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 310 (11th September 2026)
RAND experts reflect on one of the most enduring aspects of this transformation: what we've learned about homeland security in the quarter-century since the attacks. They answer questions about protecting soft targets, mitigating risks from emerging technologies, and more.
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Friday Reading Edition 310 (11th September 2026)
Terrorism-related incidents have demonstrated the complexity of terrorism threat globally. Pool Re’s threat analysis team provides a summary of the key incidents and a strategic threat assessment on how they may influence the UK terrorism threat landscape.
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Martyn’s Law: UK Government publishes guidance on the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 Text
Friday Reading Edition 310 (11th September 2026)
The 2025 Act will be brought into force in spring 2027 and will require those responsible for premises accessible by the public to take proportionate measures to mitigate the risk of injury or damage caused by a terrorist attack. The legislation’s foundations are in lessons learned following the Manchester Arena bombing in 2017.
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Friday Reading Edition 310 (11th September 2026)
The UK’s new Terrorism Act 2025 has received Royal Assent in April 2025, introducing enhanced accountability for the safety and security of public venues and establishing a new legal bar for negligence in the mitigation of terrorism risks. Organisations affected will need to (re-)assess the risk of terror attacks, implement measures to reduce the risk, and put together robust terrorism plans.
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Friday Reading Edition 310 (11th September 2026)
Traditionally, the market and buyers have looked at property damage as their main vulnerability to a terrorist event. However, terrorism is evolving, and the targeting and delivery of attacks is changing. Drones, vehicles, chemical agents are now very much part of the potential attack landscape, with a much wider spectrum of potential impacts on people and businesses
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Friday Reading Edition 310 (11th September 2026)
Over the 25 years since 9/11, the nature of terrorism and organised threats has undergone a fundamental transformation. Hierarchical networks have given way to decentralised digitally connected cells – operating across borders, ideologies, and sectors in ways that are increasingly difficult to predict and contain.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
The Syrian president has fled, leaving behind immense uncertainty about the country’s future.
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Friday Reading Edition 230 (13th December 2024)
Discusses the Red Sea Crisis of Houthi attacks on shipping, plus Somali piracy activity in the Gulf of Aden, and we also talk about re/insuring Ukrainian war risks, on land and in the Black Sea.
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Friday Reading Edition 225 (8th November 2024)
Trump questioned the value of the NATO alliance to the US, expressed extreme scepticism as to the benefits for the US of supporting Ukraine in its defence against Russia, and asserted that he will bring the conflict to a swift end. These positions are fundamentally at odds with those of the UK as recapitulated by the Labour government since its election in the summer.
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Friday Reading Edition 211 (2nd August 2024)
Unidentified saboteurs struck France's train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks across the country on Friday, causing travel chaos and exposing security gaps just hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.
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