Integration, collaboration, and accessibility are paramount in today's connected world. ITC wants to enable an open and growing insurance rating market. So we created APIs for third parties to access the rating and storage functions of comparative rating system TurboRater directly. These groups include agencies, carriers, lead providers, and aggregators.
Service Oriented Architecture
Service oriented architecture (SOA) is a methodology of providing services and functions via multiple APIs. Organizations use these services independent of any vendor, product or technology. This creates an openness that drives interoperability. ITC took into account the principals of SOA during the development of TurboRater. Since 2010, ITC's comparative rater has had a complete API that allows access to features and functionality from any Internet-based system. This includes the
Rating API
TurboRater's Rating API allows users to request and receive rates from many of ITC's available carriers via a single request. Also, the API provides extended functionality for third parties to receive different pay plans; request rates for a single agency or for multiple agency/carrier relationships; receive responses batched or threaded; and send and receive data in either JSON or XML formats.
Quote Storage API
In addition to rating, TurboRater allows agents to store and access previous quotes. This functionality is also exposed to external partners and customers via TurboRater's Quote Storage API. With the
Software Development Kit
The rating process includes hundreds of fields. Not all of them are always required for rating, but sometimes they are. We have created a software development kit (SDK) to help you set up TurboRater's APIs quickly and efficiently. The SDK allows a developer to use ITC's policy objects when consuming the before mentioned rating and storage APIs.
Creating an Open Environment
We believe agencies, carriers and partners should be able to pick the technology and workflows that work best for their organizations. This is why TurboRater integrates with more than 25 agency management systems and many other vendors and partners. We have furthered this commitment with the TurboRater API and SDK. Using the TurboRater API and SDK, you can access rating services and customer data via any system you develop or buy.
If you want to learn more about the TurboRater API and SDK or the AgencyBuzz API, contact us online or at (800) 383-3482.
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