Board members

President (since 2019)
Pascal Forrer, Schweizer Hagel (CH)

Vice Presidents
Francesco Girotti, Generali Italia (IT)
Ignacio Machetti, Agroseguro (ES)
Tom Zacharias, National Crop Insurance Services NCIS (US)

Members
Néstor Abatidaga, ALASA (AR)
Jaap Breugem, Achmea Agro (NL)
Arnaud De Beaucaron, L'Étoile (FR)
Rainer Langner, Vereinigte Hagelversicherung (DE)
Kurt Weinberger, Österreichische Hagelversicherung (AT)

Secretary-Treasurer
Delphine Létendart, Groupama (FR)

Delegate of the Board
Patricia Angehrn, Schweizer Hagel (CH)

from left: Jaap Breugem, Rainer Langner, Néstor Abatidaga, Arnaud de Beaucaron, Pascal Forrer, Kurt Weinberger, Pier Ugo Andreini, Tom Zacharias

Organisation

The board is the AIAG’s executive body and is made up of members who are nominated by the member countries and elected by the general meeting. Representatives of subscribing members cannot be elected to the board. The president and vice-presidents are elected from among the board members. The board, in turn, appoints a secretary treasurer. The president's period of office is limited to two terms, i.e. a total of four years. The board meets twice a year.

A permanent secretariat is responsible for administration and member management. This has been based in Zurich since the establishment of the Association. The secretariat furthermore organises adjusters’ seminars, congresses and meetings.

The official languages are English, French, German and Italian.

Presidents

since 1951

since 2019	Pascal Forrer Direktor, Schweizer Hagel (CH)
2015-2019	Arnaud de Beaucaron Administrateur, L'Étoile (FR)
2011-2015	Dr. Kurt Weinberger Generaldirektor, Österreichische Hagelversicherung (AT)
2007-2011	Dr. Rainer Langner Vorstandsvorsitzender, Vereinigte Hagelversicherung (DE)
2003-2007	Daniel Sauce Directeur, Aviva Assurances (FR)
1999-2003	Urs Braun Direktor, Schweizer Hagel (CH)
1995-1999	Walter Lechner Mitglied des Vorstandes, Versicherungskammer Bayern (DE)
1991-1995	Dr. Franz Stadler Generaldirektor, Österreichische Hagelversicherung (AT)
1987-1991	Jean Léger Directeur, Abeille-Assurances (FR)
1983-1987	Walter Galli Direttore, Riunione Adriatica di Sicurta (IT)
1979-1983	Dr. Bernd Hildebrandt Vorstandsvorsitzender, Deutsche Gärtnereihagel (DE)
1975-1979	Dr. Michel Marchal Directeur Général, L'Abeille (FR)
1971-1975	Dott. Enrico Randone Direttore Generale, Assicurazioni Generali (IT)
1967-1971	Dr. Hermann Stech Generaldirektor, Mecklenburgische Versicherungen (DE)
1963-1967	Raymond Follain Directeur Général, L'Abeille (FR)
1957-1963	Dr. Emil Fäh Direktor, Schweizer Hagel (CH)
1951-1957	Paul Perrot Directeur Général, L'Abeille (FR)

The history of AIAG...

...began in 1951 with the first congress in Paris and the foundation of the ‘International Association of Hail Insurers’ (Association internationale des assureurs contre la grêle) or AIAG for short.

The AIAG’s founding members, with representatives from France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland, set themselves the objectives of improving and expanding coverage and hail insurers’ services through the exchange of information, experience and statistics.

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