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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.

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World Economic Forum, 22nd June 2024
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
Tech companies are reporting increased emissions due to running the data centres that power AI. But AI tools can also help facilitate the energy transition.
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Aon, 9th May 2024
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
Artificial intelligence is having a measurable impact across all aspects of HR — from talent management to compensation, health and benefits, and retirement planning. To effectively harness the technology, HR leaders must ensure both their own teams and the wider workforce are prepared.
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A.D. Little, 1st May 2024
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
AI adoption by companies is gathering pace, but initial use cases naturally tend to focus on optimization and efficiencies around internal use cases instead of novel AI-enabled products, services, and business models. We use examples from a range of industries, exploring why companies should ensure they are positioned to seize long-term, revolutionary, and client-centric AI opportunities.
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Lockton, 15th February 2024
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
AI is playing an increasingly influential role in the healthcare sector, helping to improve diagnosis, streamline and improve processes, enhance patient care, create efficiencies in data sharing and, critically, save more lives. As the technology continues to advance, the opportunities are vast.
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Lloyd’s
Friday Reading Edition 222 (18th October 2024)
Major leaps in the effectiveness of Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have dominated the discussion around AI. Given its growing availability and sophistication, the technology will inevitably reshape the cyber risk landscape.
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CFC, 29th August 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
[Free to watch upon sharing contact details] Join Lindsey Nelson, Head of Cyber Development at CFC, and leading cyber experts as they dissect the recent global CrowdStrike outage, exploring its cause, impacts, and lessons learned.
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Aon, 1st August 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
The global CrowdStrike IT outage demonstrated that even non-malicious cyber incidents may have serious repercussions. Events like these serve as a wake-up call for businesses to review their cyber resilience and be prepared for more significant incidents in the future.
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Airmic,Herbert Smith Freehills, 26th July 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
This note outlines the insurance cover that may be available to organisations that have been impacted by the outage (both directly and indirectly) and the steps organisations should take now to maximise their potential recoveries.
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McKinsey & Co, 24th July 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
While companies scramble to address their resiliency issues, senior leaders should be thinking further ahead.
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Howden, 24th June 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
At no other point has the cyber insurance market experienced the current mix of conditions: a heightened threat landscape combined with a stable insurance market underpinned by robust risk controls.
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