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 94 (18th February 2022)
Risk professionals will need to educate themselves not only on how to approach data-driven decision making but also the technological developments that will increasingly dictate where data comes from and how it is used.
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
On weather modelling, the fundamental importance of data assimilation and quality control, the methodology of multi-model forecasting and achieving the most possible from computing resource. Balkerne speaks to James Burn, Meteorologist with the IBM Weather Company, on the growing importance of weather forecast and observation data to the property insurance industry.
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
Data can help us tackle our largest societal challenges, including climate change, inequality, global health and economic resilience. But how do we ensure that our global data systems are structured to capture the true value of data, not just the financial?
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
Over the past decade, advances in digital analytics have transformed the way businesses operate. From marketing and pricing to customer service and manufacturing, advanced analytics is now central to many corporate functions. The same, however, cannot be said for strategy—at least not yet.
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
[Free to read upon sharing corporate email address] Instead of new augmented intelligence features and the acceleration of analytics embedded throughout workflows, the crucial importance of business intelligence became the dominant trend in analytics due to the pandemic. That, in turn, led to the acceleration of digital transformation, the larger phenomenon of organisations moving to digitise most phases of their operations.
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Friday Reading Edition 94 (18th February 2022)
In a world where companies have nearly unrestricted access to personal information, a new dilemma emerges: what separates right from wrong when it comes to collecting and using this data for commercial purposes? Individuals, companies, and policymakers are all working to understand what is ethical or not, what is legal or not, and how best we can progress when utilising innovative and disruptive technologies.
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Friday Reading Edition 93 (11th February 2022)
[For Airmic members only] If you missed it: join us in conversation with our partners from Previsico, GWT Insight, Zurich and Watertight, to discuss an overview of the current flood risk and a joined up approach in this field as we seek greater resilience.
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Friday Reading Edition 93 (11th February 2022)
Members of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance reflect on what COP26 delivered for the flood prone communities we work with. Will commitments be enough to meet the adaptation needs of those at the frontlines of climate change?
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Friday Reading Edition 93 (11th February 2022)
Jen Clark, Senior Risk Engineer, and Paul Redington, Regional Major Loss Manager, discuss the rising risks associated with floods and how flooding across the UK is changing.
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Friday Reading Edition 93 (11th February 2022)
[Free to read upon sharing contact details] The data indicates that larger scale of losses could result if an event of the past were to occur today, given the accumulation of socio-economic value and other dynamics such as changing weather conditions in the intervening years.
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