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ACORD Underwriting API

Underwriting and risk assessment

ACORD Underwriting 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 Underwriting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 5 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.

1 operations 1 paths 5 schemas 1 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 Underwriting 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Underwriting 1

Underwriting and risk assessment

POST
/underwriting/submissions
ACORD Submit Underwriting Application
submitUnderwritingSubmission body → 201

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PartyRequest (7 properties), Address (6 properties), UnderwritingSubmission (5 properties), UnderwritingSubmissionResponse (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

UnderwritingSubmissionResponse
object
4 properties
Address
object
6 properties
Contact
object
2 properties
PartyRequest
object
7 properties 1 required
UnderwritingSubmission
object
5 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

acord-underwriting-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs ACORD publishes across the network.

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