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 34 (13th November 2020)
An 80% take up of a COVID-19 vaccine could be necessary to protect the community. But given the scale and complexity of the task, vaccines will not be a silver bullet, according to this report.
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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 34 (13th November 2020)
[Subscription required] News on the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine announcement, and other details.
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Friday Reading Edition 36 (27th November 2020)
From one of the world’s oldest general medical journals – the prospect of vaccines avoiding the harm and misery of extended restrictions is a cause for optimism, but we are far from ending COVID-19 as a public health issue. The vaccine trials’ results were announced via press releases, leaving many scientific uncertainties that will dictate how the vaccines will affect the course of the pandemic. Peer-reviewed publication should resolve these issues, but other questions will not be answerable for some time.
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Friday Reading Edition 49 (12th March 2021)
This report sets out a roadmap for levelling up women and men, girls and boys in the immediate and longer term. Alongside proposals for policymakers, it also makes the case for the workplace to promote healthy and financial wellbeing, and it highlights a pivotal role for the financial services and pensions sectors to help customers better manage their ‘risks in life’ and to provide customer experiences contemplating gender differences in financial life journeys.
Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
In October 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals on how firms should continue to seek to help customers who hold insurance and premium finance products and may be in financial difficulty because of coronavirus.
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Friday Reading Edition 36 (27th November 2020)
As COVID-19 vaccine candidates approach regulatory approval in the coming months, this article looks at the challenges facing the global distribution of any vaccine and what these mean for achieving widespread immunity.
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Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
A CBI webinar from this past Wednesday, looking at the impact the end of transition will have on businesses and their suppliers, customers and employees, as well as practical insights to prepare businesses for the first few months of 2021
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Friday Reading Edition 33 (6th November 2020)
Hot on the heels of the FCA Test Case judgment, on 15 October 2020, the Commercial Court granted summary judgment in favour of Allianz Insurance Plc, in a case brought by The Kensington Creperie (TKC) seeking coverage of its BI losses arising from enforced closure in the wake of the pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 29 (9th October 2020)
A survey by the IoD shows that the coronavirus looks set to have a lasting impact on office use –nearly three quarters of respondents said they would be keeping increased home-working after the pandemic.
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