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ACORD Claims API

Claims inquiry, submission, and management

ACORD Claims API is one of 6 APIs that ACORD publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Claims. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.insurer-internal.example.com/ngds.

3 operations 2 paths 9 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://claims.insurer-internal.example.com/acord
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

ACORD Claims API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 4 scopes. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Claims 3

Claims inquiry, submission, and management

GET
/claims
ACORD List Claims
listClaims 5 params → 200401
POST
/claims
ACORD Submit a New Claim
submitClaim body → 201400
GET
/claims/{claimId}
ACORD Get Claim by ID
getClaim 1 param → 200404

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Claim (14 properties), Party (8 properties), PartyRequest (7 properties), Address (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Party
object
8 properties
ClaimRequest
object
6 properties 3 required
Pagination
object
4 properties
Address
object
6 properties
Contact
object
2 properties
Error
object
3 properties
ClaimList
object
2 properties
PartyRequest
object
7 properties 1 required
Claim
object
14 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

acord-claims-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ACORD publishes across the network.

ACORD XML Standards API
ACORD Reinsurance & Large Commercial Data Standards API
ACORD Party API
ACORD Policy API
ACORD Underwriting API