Contents

1                    Introduction

2                    News from the Presidential Council

3                    News from the Working Parties

·                    Reinsurance Working Party

·                    Motor Insurance Working Group

4                    News from the National Chapters

·                    Argentina
A report on the Argentine Insurance Law Conference, October 2004, by Oscar Benclowicz

·                    Australia
A report on the 2004 National Conference of the Australian Insurance Law Association by Paul O’Brien

·                    Germany
Details of the Berlin congress in May 2005

5                    Legal Developments

·                    Brazil – ‘IRB changes its conduct in its business assignment’ by Sergio Barroso de Mello

·                    UK – ‘Legal update from the United Kingdom’ by Prof. Robert Merkin

6                    AIDA Prize for Scientific Investigation

7                    AIDA website

8                    How to contribute to future issues of AIDA Mail