{"id":23546,"date":"2025-05-15T13:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insurance-canada.geekspace.io\/?p=83052"},"modified":"2025-05-15T13:59:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T13:59:45","slug":"csio-recognizes-its-members-commitment-to-standards-excellence-with-standards-certification-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2025\/05\/15\/csio-recognizes-its-members-commitment-to-standards-excellence-with-standards-certification-ratings\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIO Recognizes its Members\u2019 Commitment to Standards Excellence with Standards Certification Ratings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (May 13, 2025) \u2013 <a>CSIO is pleased to announce a Standards Certification Rating Program that recognizes<\/a> insurer and BMS vendor achievements in the adoption of CSIO Data Standards to benefit their broker partners and customers.<\/p>\n<p>The Standards Certification Ratings reflect an organization\u2019s commitment to comprehensive Data Standards that respond to business needs. Developed by CSIO\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/standards-governance-advisory-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Standards Governance Advisory Council<\/a>, the Rating criteria is designed to ensure organizations are advancing Data Standards through the achievement of CSIO Certifications. These include <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/updated-edocs-initiative\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">eDocs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/solutions-tools\/data-standards\/commercial-lines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Commercial Lines Data Standards<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/eliminate-z-codes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Compliance<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/solutions-tools\/innotech-committee\/initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">API Security Standards<\/a>, and a current version of CSIO\u2019s EDI and XML Standards.<\/p>\n<p>Insurers are assigned a separate Rating for personal and commercial lines while BMS vendors receive one overall Rating. Organizations that successfully programmed CSIO Standards and achieved all the criteria are eligible for the highest Rating, Platinum.<\/p>\n<p>CSIO congratulates the following Platinum Insurers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wawanesa Insurance (Personal and Commercial)<\/li>\n<li>Definity Financial Corporation (Personal)<\/li>\n<li>Gore Mutual Insurance Company (Personal)<\/li>\n<li>Northbridge Insurance (Commercial)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re proud to be the first insurer to receive the highest CSIO Standards Certification Rating for both Personal and Commercial Lines,\u201d said Glenn Hemming, Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Wawanesa. \u201cThis achievement not only reinforces our commitment to shaping industry technology standards \u2013 it\u2019s also a testament to the work we\u2019re doing to help make brokers\u2019 lives easier. We want to be an insurance and technology leader because we know that\u2019s the best way to meet the ever-evolving needs of those we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insurers and BMS vendors who are actively using or implementing CSIO Standards are eligible for the following additional Ratings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold \u2013 awarded to organizations that have implemented a majority of CSIO Standards<\/li>\n<li>Silver \u2013 awarded to organizations that made significant strides in adopting CSIO Standards<\/li>\n<li>Bronze \u2013 awarded to organizations that are in the initial stages of Standards implementation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cCSIO published the Certification Ratings to acknowledge our members\u2019 dedication to advancing connectivity in the broker channel through Data Standards,\u201d said Kathryn Sinclair, Interim President at CSIO. \u201cThis initiative demonstrates the value in highlighting Standards excellence and further enhancing data exchange for the P&amp;C industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Organizations that make advancements in programming CSIO Standards will improve their Certification Rating. <a href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/standards-certification-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Visit the CSIO website<\/a> regularly to see how the industry is progressing towards an even better experience for brokers and customers through achievements in CSIO Standards excellence.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"smallhead\"><b>About Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>CSIO is Canada\u2019s industry technology association of property and casualty insurers, vendors and over 43,000 brokers. CSIO is committed to driving innovative solutions that enable the best insurance experience in Canada by overseeing the development, implementation, and maintenance of technology Standards and solutions, such as CSIOnet, eDocs, and My Proof of Insurance. The CSIO XML Standard is licensed to CSIO by ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development). For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.csio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"referencetext\"><em>SOURCE: Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/em><\/p>\n<p> Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/broker-management-system\/\" rel=\"tag\">Broker Management System (BMS)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/csio\/\" rel=\"tag\">Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/data-standard\/\" rel=\"tag\">data standard<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (May 13, 2025) \u2013 CSIO is pleased to announce a Standards Certification Rating Program that recognizes insurer and BMS vendor achievements in the adoption of CSIO Data Standards to benefit their broker&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[1],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23546"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}