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The LIMRA Data Exchange (LDEx) Standards are free standards developed in a collaborative environment by an independent member committee made up of organizations with a vested interest in establishing industry-based data exchange standards.

Data Exchange Standards facilitate the sharing of structured data across diverse information systems and represent the requirements for the format and content of the data being transferred among those systems.

The intent of the LDEx Standards Program is to define those format and content requirements along with the mechanisms by which data is exchanged. It is not to manage the source of the data, the data transfer or determine what happens to the data once it is transmitted.

Plan Overview

Recently Released

LDEx Benefits Configuration Management (BCM) Standard – Version 1.0

This new LDEx BCM 1.0 Standard establishes a consistent approach to the exchange of data required for the configuration of an employer group using a common specification. The LDEx BCM Standards allows for the exchange of an insurance carrier's benefit plan designs (e.g. products, benefits, rates) with technology providers leading to case configuration simplification and reduction in implementation times.

Leveraging a common data model with LIMRA’s other standards, the LDEx BCM Standard has been created in multiple formats allowing for flexibility when implementing either an EDI or API integration. This release package includes configuration specific Rest API compliant endpoints, provided in OpenAPI 3.1. The LDEx BCM payload may be delivered in .xml, .json, or .yaml formats. All schemas and endpoints can be found in the standards package download.

LDEx Evidence of Insurability Status & Decision (EOIS) Standard - Version 1.1

The LDEx EOIS 1.1 Standard allows carriers to pass an employee's application status and the final underwriting decision of an individual's eligibility to their benefits administrator. 

LDEx Benefits Enrollment Management (BEM) Standard - Version 2.0

This new major release of the LDEx BEM 2.0 Standard enhances current functionality allowing for transactional payload delivery via REST complaint API transmissions. Enabling the industry to move towards real-time/near real-time enrollment and change management processing.

New REST API endpoints, available in OpenAPI 3.1, have been included in conjunction with this release. The LDEx BEM payload may be delivered via EDI or API in .xml, .json, or .yaml formats. All schemas and endpoints can be found in the standards package download.

This LDEx BEM 2.0 release continues to enable the two-way exchange of coverage elections, changes, terminations, non-coverage demographic changes, as well as eligibility management between technology companies and insurance carriers.

Supported Products:

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Pharmacy
  • Accident
  • AD&D
  • Cancer
  • Critical Illness
  • Disability (STD, LTD, State, VB)
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Healthcare Reimbursement (FSA, HSA, HRA)
  • Hospital Indemnity
  • Leave Management (FML, PFL)
  • Life
  • Lifestyle Benefits
  • Wellness

Implementation Solutions:

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Coming Soon

LDEx Benefits Quote Management Standard

New LDEx Benefits Quote Management Standard to manage pre-sale and renewal request for proposal requirements including a standardized demographic census structure.

LDEx Event Management Enhancement

This LDEx BEM enhancement will establish new functionality to manage employee event changes supporting leave absence administration based on current industry eligibility management processes.

LDEx Communication Preferences Enhancement Module

This enhancement will standardize the communication of data required to capture employer and employee communication preferences, including such items as contact consent, preferred delivery method, and requested language of communication at the time of enrollment or life event.

LIMRA Data Exchange (LDEx) Standards Adoption

The following companies have adopted and are currently utilizing the LDEx Standards:

ADP
Aflac
Allstate
American Fidelity

Anthem (Elevance Health)
Aon
Benefitfirst
Benefitfocus
BenefitScape
BenefitWerks

Bswift
Businessolver
Cigna Healthcare
ClickEnroll
eBenefits Network
EIS Group
Ernst & Young LLP
FINEOS Corporation
Guardian Life Insurance
Ideon
Lincoln Financial Group
Majesco

Manhattan Life
MetLife
Mutual of Omaha
New York Life
Noyo Technologies

Pac Life
Paycom
PlanSource
Principal

Prudential
Reliance Matrix
Securian

Selerix Systems
Self Bill Pro

Shore Alliance Group
Soluta
SS&C Technologies
Sun Life and Health
Symetra Financial
The Hartford
The Standard
Trustmark
UKG

UNUM
UnitedHealthcare

USAble Life Insurance
Vitech

Voya Financial
Wellfleet
Workday
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