“AAIM 1-3-5”

 

I am delighted to serve as President of the American Academy of Insurance Medicine (AAIM) for 2023-2024. It is a privilege to be a part of such an esteemed organization and to be able to contribute to it in such a vital role is indeed a true honor.

 

AAIM is a vibrant and dynamic institution and its greatness stems from not only from its history as one of the oldest medical specialty organizations in the United States but more so because of the wonderfully skilled medical professionals that make up its active membership continuously delivering on the organization’s stated aims and objectives of representing and promoting the role of the medical director in the life and health insurance industry.

 

The various AAIM standing committees, which include Membership, Mortality/Morbidity, Education, Professional & Public Relations, and the Board of Insurance Medicine, under the leadership of their respective chairs, are highly active and flourishing, and I would encourage all persons new to AAIM to acquaint themselves with the important functions that each one of these committees performs as they can significantly advance your career in insurance medicine.

 

Inspired by the theme of AAIM 2023, “Take your AAIM… to the next level”, my vision for AAIM 2024 is “AAIM 1-3-5”, which is best articulated as “What 1 contribution will you undertake to do for the AAIM organization in the next 3 years and what 3 contributions will you undertake to deliver for AAIM in the next 5 years” . As an AAIM member, contributions can take several forms and include participation on one of the standing committees or the AAIM executive council or writing an article for the Journal of Insurance Medicine or delivering a presentation for the AAIM educational webinar series. If you are not an AAIM member, then I would encourage your 1 contribution could be to become an AAIM member or at a minimum commit to attending the AAIM annual meeting in 2024.

 

Another focus of AAIM 2024 will be the promotion of international collaboration. The AAIM organization is world-renowned and the annual and triennial AAIM meetings attract many international attendees and supporters of AAIM. To this end, I am pleased to report that the AAIM 2024 annual meeting with be a joint meeting in partnership with the Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers Association (CLIMOA) and will be held in Montreal, Canada.

 

It is with great excitement that I look ahead to this next year and the continued success of AAIM. I invite you to join me as we work together to uphold and enhance all elements that make AAIM such a great organization!

 

Nico van Zyl

AAIM President 2023-2024