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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Airmic, 8th December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 135 (16th December 2022)
Hear from Control Risks as they explore 2023's RiskMap and the top risks facing organisations in the next 12 months.
Airmic, 6th December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
Launched December 2022 – The aim of this guide is to provide a toolkit to assist directors in understanding and keeping pace with this fast-changing and increasingly complex landscape of supply chain challenges. It takes the form of 12 questions designed to break the diverse set of issues down into a manageable series of topics.
KPMG, 1st December 2022
Friday Reading Edition 138 (27th January 2023)
Rising costs, weaker trade and increased uncertainty have taken their toll on the economy. The UK is estimated to have entered a recession in the third quarter of 2022, which could last until the end of 2023. But while the duration of the current downturn may be relatively long, the drop in activity is expected to be mild by historical comparisons.
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Marsh, 1st November 2022
Friday Reading Edition 137 (20th January 2023)
The impact of constrained access to key strategic commodities for G20 members will depend on both their reliance on Russian and Ukrainian imports and sanctions decisions. Turkey and China, for example, which rely substantially on Russia for mineral fuels and have chosen not to impose sanctions, will be able to continue importing from Russia.
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Marsh, 1st November 2022
Friday Reading Edition 130 (11th November 2022)
Besides demonstrating the vulnerability of global supply chains, the blocking of the Suez Canal in May 2021, caused by the Ever Given, has highlighted how grave the disruptions to the world’s canals and waterways can be. With increasing incidence of disruptive weather events, driven by climate change, greater focus should also be given to understanding these potential critical points of failure.
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Lloyd’s, 1st October 2022
Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
The second report from Lloyd’s Futureset in response to the conflict in Ukraine, created in collaboration with Aon, outlines the immediate role the (re)insurance industry is playing in responding to emerging customer needs and goes on to explore by how we can deploy the powerful tools at our disposal – our expertise, innovation, capital and collaboration – to help build greater resilience against the long-term impacts of the conflict.
HDI, 29th September 2022
Friday Reading Edition 127 (21st October 2022)
Governments trying to replace fossil fuels are beginning to invest heavily in hydrogen technology and infrastructure. As international interest accelerates, the insurance industry is under pressure to keep up.
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McLarens, 9th September 2022
Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
Attempts to address global inflation through quantitative tightening, by raising interest rates, is now affecting all tiers of the construction and property development chain including the financing of projects.
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Chatham House, 29th July 2022
Friday Reading Edition 128 (28th October 2022)
Dame DeAnne Julius of Chatham House speaks about what to expect from the cost-of-living crisis and its political consequences.
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United Nations, 11th January 2022
Friday Reading Edition 131 (18th November 2022)
Trade policy actions on food and fertilisers have risen sharply since the start of the war in Ukraine. This adds to trade measures implemented to respond to potential domestic food shortages at the beginning of the pandemic.
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