Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 52 (1st April 2021)
[Free to download upon setting up free account and sharing contact details] Examines the disruptions organisations have experienced in their supply chain over the past twelve months, top-of-mind concerns for professionals over the next five years, how technology is influencing the supply chain, the consequences of disruption and the uptake and effectiveness of insurance for supply chain losses.
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Friday Reading Edition 52 (1st April 2021)
A survey of thousands of global executives since June 2020 on the likelihood that one of nine economic outcomes of the pandemic will occur in their home countries. These scenarios account for the GDP impact of the virus’s health effects and the effectiveness of governments’ public-health and economic-policy responses to it.
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Friday Reading Edition 50 (19th March 2021)
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant implementation of social distancing directives, altered business processes, and new economic realities, businesses must review and address their technology infrastructure and cybersecurity measures.
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Friday Reading Edition 49 (12th March 2021)
Women leaders and their key insights about how organisations can navigate towards a ‘new better’ – featuring three women leaders at Aon.
Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
This paper draws on these successes and identify gaps in response to focus on an emerging third objective. How do we prepare for future pandemics? The next pandemic is likely not a new virus or plague, but a mutant strain of Covid-19 that is more deadly, more transmissible or resistant to antibodies – or all three.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
[Free to read full report upon sharing contact details] Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Resilience Shift have developed 'Engineering A Safer Future', a series of conversations as an antidote to the pervasive online 'noise' that confronts us as we seek serious discussion and meaningful insight into the impact of Covid-19.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
[For Airmic members only] Hosted by AXA XL, this session reviews the 2021 edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer and discusses how its findings can be applied by the risk professional. Includes slides from the session.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
This study examines the effectiveness of organisations' transparent communication in building public trust and encouraging health‐protection behaviours such as social distancing during a pandemic, based on results of an online survey of US citizens in the early stages of COVID‐19.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
After a year of unprecedented disaster and turbulence, with the pandemic and economic crisis, the global outcry over systemic racism and political instability, the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals an epidemic of misinformation and widespread mistrust of societal institutions and leaders around the world.
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Friday Reading Edition 45 (12th February 2021)
An overview and analysis of the key cases and developments affecting those engaged in or with contentious matters in the insurance and reinsurance market.
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