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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Allianz, 1st January 2023
Friday Reading Edition 138 (27th January 2023)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] Elevated levels of disruption look set to continue in 2023 as dangers from digitalisation, the war in Ukraine, high energy prices and inflation, geopolitical and economic uncertainty, and climate change test already strained business models and supply chains, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer.
KPMG, 1st December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 138 (27th January 2023)
Rising costs, weaker trade and increased uncertainty have taken their toll on the economy. The UK is estimated to have entered a recession in the third quarter of 2022, which could last until the end of 2023. But while the duration of the current downturn may be relatively long, the drop in activity is expected to be mild by historical comparisons.
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Insurance Ireland,Brokers Ireland,Deloitte, 26th September 2022
Friday Reading Edition 127 (21st October 2022)
For the second year running, Insurance Ireland and Brokers Ireland are pleased to publish the 2022 Diversity Survey report in collaboration with Deloitte. The inaugural 2021 survey report provided a baseline assessment of the diversity levels within the Irish Insurance landscape. The purpose of this year’s survey is to understand the current diversity landscape since the 2021 survey was conducted, reflect on areas of strength and identify any gaps to enable future improvements within the industry.
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Sky News, 13th September 2022
Friday Reading Edition 120 (26th August 2022)
A list of planned strikes in the UK in September, 2022.
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The Conversation, 19th August 2022
Friday Reading Edition 120 (26th August 2022)
Edward Sweeney, Professor of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Heriot-Watt University, calls for the supply chain industry to become stronger to ensure consumer demand is satisfied in an affordable and sustainable way, alongside the new issues that are arising as a result of industrial action.
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Airmic , 25th July 2022
Simon Edwards, Technical Parametric Underwriter at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial, discussing how ESG principles can begin to be integrated into a corporate strategy.
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Lloyd’s, 1st July 2022
Lloyd’s Futureset’s latest report, created in partnership with Aon, aims to provide insights on the medium to long term impacts of the Ukraine crisis on the risk landscape. The analysis is based on in-depth interviews with 75 sector experts and practitioners across Aon and Lloyd’s, each providing real-life, practical insights on the challenges that companies are facing today and how they are adjusting their risk management approaches in response.
ToTalent, 11th May 2022
A few years ago, candidate ghosting – when the job applicant simply disappears when an offer comes through – likely wouldn’t have made the top 10 of challenges for Talent Acquisition (TA) teams. But in recent years, everything has changed, according to a new survey.
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People Management, 6th April 2022
People Management speaks to practitioners on the ground in Ukraine to find out what they and their organisations are doing to keep their people safe and supported.
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Hays
The first six months of 2022 have been tumultuous to say the least, with war in Ukraine, surging energy prices, a rise in the cost of living and political change at the top all converging to create uncertainty that’s proving increasingly hard to navigate. Despite these disruptions, however, the UK labour market has remained strong, with demand in many industries stronger than it was even before the pandemic, and job vacancies seeing record highs.
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