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LIMRA is dedicated to helping the industry achieve simplification of the exchange of information between stakeholders. The LIMRA Data Exchange (LDEx) Standards are free standards that were developed in collaboration with a committee of carriers and technology companies, by the industry, for the industry.

To access the LDEx Standards and corresponding files, you will need to register and create a LIMRA.com account. If you already have an account, simply log in with the credentials provided to you to access any of the documents related to the LDEx standards.

The LDEx standards are available in a downloadable package that contains the following main components:

Standard model and terminology — Common language and business relationships amongst data
Key business transactions and activities — Sample business transactions geared towards the insurance industry (i.e., user stories, sample XML, and test plans)
Implementation model — XML based structured file

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Benefits Enrollment Management

This standard is used by a third party partner (e.g., benefit administrator) to send coverage elections, changes, and terminations, as well as non-coverage demographic changes to a carrier.

By downloading and implementing any LDEx Standard you are agreeing to the conditions set forth in the Grant of License for said standard. Please refer to information in the Standards Download zip file for details.

Please note this Release is for a bug-fix to the Benefits Enrollment Management Standard and a break-fix to the Transmission Response Standard used for error reporting published on 7.27.2020. Refer to glossary "What's New" for details.