- Acronyms Worker Compensation commonly used Acronyms This section of acronyms is taken from The Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations a voluntary association of authorized or licensed rating, advisory, or data service organizations that collect workers compensation insurance information in one or more states. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
INTRODUCTION TO ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS The insurance industry s vocabulary is riddled with acronyms, abbreviations and 'catchy' names. A roadmap is essential to effectively move about the insurance world. For example: Comp BEEP - free tickets to a Dolphins football game or a line of business in insurance, short for workers compensation. - a high-pitched sound of a horn or Bureau Entry and Edit Package developed by ACCCT. Although entitled Acronyms and Abbreviations, this section also includes 'catchy' names. The acronyms and abbreviations in this section are not defined; however, their definitions can be found in the glossary under its full name; e.g. ASWG can be found under Advisory Statistical Work Group. In the section titled Acronyms and Abbreviations, not all terms are insurance related, but are commonly used in the business and data reporting environment.
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS A AAA AAI AASCIF ACAS ACORD ACCCT ACCEDE ADQIP AIA AIDM AKA ALAE AMCOMP ANSI App ARD ARAP ARP ASC ASCII American Academy of Actuaries Alliance of American Insurers American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds Associate of Casualty Actuarial Society Association for Cooperative Operations Research & Development American Cooperative Council on Compensation Technology Automated Carrier Call Edit and Data Entry (Minnesota) Aggregate Data Quality Incentive Program (NCCI s) American Insurance Association Associate Insurance Data Manager Also Known As Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense The American Society of Workers Compensation Professionals, Inc. American National Standards Institute Short For Application Anniversary Rating Date Assigned Risk Adjustment Program Assigned Risk Plan Accredited Standards Committee American Standard Code for Information Interchange
A ASP ASWG AWW AY Application Service Provider Advisory Statistical Work Group Average Weekly Wage Accident Year B BBS BBS BEEP BSI 5/17 BWC Bulletin Board Services Bulletin Board Systems Bureau Entry & Edit Package (ACCCT s) Bulk Self-Insured Premium (5) & Loss (17) Forms Bureau of Workers Compensation (Ohio) C C Report CAOM CAS CAY CAYAR CAYCM CAYE CBA Correction Report Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan Casualty Actuarial Society Calendar Accident Year (Report) Calendar Accident Year Assigned Risk (Report) Calendar Accident Year Capitated Medical (Report) Calendar Accident-Year Expense (Report) Cost-Benefit Analysis
C CCIA CCO CEO CEP CFO CIDM CIO CIGA Comp COO CNP CPAP CPCU Crits CSO CV CWCI CWP CY CYE Colorado Compensation Insurance Authority (Old Name for Colorado Fund) Coordinated Care Organization Chief Executive Officer Company Edit Package Chief Financial Officer Certified Insurance Data Manager Chief Information Officer California Insurance Guarantee Association Short for Workers Compensation Chief Operating Officer Closed No Payment Contractors Premium Adjustment Program Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Short for Letters of Criticism CompSource Oklahoma Critical Value California Workers Compensation Institute. Closed Without Payment Calendar Year (Report) Calendar Year Expense (Report)
CYR Calendar Year Reconciliation (Report) D D Ratio DASD DBA DCA DCI DCO DCRB Dec Page DEP DNQ DOI DP DQ DSC DSR DWP Short for Discount Ratio Direct Access Storage Device Doing Business As Data Collection Agency Detailed Claim Information Data Collection Organization Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (also known as Delaware Bureau) Short for Declaration Page Direct Earned Premium Do/Does Not Qualify Department/Division of Insurance Data Processing Data Quality Data Standards Committee Designated Statistical Reporting Direct Written Premium (Report) E EBCDIC EBNR Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code Earned But Not Reported
E Commerce EDI Short for Electronic Commerce Electronic Data Interchange E EL ELR Factor E-Mail E-Mod EPO ERM14 ERM6 ETD ERP Ex-Med Employers Liability Expected Loss Rate Factor Short for Electronic Mail Short for Experience Modification Exclusive Provider Organization Experience Rating Modification Change of Ownership Form Experience Rating Modification Form Estimated Target Date California Workers Compensation Experience Rating Plan Short for Excluding Medical F F Classes or Codes FCAS FCIP FCOD FCRD FDIP Short for Federal Classifications or Codes Fellow of Casualty Actuarial Society Financial Calls Incentive Program (Minn) Financial Calls on Diskette (NCCI s) software Financial Call Reporting by Diskette (Minn) Financial Data Incentive Program (DE/PA)
FDRA FCMHSA FEIN Financial Data Reporting Application (DE/PA) Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act Federal Employer Identification Number F FELA FROI FTP Federal Employers Liability Act First Report of Injury File Transfer Protocol G GIGO GUI Garbage-In Garbage-Out Graphic User Interface H H/C HCFA Hard Copy Health Care Financing Administration HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 HMO HTTP Health Maintenance Organization Hyper Text Transfer Protocol I IAIABC International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
