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 242 (28th March 2025)
The Chancellor wants to only make major tax and spending announcements once a year, in the Budget. It was therefore expected that the Spring Statement would be limited, with the Chancellor largely responding to the OBR’s second forecast of the financial year.
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Friday Reading Edition 242 (28th March 2025)
The latest update of the OBR’s forecasts was published on 26 March in the March 2025 Economic and fiscal outlook. Read the Executive summary for the key messages of their forecast or the full report.
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Friday Reading Edition 233 (24th January 2025)
Trump's return to the White House is a key topic of discussion in Davos given he has promised to pursue ambitious shifts to US policy that will likely have wide-ranging impacts on the global economy. These include imposing steep tariffs on other major economies, reassessing long-held military and diplomatic alliances, reforming multilateral institutions and rolling back an array of US regulations.
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Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
As we enter 2025, the global outlook is increasingly fractured across geopolitical, environmental, societal, economic and technological domains. State-based armed conflict is the top risk for 2025.
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Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
As the UK looks ahead to more growth in 2025, the year could bring renewed challenges from a higher pace of inflation, increased trade frictions, and a heightened state of economic uncertainty.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The geopolitical climate is uncertain even after the US election. Much hinges on the exact trade policy to be implemented under the incoming Trump administration, with a tail risk of a global trade war. The new US administration's stance towards Ukraine, and Europe's response, will be key to watch.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
Climate finance and carbon markets took centre stage at the 2024 UN Climate Conference (COP29), which strongly focused on increasing funding and creating effective carbon market mechanisms. COP29 was also the first ever “Finance COP,” agreeing to mobilise $300 billion of climate finance, falling short of the trillion-dollar figure demanded by developing countries.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
While agreement was reached on carbon market regulation, the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) agreement has been widely criticised, with many commentators arguing that the goal has not gone far enough to supply the funding that developing countries require to achieve their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and adaptation plans.
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
A collaboration between Howden, Boston Consulting Group and the High-Level Climate Champions, this white paper illustrates the great enabling role of insurance with real world examples across financial risk reduction and mobilisation of capital, optimisation of operational and project performance, and public policy implementation and market expansion
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Friday Reading Edition 228 (29th November 2024)
Insurance has a significant role to play in the four themes set to dominate discussions at the UN’s annual climate change summit
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