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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McKinsey & Co, 4th December 2019
Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
The uncertainty with Brexit means that UK companies need to be even more prepared than their peers in other countries to embrace agility, strengthen their customer focus and look for new opportunities for value creation.
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Imperial War Museums, 29th November 2019
Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
The fall of the Berlin Wall was the first step towards German reunification. The political, economic and social impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall further weakened the already unstable East German government. Germany reunited on 3 October 1990, 11 months after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Airmic, 8th October 2019
Friday Reading Edition 2 (3rd April 2020)
Published in October 2019, this Airmic Guide provides the risk professional with the information and guidance on working closely with business continuity, procurement and supply chain managers to evaluate and manage the risks inherent in the supply chain, which has emerged as a key risk globally in the Covid-19 crisis.
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Harvard Business Review, 2nd July 2019
Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Rethink how your organisation creates, delivers, and captures value, or risk becoming irrelevant. If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles. The most important among the hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles selected to help you reach new customers and stay ahead of your competitors by reinventing your business model.
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Institute of Business Ethics (IBE), 1st July 2019
Friday Reading Edition 55 (23rd April 2021)
The IBE Speak Up Toolkit helps employees prepare for raising a concern at work. It answers questions about the entire process – from noticing a problem and having a conversation through to what to expect if your concern is investigated.
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Airmic , 3rd June 2019
Friday Reading Edition 1 (27th March 2020)
Collaboration and longer relationships between customers, brokers and insurers will be key to developing new solutions. This Airmic report, produced in collaboration with KPMG, explores how collaboration will be central in transforming insurance for risks such as that relating to the Covid-19 situation.
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Airmic,WTW, 2nd June 2019
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Although risk professionals are aware of the dangers that an unpredictable political environment can pose to their organisation, identifying and assessing those risks is the challenge that faces our profession today. This report will help break down the risks, understand their interconnectivity, the solutions available and appropriate responses.
Airmic, 29th May 2019
Friday Reading Edition 23 (28th August 2021)
Captive insurance companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated and insuring more complex risks than ever before. The addition of new lines for incubation of data or cover such as employee benefits and cyber is also creating the need for more robust governance and a wider range of expertise on the captive board.
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Queen’s University Belfast , 11th April 2019
Friday Reading Edition 122 (16th September 2022)
The 1998 Good Friday Agreement achieved compromise by creating a new power-sharing government, facilitating disarmament, and abolishing border checks between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
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Oxford Univeristy Press, 6th February 2019
Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Christine Mallin has written a straightforward, accessible book that provides a clear overview of governance for students new to the subject. Examples, mini cases, and Financial Times extracts illustrate varied and thought-provoking corporate governance issues in action in the real world.
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