18 new members bring the total active membership of the association to a total of 36 Fellows and 45 Associates. In addition, several further candidates have already passed one of the two modules of the associate examination, and there are four part qualified as fellows. AAA has been able to arrange for students to sit examinations in in centres around the world: Athens, Brisbane, Cape Town, Doha, Dubai, Gothenburg, Hong Kong, Liverpool, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Nicosia, Singapore, Sydney, Tehran and Tokyo. Outgoing AAA Chairman John Ahern of Rogers Wilkin Ahern welcomed the new members and said: "The Association of Average Adjusters is making a very great contribution to the training of marine insurance professionals in this and other markets. That we also have a new fellow of the association shows this." The new Fellow is Burkhard Fischer of Albatross Adjusters, Limassol. The new Associates are: News from the chair On Tuesday 23 November 2010,the Association was kindly requested by the International Underwriting  Association to present a market briefing on the work of the Association. This was held at Balls Bros Mincing Pavement and over 100  insurers, adjusters,brokers, lawyers and surveyors attended. In the chair for the Association was John Ahern the current chairman and the presentation was in two parts:- John Ahern presented a review of the Association's work in the London insurance market since its founding in 1869 and the fact that the Associations exams are now the exam of choice for those working in marine insurance and