Prima Solutions announces the release of its Prima IBCS Toolsetand Support Services for the ACORD Information Model 2.0. Prima hasdeveloped expertise in using the ACORD Information Model to providesolutions-driven insurance applications and manage data andinformation as a shared enterprise asset.

“Our clients all around the world use Prima IBCS technology andour expertise to build insurance applications better and faster,”says Ken Ekers, director of North American operations for Prima.“We are thrilled to enable insurance companies the ability toleverage the standard ACORD Information Model 2.0. Prima Solutionsis in the unique position to become the leading support provider toinsurance organizations who want to use the ACORD Information Model2.0 to build insurance applications.”

The complete Prima IBCS Toolset and Service Offering are alignedwith the ACORD Information Model 2.0 and provide:

• Training: Training programs that helpinsurance carriers gain an in-depth understanding of the ACORDInformation Model 2.0 and how to use it within theirorganization
• Application Development Kit: A productivitysuite and a model-driven architecture suite accelerating andfacilitating the usage of the ACORD Information Model 2.0 to buildinsurance applications and set up enterprise data governance
• Consulting services: ACORD Information Modelexpert consultants to support insurance organizations with theircomplex projects around the ACORD Information Model such asdesigning applications and building data stores such as datawarehouses.

Prima Solutions has been working with ACORD since 2008 on theACORD Framework and the ACORD Information Model initiative. Prima'sinvolvement started with the donation of its reference model toACORD in order to jumpstart the ACORD Information Model standard.Prima Solutions then worked alongside ACORD to contribute to theACORD Information Model 1.0 and more recently to the ACORDInformation Model 2.0. “ACORD has created the Information Model,from both previous contributions as well as member participation,in an effort to build an industry-owned enterprise model,” saysShane McCullough, ACORD's chief enterprise architect. “Now, we areseeing the need for insurance organizations to utilize productivitytools as an accelerator for usage of the ACORD Information Modelinto their daily projects.”