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 254 (25th July 2025)
AI's meteoric rise has the potential to add USD 13 trillion to the global economy by 2030, but its future growth heavily relies on two often-overlooked components: infrastructure and energy. From data centre buildouts to energy-efficient tech, learn how industries are adapting.
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Friday Reading Edition 253 (18th July 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 250 (13th 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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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 240 (14th March 2025)
Swiss Re's SONAR report covers future threats including potential clashes over new trading routes in the Arctic.
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Friday Reading Edition 233 (24th January 2025)
Trump's return to the White House is a key topic of discussion in Davos given he has promised to pursue ambitious shifts to US policy that will likely have wide-ranging impacts on the global economy. These include imposing steep tariffs on other major economies, reassessing long-held military and diplomatic alliances, reforming multilateral institutions and rolling back an array of US regulations.
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Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
As we enter 2025, the global outlook is increasingly fractured across geopolitical, environmental, societal, economic and technological domains. State-based armed conflict is the top risk for 2025.
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Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
Faced with a more uncertain risk landscape and emerging trade and regulatory pressures, firms are focused on building in contingencies.
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RiskMap 2025 Text
Friday Reading Edition 232 (17th January 2025)
In 2025, global risks to business will be driven by power vacuums and polarisation, conflict and violence, and the double-edged sword of technological advancement. RiskMap is the annual forecast of business risks compiled by Control Risks experts worldwide.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The brief imposition of martial law and domestic infighting risks sidetracking the country at a time of intensified threat.
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