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 21 (14th August 2020)
Over the past few months, prompted by the pandemic situation, the shift towards digital business models has accelerated. Organisations need to tackle new types of reputational threats, and deal with many other challenges relating to intangible assets that were unimaginable a year ago.
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
Focuses on the vital role of digital in today’s businesses, many of which were already in the throes of digital transformations pre-pandemic. The first of five collections produced to accompany “Our New Future,” McKinsey and Co’s multimedia series.
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
[Free to read upon providing contact details] Swiss Re’s annual SONAR report looks at the top emerging risks, including increased use of edge computing, vaping and e-cigarette addiction, and declining mental health among teenagers and young adults.
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Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
[For Airmic Members only] Business insurance and risk managers working with their brokers need to take the time to look beyond the tangible risks that they know and for which insurance policies are most readily available. This recorded academy webinar hears from both a risk engineering and market customer-facing professional, as well as the risk manager at Thames Water who battles regularly with such challenges from within his own business. [Recorded webinar]
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
A report summarising the latest information on research timelines and the potential impact of a vaccine on the pandemic, and on society.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
This guidance is for organisations of all sizes who are considering purchasing cyber insurance.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Cécile Fresneau of QBE discusses the resilience in an unpredictable year with reference to both the survey report and the QBE Unpredictability Index, while James Owen of Control Risks examines the cyber risk landscape, emerging threats in the present environment and growing internet sovereignty.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
The paper recognises that private insurance solutions alone will not be sufficient to protect society against the financial consequences of future pandemics. Solutions will require both public and private sector involvement, built on proper risk assessment, risk prevention and adaptation measures, appropriate product design, and risk transfer.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
This report sets out proposals for improving the management of guarantees and insurance provided by government to reduce cost and risk to taxpayers.
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Friday Reading Edition 20 (7th August 2020)
Building preparedness for risks that may threaten national security, economic prosperity, and societal wellbeing is a critical function of government. This report suggests how to frame the evolving macro-level risk landscape in a way that helps allocate resources to the most material concerns.
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