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 258 (22nd August 2025)
So far, the talks have been a triumph of diplomatic process rather than concrete progress, and it is far from certain that an end to the fighting is near, with much to clarify on Western ‘security guarantees.’
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Friday Reading Edition 258 (22nd August 2025)
The presence of leaders from the UK, Germany, France and Italy was a notable display of European solidarity with Ukraine, intended to prevent another calamitous outcome and preserve Transatlantic unity. It was also important to ensure that President Trump did not force Ukraine into making unnecessary concessions.
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Friday Reading Edition 258 (22nd August 2025)
With peace distant, Ukraine needs a policy that settles in for the long haul.
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Friday Reading Edition 253 (18th July 2025)
The past four years have seen a revitalisation of captive utilisation. Captives are increasingly mainstream. Governments, rather than looking on them with suspicion, are more likely to embrace the concept and are interested in making it possible for companies to keep them at home.
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Friday Reading Edition 253 (18th July 2025)
In November 2024, the government launched a consultation on introducing a new framework for captive insurance companies. Responses from representatives of the insurance sector and trade bodies responded positively, expressing support for the high-level proposals outlined in the consultation, noting the importance of simplifying regulations and reducing capital requirements. Moreover, the majority of respondents wanted to go further than the scope proposed – to allow more types of firms to be permitted to set up a captive, and to allow more types of risk to be insured by them.
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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 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 EU and UK have announced a Common Understanding which sets out the conclusions of talks held at the EU-UK Summit on 19 May 2025. What is the objective?
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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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Friday Reading Edition 249 (23rd May 2025)
A deal to "reset" relations between the UK and the EU following Brexit has been agreed at a summit in London. BBC Verify has gone through the deal, picking out the potential winners and losers.
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