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 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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Friday Reading Edition 264 (3rd October 2025)
New research from the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters (CILA) highlights how today’s loss adjusters must combine technical expertise with empathy and communication to meet the evolving needs of insurers and policyholders.
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Friday Reading Edition 264 (3rd October 2025)
From Ed Reis and Sarah Morris at Sedgwick – commercial property insurance is navigating a constantly evolving landscape in 2025, in which rising costs, labour shortages and the ever-present threat of business interruption are reshaping how claims are managed.
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Cyber claims Text
Friday Reading Edition 264 (3rd October 2025)
More and more organisations are experiencing first-hand how costly ransomware attacks can be in terms of time, energy and money. Behind the scenes, large cyber insurance claims are often an underpublicised source of stress for these organisations, many of whom may wish in retrospect that they had taken proactive steps that would have made the cyber claims process more efficient and more cost-effective.
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