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 100 (1st April 2022)
The Ukraine crisis presents a myriad of risks to the sector – direct underwriting losses, rapidly rising prices, slower economic growth, financial market volatility and the potential for asset shocks – that are not altogether different to what occurred during COVID-19 and the financial crisis. But with direct investment and underwriting exposures limited overall, and with second order effects in financial markets currently manageable, the sector is strongly positioned to support clients through this period of uncertainty.
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Friday Reading Edition 95 (25th February 2022)
The state of the world in 2022 may be beset by global challenges – but it is not without hope. Through global collaboration, public-private partnerships, new models and innovations, and a renewed sense of social responsibility we can create a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient world. Here are the main messages and takeaways from The Davos Agenda 2022, which took place in January.
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Friday Reading Edition 88 (7th January 2022)
Journalists, media executives, columnists, commentators, and media critics—from the US and around the world—offered McKinsey their perspectives on what will make the news, from climate change and misinformation to the growing role of artificial intelligence and global supply-chain challenges. And, critically, what is unlikely to merit the headlines we all ought to see more of in the coming months.
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Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
Hear from climate action advocates around the world on what business leaders can do to accelerate to net zero.
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Friday Reading Edition 67 (16th July 2021)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] Your people matter more than ever when it comes to cyber. Amid all the uncertainty that the pandemic has brought, the centrality of your people in the managing of cyber risks has been vividly brought into focus. What has been less clear is what you need to do to adapt. How will your people-side programmes have to change to meet the still unfolding realities of the new normal?
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Friday Reading Edition 55 (23rd April 2021)
[Free to use upon setting up an account] This toolkit is intended to guide you in your role as business owner, chief executive or manager seeking to protect your business against ethical lapses and in the journey to make your ethical values explicit. It suggests a simple, affordable approach to design an ethics framework.
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Friday Reading Edition 53 (9th April 2021)
This website presents 140 predictions categorised both by six over-arching themes (class actions, climate change, global risks, modernising the workplace, regulation and technology) as well as by 16 different classes of insurance business from aviation, casualty and construction through to property, reinsurance and transactional liability. Offers insights on the opportunities and challenges that the insurance market may face.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
Reflecting on the past year, 2020 has demonstrated the absolute necessity of risk-based decision-making in achieving our strategies, especially when confronting volatile scenarios and global risk impacts. The 2021 IRMSA Risk Report unpacks these learnings as well as the competencies we need to be successful and risk resilient organisations. It highlights the integrated strategic risk and resilience mindset.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
[Trigger warning: fast moving images] The pandemic has meant that organisations around the world have had to tackle a set of once-in-a-lifetime challenges, and leaders have met the moment with urgency and innovation. This special report is a collection of insights, including case studies from leading companies across the globe, that can help define the path forward.
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Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
Airmic, in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Crawford, and Lockton, and with Anette Mikes (Associate Professor at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School) as a member of the project advisory group, has embarked on a research project on corporate purpose. This white paper sets out what business responsibility and reputation means, and develop these within their own business context, to determine the implications for risk and insurance managers.
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