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 250 (13th 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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Airmic Survey 2025 Text
Friday Reading Edition 250 (13th 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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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd 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.
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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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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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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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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
The US administration’s announcement of trade tariffs imposed across the globe will have a significant effect on international economies and trade dynamics. UK businesses need to rapidly take stock, assess the implications and think about the mitigation strategies open to them.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
The objective of this guide is to provide a practical framework for risk, resilience and insurance professionals (risk professionals) to help them take a leading role in undertaking scenario analysis within their organisation.
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Friday Reading Edition 241 (21st March 2025)
These are exciting times for captives. Captives are now a mainstream part of an agile, intelligent and resilient risk financing strategy regardless of insurance market conditions. The use of captives for the incubation of emerging risks, blended catastrophe covers and sustainability projects is directly aligning the use of captives to the strategies of organisations in an increasingly connected, complex and fast-moving world.
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Friday Reading Edition 241 (21st March 2025)
Industry stakeholders are optimistic a UK captive regime will be in place by the end of next year, following the end in February of a government consultation on the plans. Includes an interview with Julia Graham, CEO of Airmic.
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