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 227 (22nd November 2024)
Effectively managing the jobs transition to ensure growth and protections of workers is possible, and new research by the World Economic Forum has detailed exactly how.
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Friday Reading Edition 227 (22nd November 2024)
The London Market is facing a talent gap. As experienced underwriters, risk engineers and claims professionals head towards the end of their careers, a lack of young talent coming through means the market is coming to a crunch point. Andy Jones, Director of Risk Consulting, and Calvin Gray, London Market Marine Director at RSA Insurance discuss the London Market’s talent issue and the steps it must take to address the gap.
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Friday Reading Edition 227 (22nd November 2024)
Rather than threaten their jobs, AI can help equip risk professionals to bring greater value to their organisations as strategic enablers. And as fears of ethical and other risks around AI grow, it will reinforce the need for human decision making and oversight, a role which risk professionals are well positioned to take up.
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Future of Work Text
Friday Reading Edition 227 (22nd November 2024)
The future of work creates both opportunity and risk. Learn how to adapt to changing employee expectations, embrace technology and manage potential cyber and regulatory risks.
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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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Friday Reading Edition 208 (12th July 2024)
Learning and development plays a crucial role in readying our industry for the challenges ahead. And we all recognise the need to attract and retain talent to our industry as it modernises and evolves.
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Friday Reading Edition 208 (12th July 2024)
The risk profession continues to offer inspiring careers. Millennial and Generation Z members of Airmic are ready to embrace the promise of artificial intelligence (AI), contrary to fears of AI taking jobs away or posing an existential threat to humanity
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Friday Reading Edition 208 (12th July 2024)
The need to attract young talent to the risk management and insurance profession is critical.
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Friday Reading Edition 200 (10th May 2024)
Our lives are minefields of misinformation. Stories, statistics and studies lie to us on a daily basis. Not only this but, as Professor Alex Edmans reveals, our brains lie to us too. He argues that we need to acknowledge and understand the role that our own human biases play in interpreting and digesting the information that we consume.
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Friday Reading Edition 194 (22nd March 2024)
AI will affect organisations everywhere, and the greatest step forward for boards will be in terms of trust.
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