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 284 (13th March 2026)
Chubb will be the lead partner on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's $20 billion Maritime Reinsurance Plan aimed at resuming commercial shipping in the Gulf.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The UK government is in the process of establishing a captive insurance framework, in which Airmic has been a key stakeholder. Through this resource page, which will be regularly updated, Airmic seeks to keep our members and the wider risk and insurance community informed and updated through the process.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
Launched this week – in this second edition of its captives survey, Airmic continues to seek better understanding of the priorities and experiences of our members. New areas covered in this iteration of the survey include captives governance and access to reinsurance.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
In this GCP Short, produced in partnership with Marsh, we explore the growth areas of international employee benefits and medical stop loss in captives.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
Captives are moving from a reactive stopgap to a core, strategic tool for managing cyber risk — helping organistions drive efficiency, manage volatility and build resilience in a rapidly evolving risk environment.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The Marsh Captive Solutions 2025 benchmarking report explores trends among captives and offers insights for captive owners in different industries. Among these trends are growth in premiums written by captive insurers, more risk retained in captive vehicles, and the expansion of the number of coverages written.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The past four years have seen a revitalisation of captive utilisation. Captives are en vogue again but it has not always been the case this century.
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Friday Reading Edition 276 (16th January 2026)
The UK economy is expected to slow to 1.0% in 2026, down from 1.4% in 2025, as a combination of a softening labour market and subdued consumer confidence constrain household spending, according to KPMG UK’s latest Economic Outlook.
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Friday Reading Edition 275 (19th December 2025)
ACCA and Airmic, together with other associations, have unveiled a major global report showing how fraud is mutating faster than organisations can respond. Based on insights from 2,044 professionals and more than 250 experts, the findings highlight significant gaps in organisational readiness. Only 57% say their organisation actively looks for fraud. And while 62% value training, but only 30% say it is tailored to their role.
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Friday Reading Edition 266 (17th October 2025)
The aim of this guide is to provide a toolkit to assist directors in understanding and keeping pace with this fast-changing and increasingly complex context. To what extent can insurance mitigate the cash flow risks, the major liability risks faced by organisations involved in international trade, and the potential for personal liability exposure to the directors themselves, and protect assets on and off the balance sheet?
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