1. Introduction
Welcome to the third electronic
issue of AIDA Mail. We hope you are finding the new and improved
format to be satisfactory. As we are now able to incorporate a variety
of styles, including photographs, we once again appeal to our readership
to forward any submissions for inclusion to our editorial team,
whose details you will find below. In particular, can we entreat
those of you with digital cameras to take them along to your next
National Chapter meeting, Working Party or Colloquium, and capture
some shots of our esteemed AIDA colleagues in action. Everyone in
the global AIDA community will enjoy an opportunity to link names
with faces, and it seems to be universally agreed that the inclusion
of pictures does make for a more interesting AIDA Mail!
There has been much
activity since the last issue of AIDA Mail, which updated on the
news from the 2002 World Congress in New York. In particular the
VIII Iberio-Latin-American ('CILA') Congress was held in Rio de
Janeiro from 30 April to 2 May 2003. During the CILA Congress, the
AIDA Presidential Council also met, and a report can be found herein.
Of particular significance was the presentation of the President's
"Work Plan" for AIDA 2002-2006. A summary of the key points
is included in this issue of AIDA Mail; the full text can be viewed
on the AIDA website.
A number of working
parties also met during the CILA congress, and reports on the meetings
of the Reinsurance Working Party and Accumulation of Claims and
Subrogation appear in this issue. A further report, taken from the
Motor Insurance Working Group bulletin, on that group's recent activities
is also included; the full Motor Insurance Working Group bulletin
is available on the website.
Sadly, during the
last year, the AIDA Presidential Council lost two of its active
and loyal members - Professor Doctor Reimer Schmidt, Honorary President,
and Dr Brando Battistig, Assistant Secretary General. Tributes to
both are included in this issue of AIDA Mail. More recently, the
association has also lost Professor Doctor Eduardo Steinfeld, a
former president of the Argentina Chapter, and Dr. Juan Achurra
Larrain, an honorary president of the Chilean section.
AIDA's National Chapters
continue in their activities: aside from the considerable efforts
of those who are members of CILA in relation to the recent Congress,
we also have updates on developments in Romania and Hungary. All
National Chapters are urged to forward 'News' for inclusion in future
AIDA Mails.
Co-operation with
other International Insurance Organisations: we have been asked
to draw your attention to a major event to be held in Barcelona
next year. The DRI, ADTA, FDCC and IADC organisations are hosting,
for the first time, a Joint International Conference in Barcelona
from 10-11 May 2004 at the Hotel Arts Barcelona. Their program includes
US and European Perspectives on Product Liability and Insurance
Issues. A link to the full programme and registration details can
be found here.
Also, our colleagues at the DRI have
requested that we draw the attention of AIDA's members to the forthcoming
Australian conference "Tort Law Reform in Australia and the
United States", in Sydney, Australia, from 15-16 January 2004.
Full details of the programme can be found here.
Finally, may we remind
all regular readers of AIDA Mail, if you have not already done so,
please register your details via the AIDA website. This will ensure
that you receive email notification as soon as the next AIDA Mail
is published.
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