ACORD Integration

ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) standards is a set of data formats and protocols specific to Insurance industry and related financial services. ACORD standards and protocols can be used for managing the complexity of insurance solutions and unification of information exchange between partners and systems.

Among BizTalk Server features that support rapid ACORD solution development are:

• ACORD Standards support - ACORD schemas can be used from BizTalk Server solution with no or minor modifications.
• Data transofmation - Visual mapper, practical for simple-to-medium ACORD transformations.
• Data transofmation - native XSLT support, practical for complex ACORD data transformations.
• Communication Protocols - SOAP web services, FTP, HTTP and other protocols provisioned by BizTalk Server adapters.
• Security - X.509 certificate based security on protocol and message level as supported by BizTalk Server.
• Interoperability - high degree of customization, flexibility and configurability of BizTalk Server solution.
• Enterprise readyness - high degree of scalability, reliability and disaster recovery built into BizTalk Server.

Ilya has practical experience implementing mission critical BizTalk Server ACORD solutions in the enterprise environment (at a leading Canadian Life Insurance company).

Ilya reside in Toronto, Ontario and work on a contract or permanent basis in the GTA area. Have a question, employment opportunity or would like to discuss your next integration project? Submit your request here or contact Ilya via LinkedIn.