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 41 (15th January 2021)
In this white paper, senior figures from across Crawford explore the macro-dynamics created by the COVID-19 pandemic and how these will potentially disrupt current operating “norms” and alter the future insurance landscape.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
Airmic’s paper from 2018 on the impact of Brexit on the captive insurance market, which continues to be relevant today.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Insurers that want to launch their own digital business should observe how digital attackers operate in four areas—customer acquisition, data and analytics, state-of-the-art technology, and talent—to draw comparisons and see how to support their new business.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Premium Credit has undertaken a series of studies and unique market analysis to gauge sentiment towards buying insurance and the use of credit, among personal, SME and corporate customers in 2020. The research and analysis focus on the impact of Covid-19 on the purchase of insurance and how customers have changed buying habits and shifted priorities in the wake of the pandemic.
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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 33 (6th November 2020)
With events such as the WannaCry ransomware attack of 2017, which has been classified as a cyber catastrophe event, a number of silent cyber issues have developed into very public property policy coverage disputes. Lyndsey Bauer, Partner at Paragon, provides an overview of silent cyber and the responses that insureds should take going forward.
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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 32 (30th October 2020)
As the proportion of partial and fully autonomous vehicles sharing the road with traditional vehicles increases, there will be a period of uncertainty over how insurance claims costs are likely to develop.
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Friday Reading Edition 30 (16th October 2020)
This report examines the increasing importance of intellectual property (IP) as a driver of corporate value, drawing attention to the risks and opportunities facing businesses, as well as new cyber threats to businesses’ IP.
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Friday Reading Edition 29 (9th October 2020)
Tim Smith, Head of UK Client Management at AXA XL, discusses how risk managers, brokers and insurers can collaborate to find risk solutions in these challenging time, through co-creation.
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