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 285 (20th March 2026)
Cluster linked to high-density settings highlights exposure across Employers’ Liability, Public Liability and business interruption.
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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)
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)
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)
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 284 (13th March 2026)
Last week, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced the Spring Forecast in Parliament.
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Friday Reading Edition 283 (6th March 2026)
The UK government is in the process of establishing a captive insurance framework, in which Airmic has been a key stakeholder. Through this resource page, which will be regularly updated, Airmic seeks to keep our members and the wider risk and insurance community informed and updated through the process.
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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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Friday Reading Edition 282 (27th February 2026)
The US Supreme Court issued its hotly anticipated decision that the Trump administration did not have the authority to impose tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). This decision has significant practical consequences for importers that previously paid billions of dollars in tariffs and might now be eligible for refunds for the money they’ve paid.
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