Real-time single entry multiple carrier interface (semci)

A computer interface system for converting data relating to an insurance transaction from XML (Extensible Markup Language) format to a second data format, the second data format being based on hierarchies, comprising:

• a first computing system connected to a computer network and configured for bi-directional communication of insurance information over the network, said first computing system configured to:
• receive data relating to an insurance transaction in XML format, the data including information corresponding to an insurance policy;
• convert the received insurance transaction data to an intermediate tagged file format having tags incorporating sequence data;
• convert the received data in the intermediate tagged file format to the second data format based on hierarchies;
• and
• provide the data in the second data format based on hierarchies in accordance with sequence index and length data associated with said tags incorporating sequence data.

A computer-implemented method for converting data formatted based on hierarchies to XML (Extensible Markup Language) format data, comprising:

• at a first computing system, receiving data formatted based on hierarchies;
• at the first computing system, converting the received data to an intermediate format having tags incorporating sequence data, at least one of the tags having sequence data comprising data group name and length data;
• at the first computing system, converting the received data in the intermediate format having tags to XML format;
• and
• providing the XML format data as an output;
• wherein the converting the received data from the intermediate format to XML format comprises employing the data group name and length data of the sequence data to format the data in XML format.

A computer system for converting data relating to an insurance transaction and formatted based on hierarchies to XML (Extensible Markup Language) format data, comprising:

• a first computing system connected to a computer network and configured for bi-directional communication of insurance information over the network, said first computing system configured to:
• receive data relating to an insurance transaction and formatted based on hierarchies, the data including information corresponding to an insurance policy;
• convert the received data to an intermediate format having tags incorporating sequence data, at least one of the tags having sequence data comprising data group name and length data;
• convert the received data in the intermediate format having tags to XML format;
• and
• provide the XML format data as an output;
• and
• wherein the first computing system is further configured to convert the received data from the intermediate format to XML format employing the data group name and length data of the sequence data to format the data in XML format.