As the government eases restrictions on people’s movements and activities, many businesses are being encouraged to re-open and welcome staff back to the workplace.
Risk professionals cannot, and should not, try to predict the future, but the risk management tools and techniques many risk professionals currently use may not be effective for managing emerging risks. These risks typically emit low signals and data can be sparse and unreliable. They are often hard to detect, difficult to assess and easy to ignore in favour of the more obvious risks on which many business leaders prefer to concentrate. Julia Graham, Airmic’s Deputy CEO and Technical Director, discusses what organisations and risk professionals can learn from the coronavirus pandemic as we enter the next phase.
Airmic will have its say on plans for the proposed ‘Pandemic Re’ initiative with Deputy CEO and Technical Director Julia Graham invited to join one of its workstreams.
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), has explained the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) guidance on maintaining Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in light of the pandemic and its impact on working lives and business operations.
Airmic’s new mentoring scheme for members is now live with many mentees and mentors signing up since the end of May.
The UK risk and insurance management community’s biggest ever virtual event will feature a diverse range of topics, exhibitions and thought leading debates.
The UK government will guarantee £10bn of trade credit insurance as its steps up its support for businesses in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Following consultation with members, Airmic has responded to the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) call for comments and information in relation to business interruption (BI) insurance during the pandemic.
The Insurance Charities, which provides help and support to those working in the insurance sector in the UK and Ireland, will hold its Awareness Day online on Wednesday, 24 June.
Pam Joshi, an Airmic member and Associate Director of Global Insurance and Risk Management at Takeda and Kiran Aulakh, Director of Client Services at Ventiv Technology, an Airmic Preferred Service Partner, discuss how automation of insurance certificates is streamlining their route to clinical trials.
Essential work has continued during lockdown but many organisations have either recently returned or are in the process of planning a ‘COVID-secure’ return to the workplace. As lockdown restrictions begin to relax, Airmic members must plan for and adjust to the ‘new normal’.
Robert Tailby, Principal Casualty Risk Engineer at Chubb Risk Engineering Services, discusses the importance of risk assessments being a meaningful exercise in reasoned decision making and proper integration of control measures into realistic operating procedures. You can hear Robert discussing people safety in the workplace and the opportunity to further resilience in organisations post COVID-19 in the latest episode of the Airmic Talks podcast.
The role of the risk manager is often described as keeping the ship and its cargo afloat, but he or she must also chart the safest and most e
Each month Airmic News will be showcasing one of the Association's communities to highlight the growing networking and knowledge sharing groups focused on particular topics or disciplines. This month we take a look at the Captive Insurance Special Interest Group.
The combined threat of COVID-19 and the hardening market has produced a challenging environment for risk professionals that can be eased by a collaborative insurance market that chooses to work with, rather an against, its customers, according to John Ludlow, CEO of Airmic.
Two years after the the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came into force, Airmic has published a white paper outlining the actions taken so far, lessons learnt and a checklist for risk professionals.
Author: Paolo Larentis, Senior Engineering Risk and Nat Haz Specialist, FM Global.
Following the announcement from the government last weekend we now begin the complicated and challenging task of getting ‘back to work’. For some this means implementing new ways of working for others it means the planning starts in earnest now.
The cyber threats arising from a growing work-from-home global workforce was addressed in an Airmic LIVE webinar on 27 April, by Ben Hobby, Partner and Bernard Regan, Head of Forensic Technology at Baker Tilly - a leading forensic advisory firm and Airmic partners.
Airmic has appointed Alexander Frost as its new market development manager, in a role that will see him work closely with the Association’s members and partners.
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Changes brought about by the Insurance Act 2015 in relation to basis clauses, warranties and other terms may have the knock-on effect of seeing the increased use of conditions precedent in policy wordings. Paul Lewis and Laura Moorhead of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP exp
Although Theresa May has said that "Brexit means Brexit", there is still a huge amount of uncertainty and debate about what it will actually look like. Ben Waterton of Arthur J. Gallagher urges risk managers to act now.
Cyber-attacks have become a fact of business life and being unprepared is no excuse. Sarah Hewitt of Arthur J. Gallagher offers advice on what an effective breach response plan should look like.
Airmic’s new website will be live in time for the annual conference with a different look and feel, greater ease of use, more member focus and compatibility with tablets and smart phones.