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 255 (1st August 2025)
Russia’s earthquake was estimated at magnitude 8.8, among the strongest since scientists began monitoring.
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Friday Reading Edition 255 (1st August 2025)
Natural disasters can cause economic losses that are much higher than insured losses. This interactive tool displays this protection gap in 13 countries and all global regions.
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Friday Reading Edition 255 (1st August 2025)
Earthquakes are the deadliest natural hazard and cause extreme damage. They are impossible to predict and warnings come only moments before the shock waves arrive. The focus of prevention must therefore be on earthquake-resistant buildings and infrastructure, which offer the best-possible protection to human life.
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Friday Reading Edition 255 (1st August 2025)
Severe weather, natural disasters, and other catastrophic events can cause serious havoc regardless of where you are in the world.
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Friday Reading Edition 252 (11th July 2025)
President Donald Trump sowed fresh chaos in metals markets by indicating the US would implement a higher-than-expected 50% tariff on copper.
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Friday Reading Edition 252 (11th July 2025)
Geopolitical dynamics, such as potential increase in tariffs and export restrictions, are creating potentially heightened political risks in the mineral sector. These factors can affect supply chains, prices, product availability, and return on investment for mining projects.
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Friday Reading Edition 252 (11th July 2025)
Discussing the interplay between critical raw materials and geopolitics – and the challenges associated with extraction.
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Airmic Survey 2025 Text
Friday Reading Edition 250 (13th June 2025)
Geopolitics has provided a useful means to monitor the key driver of risks today. Nevertheless, it takes a level of risk maturity to phase out the noise in all the data and information from the 24-hour news cycle, social media, and a range of intelligence sources – to focus on what really matters for the organisation’s purpose now and in the longer term. What can risk professionals and their organisations do in this context?
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Friday Reading Edition 249 (23rd May 2025)
Anand Menon and Jannike Wachowiak offer some initial reflections on the UK-EU summit on 19 May. They argue that while the summit covered a broad range of areas, it simply marks the beginning of a long, technical and potentially difficult negotiation process to iron out the details that would amount to actual achievements.
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Friday Reading Edition 249 (23rd May 2025)
The agreements unveiled at the UK-EU Summit point to a more comprehensive revamp of the relationship than was expected – but there is a lot of negotiating left to do.
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