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 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 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 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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Friday Reading Edition 51 (26th March 2021)
[Free to read upon providing contact details] 22 leading insurers and reinsurers from across the globe worked with UNEP Finance Initiative to develop the first comprehensive guidance for the insurance industry to identify and disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses. This report represents the largest collaborative effort by market participants to pilot some of the most challenging recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Friday Reading Edition 67 (16th July 2021)
Given the profound uncertainties and their varying impact across business lines, insurers must commit strongly to risk-oriented, structured decision-making approaches. It is time for chief risk officers (CROs) to step up to this challenge. With their help, the industry can reinvent itself to stay relevant to customers and attractive to investors.
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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 97 (11th March 2022)
Reputation is about what others see the organisation as, instead of what it is or aspires to become. Enhancing reputational value and safeguarding it requires a concentrated effort across the life-cycle of reputation development.
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