sharing information among diverse platforms. ACORD is committed to providing standards and services that improve efficiency and expand market reach by: reducing costs; reducing duplication of work and ambiguous communication exchanges; improving accuracy; facilitating e-business; and supporting multiple distribution models. ACORD is a nonprofit insurance association.
ACORD XML specific vocabularies
- ACORD XML for Life Insurance
- ACORD XML for Property and Casualty Insurance
- ACORD XML for Reinsurance and Large Commercial
More information: ACORD website (new window).
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More on the general topic: Industry consortia
- AdsML Consortium
- Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
- Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
- FIX Protocol Limited (FPL)
- HR-XML Consortium
- IDEAlliance
- Interactive Financial eXchange Forum (IFX Forum)
- International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC)
- International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA)
- Meat & Poultry Data Standards Organization (mpXML)
- Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO)
- National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
- Open Financial Exchange (OFX) Consortium
- The OpenTravel Alliance (OTA)
- Parlay Group
- Petroleum Industry Data Exchange (PIDX)
- PSLX Consortium
- Real Estate Transaction Standard (RETS)
- Research Information eXchange Markup Language (RIXML).org
- Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA)
- SWIFT