IBNR ICD Codes ICRB ICRs Incurred But Not Reported International Classification of Disease Codes Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau Individual Case/Claim Reports I IDMA IDMS IEE IIA Ind(s) IPA IRIS IS ISO ISP IT IWIF Insurance Data Management Association Integrated Database Management System Insurance Expense Exhibit Insurance Institute of America Short for Independent State Rating Organization(s) Individual Practice Association Insurance Regularoty Information System Information System Insurance Services Office, Inc. Internet Service Provider Information Technology Injured Workers Insurance Fund (of Maryland) J JCL JUA Job Control Language Joint Underwriting Association
K KEMI Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance L LAE Loss Adjustment Expense L LAN LOA LWCC Local Area Network Letter of Authority Louisiana Workers Compensation Corporation M MAAA MCO MEM MEMIC MGA MIS MO(s) Mod MSF Member of the American Academy of Actuaries Managed Care Organization Missouri Employers Mutual Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Company Managing General Agent Management Information System Medical Only(s) Short for Experience Rating Modification Monopolistic State Fund
MWCIA Minnesota Workers Compensation Insurers Association N N/A NOC NAIC NAICS Not Applicable Not Otherwise Classified National Association of Insurance Commissioners North American Industry Classification System N NAII NAPEO NCCI NCITS NCRB NJCRIB NPD NPD NOA NPE NYCIRB NYFCIS National Association of Independent Insurers National Association of Professional Employer Organizations National Council on Compensation Insurance, Inc. National Committee for Information Technology Standards North Carolina Rate Bureau New Jersey Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau (Also known as New Jersey Bureau) No Payroll Developed No Payroll Division Notice of Assignment No Payroll Expended New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (Also known as New York Bureau) New York Financial Call Information System
O OD OSHA Occupational Disease Occupational Safety and Health Administration P Page 15 PCRB PEO PICS Short for Page 15 of the Insurance Annual Statement Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (Also known as Pennsylvania Bureau) Professional Employer Organization Policy Issue Capture System (NCCI s) P PIF PIR POC PPO PSP PY PYAR PYCM PYF PYLD Policies-In-Force Pending Initial Rating Proof of Coverage Preferred Providers Organization Premium by Size of Policy Policy Year (Report) Policy Year Assigned Risk (Report) Policy Year Capitated Medical (Report) Policy Year Federal (Classification Report) Policy Year Large Deductible (Report)
Q QC QDWP Quality Control Quarterly Direct Written Premium (Report) R R Report Retros RFI RFB RFP RFQ Short for Replacement Report Short for Retrospective Ratings Request for Information Request for Bid Request for Proposal Request for Quote R RIMS RISK ID RM RMAPS SM RY Risk and Insurance Management Society Risk Identification Number Residual Market Residual Market Application Processing System (NCCI s) Report Year S Sched Z SAWW Schedule Z State Wide Average Weekly Wage
SCAD SCAD-ED1 SCIF SF(s) SFM SIC SIF SIF SIF(s) SIG(s) SIIS SRP Program for Submission of California Aggregate Data Software for Entering and Validating Aggregate Financial Data (Calif.) State Compensation Insurance Fund (Calif.) State Fund(s) State Fund Mutual (Insurance Company of Minnesota) Standard Industry Classification Second Injury Fund State Insurance Fund (of Oklahoma) Self-Insured Fund(s) Self-Insured Group(s) State Industrial Insurance System (of Nevada) Schedule Rating Premium (Report) S SSN Stat SWIF Social Security Number Short for Statistical, e.g., Stat Agent, Stat Plan, Stat Codes, etc. State Workers Insurance Fund (of Pennsylvania) T T/A TPA TRIA Trading As Third Party Administrator Terrorism Risk Insurance Act
U U/R ULAE Unit URC URE URQ USL & HW or USL&H USR USRP Unit Report Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expense Short for Unit Statistical Report Unit Report Control (NCCI s) Unit Report Expansion (NCCI s) Unit Report Quality (NCCI s) United States Longshoremen and Harbor Workers Unit Statistical Report California s Workers Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan V Vol Comp Vol Short for Voluntary Compensation Short for Voluntary Insurance V VR VSAM Short for Vocational Rehabilitation Virtual Storage Access Method W WAN WC Wide Area Network Workers Compensation
WCCDCI WCCNTL WCDM WCESTAT WCF WCIO WCNOA WCIRBC WCPOLS WCRATE WCRB WCRI WCRATING WCRIBM Workers Compensation Detailed Claim Information (Electronic Format for DCI Data) Workers Compensation Control (Electronic Format for the Control of Unit Report Data) Workers Compensation Data Monitoring Workers Compensation Error Statistical (Electronic Format for Unit Report Errors) Workers Compensation Fund (of Utah) Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations Workers Compensation Notice of Assignment (Electronic Format for Notice of Assignment) Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (Also known as California Bureau) Workers Compensation Policies (Electronic Format for Policy Data) Workers Compensation Rate (Electronic Format for Rates) Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau Workers Compensation Research Institute Workers Compensation Rating (Electronic Format for Rating Worksheets) Workers Compensation Rating Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (Also known as Massachusetts Bureau)
W WCSTAT WSI WWW Workers Compensation Statistical (Electronic Format for Unit Report Data) Workplace Safety and Insurance (North Dakota) World Wide Web X XML X-Mods Extensible Mark Up Language Short for Experience Modifications Y Y2K Year 2000 Z ZIP CODE Zoning Improvement Plan Code. MISCELLANEOUS 120-BYTE 250-BYTE INTERIM 250-BYTE FULL Electronic Format for Pre-ASWG Unit Report Data (120 Positions) Electronic Format for Pre-ASWG Unit Report Data, reported in the New ASWG Format (250 Positions) Electronic Format for ASWG Unit Report Data (250 Positions)