Since 1960 AIDA has been a non-profit making international association successfully promoting and developing collaboration between its members and related institutions worldwide to help increase the study, knowledge and understanding of international and national insurance laws and their application in the changing world of insurance.

Through its global membership of approximately 50 national associations, its two regional groupings, AIDA Europe and CILA, its affiliated ARIAS Societies and Young AIDA groupings and nearly 30 Working Parties and convening at events and activities throughout each year, AIDA engages and can draw upon the resources and experience of nearly 10,000 people concerned in a variety of ways with the development and application of insurance laws.