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 34 (13th November 2020)
An 80% take up of a COVID-19 vaccine could be necessary to protect the community. But given the scale and complexity of the task, vaccines will not be a silver bullet, according to this report.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
This study examines the effectiveness of organisations' transparent communication in building public trust and encouraging health‐protection behaviours such as social distancing during a pandemic, based on results of an online survey of US citizens in the early stages of COVID‐19.
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Friday Reading Edition 34 (13th November 2020)
[Subscription required] News on the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine announcement, and other details.
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Friday Reading Edition 34 (13th November 2020)
On a new Lloyd's Syndicate that will insure the transportation and storage of COVID-19 vaccines—once developed and approved for use—in emerging market countries. This highly collaborative undertaking harnesses the collective capabilities, expertise and resources of several public, private and non-profit organisations, including AXA XL.
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Friday Reading Edition 28 (2nd October 2020)
Parametric policies have tended to be weather-related. Stuart Turner examines non-weather related parametric policies which have started to be introduced including for flight delays, reputation, footfall, and gestational diabetes and pandemic related risks.
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Friday Reading Edition 22 (21st August 2020)
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown socio-economic inequalities into sharp relief. From access to healthcare and green spaces, to work and education, here are five areas of society where coronavirus has shown up real disparities.
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Friday Reading Edition 18 (24th July 2020)
Lord Darzi, surgeon and former health minister, discusses ways for healthcare systems, in the UK and elsewhere, to go from providing a “sickness service” to delivering a “health and well-being service.”
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
[Free to read upon providing contact details] Swiss Re’s annual SONAR report looks at the top emerging risks, including increased use of edge computing, vaping and e-cigarette addiction, and declining mental health among teenagers and young adults.
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Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
In this collection of essays, the Global Risks Advisory Board of the WEF’s Global Risks Initiative looks beyond the current crisis to the potential challenges and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 world. They are designed to offer new perspectives on the post-pandemic future, in support of efforts to proactively and collectively shape the future we want.
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Friday Reading Edition 2 (3rd April 2020)
In the latest in a series of reports from Imperial College, which makes inferences on the impact of the current lockdown and social distancing measures across Europe and the UK, researchers recommend that the current interventions remain in place and that trends in cases and deaths be closely monitored in the coming days and weeks to provide reassurance that transmission of SARS-Cov-2 is slowing.
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