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.
Harnessing internal audit against climate change risk: A guide for audit committees and directors Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
As well as the need to prepare for the physical impacts of climate change, Boards must help their organisations adapt to the requirements of new national and international laws and regulations that will embed sustainability in products and services.
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Friday Reading Edition 77 (1st October 2021)
[Requires purchase of the standard] This document gives guidance on the governance of organizations. It provides principles and key aspects of practices to guide governing bodies and governing groups on how to meet their responsibilities so that the organizations they govern can fulfil their purpose. It is also intended for stakeholders involved in, or impacted by, the organization and its governance.
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Friday Reading Edition 83 (19th November 2021)
The COVID-19 pandemic offers valuable lessons on risk and resilience. The pandemic revealed fault lines within many organisations, and degrees of systemic risk that few organisations previously considered. A lack of business continuity planning, the breakdown of supply chains, and overall stresses on business operations have brought to the forefront the need to reimagine approaches to managing enterprise risk.
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Friday Reading Edition 56 (30th April 2021)
This report covers a range of different topics – from big issues such as the overarching UK reform agenda through to some of the day-to-day issues that the Fintech industry is currently grappling with – and highlights some current key trends for Fintech.
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Friday Reading Edition 68 (30th July 2021)
Published earlier this year in March – Airmic held a roundtable as part of its Leadership Group series on in partnership with Allianz, and supported by Herbert Smith Freehills, to evaluate what businesses need to address and be aware of with regard to environmental, social, governance (ESG) issues. This paper captures the discussions at that roundtable.
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
Statement from the FCA following a test case trial on 30 July 2020, on resolving uncertainty about insurers’ liability for certain Business Interruption (BI) insurance policies.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
This morning, the UK Supreme Court has today delivered its judgment in the FCA’s business interruption insurance test case, which allowed the FCA’s appeal on behalf of policyholders. This completes the legal process for impacted policies and means that many thousands of policyholders will now have their claims for coronavirus-related business interruption losses paid.
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Friday Reading Edition 38 (11th December 2020)
As local authorities grapple with another season of winter floods amid the growing realisation that we are living with climate change, Dr Bev Adams, Head of Visual Intelligence and CAT Planning at Marsh Risk Consulting, explains how local authorities can increase long-term resilience with minimal extra cost.
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Friday Reading Edition 38 (11th December 2020)
An overview of organisations’ preparedness for climate change, the key risks and opportunities associated with it, and the role internal audit is playing in supporting their organisation to be climate ready – a report written in partnership with The Climate Group.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
In October 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals on how firms should continue to seek to help customers who hold insurance and premium finance products and may be in financial difficulty because of coronavirus.
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