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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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Aon, 1st August 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
The global CrowdStrike IT outage demonstrated that even non-malicious cyber incidents may have serious repercussions. Events like these serve as a wake-up call for businesses to review their cyber resilience and be prepared for more significant incidents in the future.
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McKinsey & Co, 24th July 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
While companies scramble to address their resiliency issues, senior leaders should be thinking further ahead.
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Howden, 24th June 2024
Friday Reading Edition 216 (6th September 2024)
At no other point has the cyber insurance market experienced the current mix of conditions: a heightened threat landscape combined with a stable insurance market underpinned by robust risk controls.
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Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
Friday Reading Edition 214 (23rd August 2024)
[Free to download upon sharing contact details] The Trump Risk Index measures the broad exposure of the US’s 70 largest trading partners. The EIU’s overall risk score is based on an assessment of vulnerability across three areas—trade, immigration and security—where they expect important policy changes under Donald Trump, were he to win the US presidential election in November.
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), 2nd August 2024
Friday Reading Edition 212 (9th August 2024)
The government is proposing a voluntary Code of Practice on the cyber security risks to AI that will be taken into a global standards development organisation for further development. It sets baseline security requirements for all AI technologies and distinguishes actions that need to be taken by different stakeholders across the AI supply chain.
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Marsh
Friday Reading Edition 211 (2nd August 2024)
We explore why preparation is crucial against extreme weather threats and the steps organisations can take to build resilience against flood risks for sports facilities.
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Independent, 17th July 2024
Labour has announced sweeping new rules on technology – though not widely-expected new laws on artificial intelligence.
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AXA XL, 6th July 2024
Learning and development plays a crucial role in readying our industry for the challenges ahead. And we all recognise the need to attract and retain talent to our industry as it modernises and evolves.
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Sedgwick, 23rd June 2023
The need to attract young talent to the risk management and insurance profession is critical.
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ICSR, 5th July 2024
We find ourselves with a labour government holding the reigns to power today for the first time in 14 years. Will that usher in an ideological change in regulatory direction for insurance leaders to contend with or is the reality that the recent regulatory path of travel sits comfortably with the general positioning of the new political ‘powers that be’?
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