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 284 (13th March 2026)
Even if the disruption to oil and gas from the Iran war subsides, the Trump administration’s energy policy will likely lead to a long-term increase in energy prices.
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Friday Reading Edition 284 (13th March 2026)
Chubb will be the lead partner on the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation's $20 billion Maritime Reinsurance Plan aimed at resuming commercial shipping in the Gulf.
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Friday Reading Edition 284 (13th March 2026)
Naval escorts remain a political possibility rather than operational plan, but even if they did emerge a best-case scenario would only allow tanker transits to get back up to less than 10% of normal traffic, with capacity further constrained by mines, narrow waters and limited US-EU naval assets.
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Friday Reading Edition 284 (13th March 2026)
The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, carrying around a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas and fertilisers.
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Friday Reading Edition 284 (13th March 2026)
The estimated 20% of disrupted supply is roughly twice as big as the previous record set. The war has also effectively wiped out the spare capacity, because Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been cut off from global oil markets.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
Launched this week – in this second edition of its captives survey, Airmic continues to seek better understanding of the priorities and experiences of our members. New areas covered in this iteration of the survey include captives governance and access to reinsurance.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
Captives are moving from a reactive stopgap to a core, strategic tool for managing cyber risk — helping organistions drive efficiency, manage volatility and build resilience in a rapidly evolving risk environment.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The Marsh Captive Solutions 2025 benchmarking report explores trends among captives and offers insights for captive owners in different industries. Among these trends are growth in premiums written by captive insurers, more risk retained in captive vehicles, and the expansion of the number of coverages written.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The past four years have seen a revitalisation of captive utilisation. Captives are en vogue again but it has not always been the case this century.
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Friday Reading Edition 282 (27th February 2026)
The US began collecting a temporary new 10% global import tariff on Tuesday, but the Trump administration was working to increase it to 15%, a White House official said, sowing confusion over President Donald Trump's tariff policies after last week's Supreme Court defeat.
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