Acuity earned industry leadership awards from ACORD, which were presented at ACORD Connect 2023. ACORD is a nonprofit organization recognized as the global standard-setting body for the insurance and related financial services industries.

Susan Matzat, Systems Architect and member of Acuity’s Agency Interface Team, was honored with the ACORD Community Leadership Award. The award is presented to individuals demonstrating leadership in the areas of standards development, advocacy, volunteerism, and/or implementation, recognizing those who have gone above and beyond in guiding the insurance industry toward greater clarity in the sharing of insurance data.

"The ACORD Awards celebrate organizations and individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in ACORD standards implementation and advocacy," said Malou Soriano, SVP Business Development, ACORD. “Susan Matzat has demonstrated that in the P&C community. Through her leadership and time dedicated to ACORD’s P&C Data Standards Advisory Group, Susan played a key role in standardizing the representation of enhanced and reduced Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist coverage options across states, which now serves as a valuable asset for our ACORD P&C members.”

“We congratulate Susan on her well-deserved recognition and for being a champion of ACORD standards,” said Acuity President Melissa Winter. “Through her efforts and the efforts of everyone involved with agency interface, Acuity has established our company as a leader in agency connectivity technology.”

Acuity also received an ACORD Implementation Excellence Award for policy download modernization. Using ACORD-based standards and services, Acuity supports policy download with over 20 different agency management systems, ensuring this crucial part of the insurance processing workflow is supported in the software solution of choice of the insurer’s agency partners.

“Acuity is honored to again be recognized for our leadership in leveraging ACORD standards,” said Marcus Knuth, Acuity Vice President-Enterprise Technology.

“We are committed to being the easiest company for agents to do business with by supporting the systems and processes they already use in their agencies,” said Acuity CEO Ben Salzmann.

Acuity Insurance, headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, insures nearly 150,000 businesses, including nearly 350,000 commercial vehicles, and more than 550,000 homes and private passenger autos across 31 states. Rated A+ by AM Best and S&P, Acuity employs more than 1,600 people.