Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

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.

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HM Treasury, 7th February 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.
Emerging risks, 10th June 2025
This guide provides practical guidance on managing emerging risks. While emerging risks can exhibit quite subtle and not always obvious differences when compared with other risks, we recommend that organisations manage emerging risks as part of their overall risk management system, considering emerging risks alongside other risks.
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Captive insurance, 10th June 2025
The aim of this publication is to provide a Guide for directors to the advantages and potential pitfalls associated with the creation and running of captive insurance companies. We examine this issue principally from the perspective of the parent company or partnership board rather than that of the captive board.
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10 Years of the Insurance Act 2015, 10th June 2025
To mark the anniversary and to see what impact the 2015 Insurance Act has had on both the placement of policies and the handling of claims from the policyholder perspective, we conducted a survey among risk managers and have analysed the results with the help of leading global law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer.
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Technology priorities and perspectives, 10th June 2025
We are pleased to share the results from our first survey of Airmic members which offers an insightful view into how UK risk professionals are using technology. The results reflect a profession that is evolving, pragmatic about current challenges, yet optimistic and ambitious about the potential of modern systems and innovation.
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Another world is possible, 10th 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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WTW, 1st May 2025
This year, nearly 60% said they expected the trade conflicts of the incoming Trump administration to have a negative impact on their finances. That was a similar proportion to those saying the Ukraine conflict had negatively impacted their business in 2023.
Marsh, 8th April 2025
Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
Marsh has provided the following high-level, evaluative questions to help organisations assess their risks, navigate existing supplier relationships and vet new suppliers, and strengthen their supply chain resilience strategy.
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Moody’s, 8th April 2025
Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
In today’s interconnected global landscape, tariffs have become more than an instrument of trade negotiations. In such a complex and uncertain landscape, businesses that aren’t sufficiently agile to anticipate and adapt to disruption will struggle.
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Herbert Smith Freehills, 4th April 2025
Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
Many commercial parties may be looking again at their contractual arrangements. In some cases, it may be possible to renegotiate terms to address the changed circumstances, or parties may be able to rely on express contractual rights to deal with increased costs or to terminate agreements that have become uneconomic.
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