Association of British Insurers

Postal Address	51 Gresham Street EC2V 7HQ London United Kingdom
Telephon	+44 20 7216 7325
Fax	+44 20 7367 8594
E-mail	John.Kemble@abi.org.uk
Web	http://www.abi.org.uk

John Kemble - John Kemble started work in the computer department at the British Insurance Association in 1973. He first ventured into electronic commerce in 1989, when he was asked to head up the newly formed IT Development department at the Association of British Insurers. Now Manager of Electronic Commerce, his role is to represent the industry's views on various EC standards bodies, and to help to co-ordinate insurance electronic commerce activities. He is also responsible for InStep, which is the UK EDI initiative in the personal lines area, and helped set up their first project involving the creation of XML standards for motor insurance. John is currently Chairman of EDIFACT D9, the insurance committee of the global EDI standards setting body, and a member of the EDIFACT Management Team and Steering Committee. He is also Vice-Chair of eEG7, the EDIFACT European insurance group. In his D9 role he was responsible for setting up a pilot project creating XML standards for cargo insurance.