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 304 (31st July 2026)
While workplace fatalities continue to fall, the latest Health and Safety Executive (HSE) statistics reveal emerging trends that could reshape employers’ liability and public liability risk for insurers.
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Friday Reading Edition 304 (31st July 2026)
In Britain, already close to 20% of the population are aged over 65, and this will rise to over a quarter of the population by the 2070s. Demographic ageing is one of the most important challenges facing developed countries in the 21st century. How England can respond to these challenges, particularly in terms of its health and care system, is the focus of this report.
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Friday Reading Edition 304 (31st July 2026)
The UK’s low and declining birth rate, alongside increasing life expectancy, is contributing to population ageing. This has raised concerns about potential effects on the size of the workforce, demand for public services and economic growth. This briefing considers these issues and sets out the government’s response to such concerns.
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Friday Reading Edition 304 (31st July 2026)
Late last year, the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee concluded its inquiry into how the UK is preparing for an ageing society. But its central warning that the UK is “strikingly unprepared” for the demographic changes reshaping our economy, public services and communities, seems set to go unheeded.
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Friday Reading Edition 304 (31st July 2026)
As the UK population ages - with nearly one in four expected to be over 65 by 2040 - and more older adults remain in work, employers will need to rethink financial wellbeing strategies to support a multigenerational workforce facing diverse financial, health, and caregiving pressures.
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Friday Reading Edition 304 (31st July 2026)
Our demographic profile in the UK is changing – we are living longer. Our needs are changing and in turn, the demands on our public services are changing. How do we manage demographic risk and how does our demographic profile affect the needs of our ageing population?
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Friday Reading Edition 301 (10th July 2026)
From on-field disciplinary disputes and athlete bans to high-value disagreements over infrastructure, sponsorship, and broadcasting rights, the World Cup is a fertile ground for conflict among stakeholders, raising significant corporate risk considerations for businesses and investors as well as athletes and federations.
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Friday Reading Edition 301 (10th July 2026)
With an expanded tournament format this time, and with games scheduled to start at various times between 17:00-05:00 BST, employers may face more sustained disruption than in previous years.
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Friday Reading Edition 300 (3rd July 2026)
Over the past generation, the US has developed a number of “bad habits”—social, economic, and political—that will make it more difficult for a depopulating America to thrive. This report identifies five requiring immediate attention.
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Friday Reading Edition 296 (5th June 2026)
The Alan Milburn report released last week on young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) – evidence is still emerging and it would be premature to treat AI as a major cause of the current NEET problem. But it would be equally mistaken to ignore it. A technology that changes the content of work across large parts of the economy is likely to affect the jobs through which many young people have traditionally entered employment.
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