History and Mission
Consulting actuaries from across the world first met as a group at a special meeting of the 16th International Congress of Actuaries in 1960. Much of the impetus for this first and subsequent meetings was stimulated by Max Lander and Geoffrey Heywood. A similar meeting was held in Edinburgh at the 17th International Congress in 1964, when it was decided to set up a Committee to ensure that international meetings focused on issues of concern to consulting actuaries would continue to be held every other year on a more frequent basis that the ICA. Geoffrey Heywood was elected Chairman of the Committee, the other members being Messrs. Brans (Holland), Carson (South Africa), Hamilton (U.S.A.), Heubeck (Germany), Lander (U.K.), Melville (Australia) and Warren (U.S.A.).
This Committee, with a few changes, organised the IACA business meetings held in Munich in June 1968. At the third business meeting on 13th June 1968, it was agreed that the International Association of Consulting Actuaries should be formally constituted, separate from the International Actuarial Association, and a formal set of Rules was adopted unanimously. The Committee appointed under the Rules was as follows:
Chairman |
Geoffrey Heywood |
Great Britain |
Vice-Chairman |
James A. Hamilton |
U.S.A. |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Maxwell Lander |
Great Britain |
Committee |
R.W. Abbott
Preston C. Bassett
J.A.Theo M. Brans
J.A. Carson
Henry G. Devitt
Georg Heubeck
Carroll E. Nelson
Raymond C. Palmer |
Great Britain
U.S.A.
Netherlands
South Africa
Canada
Germany
U.S.A.
Australia |
Location of Meetings
YEAR |
LOCATION |
CHAIRMAN |
SECRETARY-
TREASURER |
1968 |
Munich, Germany |
Geoffrey Heywood
|
Maxwell Lander |
1970 |
Washington, DC, U.S.A. |
Geoffrey Heywood |
Maxwell Lander |
1972 |
Helsingor, Denmark |
Geoffrey Heywood |
Maxwell Lander |
1974 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
J.A.Theo M. Brans |
Jan C. Hoogteijling |
1976 |
Sydney, Australia |
Preston C. Bassett |
Evan Innes |
1978 |
Toronto, Canada |
Raymond C. Palmer |
Evan Innes |
1980 |
Vienna, Austria |
M. David R. Brown |
Robert D. Masding |
1982 |
Stratford-upon-Avon, U.K. |
Dennis F. Gilley |
Robert D. Masding |
1984 |
Maui, HI, U.S.A. |
Paul H. Jackson |
Robert D. Masding |
1986 |
Bermuda |
James M. Hutton |
Robert D. Masding |
1988 |
Munich, Germany |
Karl-Josef Bode |
Richard Moore |
1990 |
Auckland, New Zealand |
Dudley Funnell |
Richard Moore |
1992 |
Vancouver, Canada |
Christopher J. White |
Richard Moore |
1994 |
Hong Kong |
Robert D. Masding |
Dudley Funnell |
1996 |
Gleneagles, Scotland |
Michael Arnold |
Dudley Funnell |
1998 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Harold Mitchley |
Dudley Funnell |
2000 |
Hershey, PA, U.S.A. |
Ronald M. Walker |
Dudley Funnell |
2002 |
Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Rudd H. Sprenkels |
Michael D. Mills |
2004 |
Sydney, Australia |
Brent W. Walker |
Michael D. Mills |
2006 |
Paris, France |
R. Adrian J. Waddingham |
Margaret T. Sherwood |
2008 |
Boston, MA, U.S.A. |
Michael L. Toothman |
Margaret T. Sherwood |
2010 |
Cape Town, South Africa |
Hideyuki Yoshida |
Morten Harbitz |
2012 |
Hong Kong |
Ken Buffin |
Morten Harbitz |
2014 |
Washington, DC, U.S.A. |
Andrew Vaughan |
Morten Harbitz |
2016 |
St. John's, NL, Canada |
Margaret T. Sherwood |
Morten Harbitz |
2018 |
Berlin, Germany |
Cathy Lyn |
Kudzai Chigiji |
2020 |
Virtual |
Nigel Sloam |
George Symeonidis
|
2022 |
Virtual |
Brian Spence |
Marc Slutzky |
Other Significant Historical Items
1. In recognition of their great contributions to IACA, Messrs Heywood and Lander were elected Emeritus Members of the IACA Committee in 1976.
2. Karl-Josef Bode attended every biennial Conference over a period of more than twenty years after IACA was formed.
3. A joint meeting with the Conference of Consulting Actuaries was held in San Francisco in 1970.
4. IACA first produced a printed membership list and report in 1990.
5. It was decided in 1999 that IACA should become the Consulting Section of the International Actuarial Association.
6. Membership has generally grown over the years since IACA was founded and in 2010 consisted of 462 Members with 42 countries represented.