Founded in 1888, the Actuarial Society (
), is the professional association of actuaries

Actuary

An actuary is a business professional who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty. Actuaries provide expert assessments of financial security systems, with a focus on their complexity, their mathematics, and their mechanisms ....

 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

. Nearly all Dutch actuaries are members.

Composition

The Actuarial Society has five sections:

1. ASLI (Actuarial Studies in Life Insurance)
2. ASTIN (Actuarial Studies in Non-Life Insurance)
3. ASIP (Actuarial Studies in Pensions)
4. AFIR (Actuarial Approach for Financial Risks)
5. KAA (Kring van Actuarieel Analisten)

Mission statement

The objective of the Actuarial Society is, on the one hand, to make the actuarial profession better known and appreciated (among other means by research and publications, co-operation with other organisations, internationalisation, evolution and reglementation of the profession), and on the other to educate and train actuaries in terms of quality and integrity (through education and quality control, seminars and meetings).

Membership

Eligible for the membership of the AG are fully qualified actuaries who have acquired the Actuary Certificate of the Actuarial Institute and those who work in the Netherlands as members of foreign sister associations with which the AG has concluded an admission agreement.
Members of the AG are authorised to use the title of AG Actuary (AAG). Besides members, the AG recognises affiliate members. Full members automatically join the worldwide association of actuaries—the International Actuarial Association

International Actuarial Association

The International Actuarial Association is a worldwide association of local professional actuarial associations and their 64,000-odd fellows.-History:...

—and the European organisation, the Groupe Consultatif.