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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Control Risks
Friday Reading Edition 170 (15th September 2023)
Discusses the legacy of 9/11, the implications of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the shifting balance of global power
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NATO, 11th March 2024
Collective defence, fighting terrorism, and support for Ukraine.
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Pool Re, 27th June 2023
Attack against pride parade foiled by Austrian police. Two individuals sentenced after plot to destroy 5G masts. New IRA collaborated with organised crime groups.
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Marsh, 25th October 2022
As a result of the increasing number of incidents, businesses, schools, hospitals, and institutions are looking to evolve their risk management practices and enhance their financial protection from active assailant attacks.
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WTW, 23rd November 2021
Experts from WTW’s Leisure and Hospitality and Special Contingency Risks (SCR) practices discuss the implications of the Protect Duty in the UK in terms of organisational culture and physical security.
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Allianz
In a global context of what some are calling a ‘perma-crisis’ or ‘poly-crisis’, businesses are increasingly witnessing, directly or indirectly, the impact of protest movements and civil unrest on their operations, a trend that is forecast to grow throughout this year.
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US Department of Justice
The second in a two-part series on interagency coordination that examines the response to the 2005 London bombings. This article discusses the challenges faced by UK agencies in responding to the attacks and lessons that may be learned from them.
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Paragon, 13th May 2022
Friday Reading Edition 119 (19th August 2022)
War exclusions are required by standard insurances, but in their current form may lead to lengthy coverage discussions which may escalate to ADR proceedings (if the policy allows) and as a last resort, coverage litigation which, as we have seen, can linger on unsettled for years.
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Pool Re, 22nd December 2021
Friday Reading Edition 89 (14th January 2022)
[Free to access upon setting up an account] It feels appropriate, a couple of months after the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, to pause and consider whether the world is more, or less, secure from terrorism than in the latter part of the previous century. We inhabit a world where traditional terrorist threats, which tended to be localised and focused on the destruction of property and killing servicemen, policemen and public figures, feel somewhat primitive. Our new world is populated by Jihadis and extremists who buy ‘one-way tickets’ on route to martyrdom and mass casualty events.
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Pool Re, 7th September 2021
Friday Reading Edition 74 (11th September 2021)
[Free to access upon setting up an account] Released on the 7th September 2021: on Afghanistan, and domestic terrorism.
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