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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Airmic, 8th June 2020
In this webinar of 8 June 2020, we explore the risks posed by COVID-19 to buildings and facilities, de-mystify disinfection and consider the solutions and approaches organisations can take to manage risks and minimise potential business interruption. [Please register your details in order to view the recording]
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Airmic, 7th June 2020
Robert Tailby, Principal Casualty Risk Engineer at Chubb Risk Engineering Services, discusses the people safety management systems we’ve all seen so visibly in our everyday lives since the beginning of lockdown, and how the crisis can be used to build resilience into our organisations going forward.
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McKinsey & Co, 2nd June 2020
Apart from the operational focus needed for the return to work, it is even more important that boards and management teams take a step back to reflect upon 15 themes, distilled from a group of leading nonexecutive chairs and directors at companies around the world who serve on the McKinsey Resilience Advisory Council.
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Airmic, 24th May 2020
BLM partners Julian Cox and Phillip Carney discuss life after lockdown – ensuring a safe working environment, as well as the risks, liabilities and insurance responsibilities in relation to secondments, and the possibility of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations (TUPE) becoming relevant.
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McKinsey & Co, 14th May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 13 (19th June 2020)
The rapid migration to digital technologies driven by the pandemic will continue into the recovery – an article from McKinsey on how to accelerate your organisation’s digital capabilities to keep pace.
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McKinsey & Co, 11th May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 8 (15th May 2020)
This article calls for companies to find a new approach to financial planning and performance management which informs rapid realignment of plans and actions and ensures organisational resilience.
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World Economic Forum , 1st May 2020
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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Airmic, 26th April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
In Episode 5 of Airmic Talks, Richard Cutcher speaks to Kevin Boscher, Chief Investment Officer at Ravenscroft, and John Ludlow, CEO of Airmic, about the shock to the UK and global economy from the pandemic.
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Herbert Smith Freehills , 21st April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 5 (24th April 2020)
This legal briefing gives five top tips for risk professionals who are renewing their insurance programmes over the coming weeks (April 2020).
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The Economist Intelligence Unit, 8th April 2020
Friday Reading Edition 3 (9th April 2020)
This EIU report expects the global economy to contract by 2.5% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic – a much deeper global recession than that experienced during the global financial crisis. Nevertheless, a modest rebound in global output in the second half of this year is possible, provided the spread of coronavirus is contained globally.
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