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 50 (19th March 2021)
[For Airmic members only] Ben Hobby and Bernard Regan from Baker Tilly share their thoughts for the year ahead, on ransomware payments, IT investment decreasing due to the pandemic and related recession, and how the cyber insurance market will continue to change, as will the way premiums are calculated.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
[For Airmic members only] The first of a new Airmic series of publications: insights from an Airmic Leadership Group roundtable last month, in partnership with AIG, which discussed the road ahead for the UK after the signing of the EU-UK Brexit deal, as well as the regulatory and business issues that lie ahead, with a focus on the implications for the insurance sector.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
It is clear that the future of businesses will be determined not only by whether they maintained operational resilience during this crisis, but whether their achievements were made with social responsibility in mind, and whether they were built on public trust. In the post-pandemic world, reputation matters more than ever – any trust-related challenges should be addressed swiftly.
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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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Friday Reading Edition 45 (12th February 2021)
Prior to the pandemic, climate change had become one of the defining issues of our time, with its effects becoming more apparent by the day. Now that policymakers are looking to deliver a green recovery from the global pandemic, this will inevitably accelerate the shift to renewable energy.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
The report on Airmic’s latest pulse survey on insurance market conditions, conducted in January 2021, focused on renewals and claims, and found an increasing challenge to claims – but where claims had been settled, members have generally had a satisfactory experience.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
What are the biggest political risks in the technology sector? This report discusses the issue through panel interviews and geopolitical analysis.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
The pandemic has accelerated trends related to customer expectations and digital adoption. Insurers will need to embrace these changes sooner rather than later to keep up the pace – a look at the US.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
Complex global supply chains are sensitive to disruption, as we have seen in such cases as earthquakes, political unrest and most recently COVID-19. If insured, the handling of the resulting business interruption (BI) claim is influenced by not only the policy wording, but also by the different claims processes incorporating market structure, number of participants and best practices applied, writes Christian Skodczinski, Partner, Baker Tilly.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
This morning, the UK Supreme Court has today delivered its judgment in the FCA’s business interruption insurance test case, which allowed the FCA’s appeal on behalf of policyholders. This completes the legal process for impacted policies and means that many thousands of policyholders will now have their claims for coronavirus-related business interruption losses paid.
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