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 246 (2nd May 2025)
The scale and shock of the president’s policymaking threatens to undermine his primary foreign policy objective: maintaining an advantage over China.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
A nerve centre can help companies chart a course through expanding tariffs and trade controls by orchestrating nine rapid actions, from tariff operations to supplier diversification.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
In KPMG’s latest UK Economic Outlook we look at the prospects for the UK economy for 2025 and 2026, including analysis of growth prospects, consumer spending, trade, inflation, interest rates, the labour market and public sector finances. While healthy household saving buffers and strong public spending should support economic performance, the imposition of broader tariffs could reduce UK GDP growth to 0.8% in 2025 and 2026.
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Friday Reading Edition 246 (2nd May 2025)
The global economy now faces a significant shock with forecasted growth of just 1.9% in 2025, the weakest outturn since the pandemic. This downturn is largely attributed to Donald Trump’s new tariffs which are poised to disrupt global trade this year, pushing the United States into a recession of -0.1%.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
In today’s interconnected global landscape, tariffs have become more than an instrument of trade negotiations. In such a complex and uncertain landscape, businesses that aren’t sufficiently agile to anticipate and adapt to disruption will struggle.
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Friday Reading Edition 244 (11th April 2025)
Many commercial parties may be looking again at their contractual arrangements. In some cases, it may be possible to renegotiate terms to address the changed circumstances, or parties may be able to rely on express contractual rights to deal with increased costs or to terminate agreements that have become uneconomic.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
A skills-first approach to the design of your people programmes will optimise your talent investment and help employees adapt to a changing work environment.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
Powered by digitisation, the insurance sector is poised for a transformation that will benefit brokers, insurers and insurance buyers alike.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
Growing interest in ‘digital twins’ presents huge opportunities for loss prevention, mitigation, and training.
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Friday Reading Edition 243 (4th April 2025)
How technology companies can navigate the metaverse with confidence.
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