Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

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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Zurich, 3rd May 2024
Friday Reading Edition 235 (7th February 2025)
Is global warming making natural hazards worse? Find out how hurricanes, floods, droughts and wildfires are being affected by climate change – and why hope lies on the horizon.
Airmic EXPLAINED Guide (with Arthur D. Little and QBE): , 11th December 2024
Friday Reading Edition 234 (31st January 2024)
This updated guide – just released last month – sets out an introduction to the concept of risk appetite, with the intention of providing individuals, who may not be risk management specialists, with a high-level overview of what risk appetite is, why it is important, and how risk appetite can be used to support decision-making.
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Allianz
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
The most important corporate concerns for the year ahead, as ranked by 3,700+ risk management experts from more than 100 countries and territories.
Gallagher
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
Faced with a more uncertain risk landscape and emerging trade and regulatory pressures, firms are focused on building in contingencies.
Lisa Sisson
Friday Reading Edition 231 (20th December 2024)
If you are an executive or leader and truly want to minimise your organisation’s exposure to risk, you have to do so with and through your people. Risk management has become increasingly cumbersome, costly and a distraction for many organisations, but once you understand that people are at the centre of all risk, you can move forward to empower your greatest risk management asset – your people.
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WTW, 10th December 2024
Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The threat to vessels, undersea cables, and offshore oil installations has increased due to the availability of advanced weapons and the willingness of certain states – particularly Russia and Iran – to disregard international maritime laws.
Foreign Policy, 8th December 2024
Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The Syrian president has fled, leaving behind immense uncertainty about the country’s future.
RUSI, 4th December 2024
Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
Admiral Tony Radakin, the UK’s head of the armed forces, framed one of the key global threats facing the West as the growing alignment and “coordination between Moscow, Tehran and Pyongyang,” discussing also what he described as the “dawn of a third nuclear age”.
Swiss Re, 15th November 2024
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.
The Political Risk Podcast, 16th May 2024
Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
Discusses the Red Sea Crisis of Houthi attacks on shipping, plus Somali piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden, and we also talk about re/insuring Ukrainian war risks, on land and in the Black Sea.