The second episode of Airmic’s fortnightly podcast, Airmic Talks, was released on Sunday, 15 March and focusses on what responses organisations are, and should be, taking to the outbreak of Coronavirus.
Increasingly sophisticated modelling of COVID-19 and its impact is taking place, helping organisations to estimate the associated risks to their operations, but insurance coverage remains low.
An overwhelming majority of risk professionals are using technology to work faster and smarter, according to the results of an Airmic survey on the future of the profession.
Following the popularity of the Learning Hub and Tech Hub the past two years at the Airmic Conference, the ‘Ted Talk-style’ sessions will return in greater number than ever before.
Airmic live streamed its annual fastTrack Forum for the first time on Tuesday, 10 March, attracting a record attendance.
Airmic Talks, a new fortnightly podcast discussing the hot topics within the UK’s risk and insurance management community, is now available on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud and any other podcast app.
Airmic members, along with risk professionals in Germany, have reported a fundamental shift in pricing and the scope and availability of cover in the results of separate surveys from the respective markets.
By Julian Kirkman-Page, Connected Exposure Consulting, Russell Group
The World Health Organisation, on 11 March, declared that COVID-19 can now be declared a pandemic and that Europe is considered the epicentre of the global outbreak.
The insurance options concerning epidemics or a pandemic are likely to be hot topics once COVID-19 has been brought under control and insurance managers re-assess the suitability of their cover. For now, however, risk and insurance professionals need to consider which, if any, of their policies may be activated in the current state-of-play or become active further down the line.
Michelle Elstein, founder of Courageous Co. and a corporate energiser, will call on delegates to discover and embrace their leadership potential in a plenary session at the fastTrack Forum on 10 March.
Hoe-Yeong Loke is the latest addition to the growing Airmic team, joining as the Association’s research manager.
Supply chain fulfilment is critical to successful performance of most businesses, and globalisation means that these supply chains are getting longer and more complex.
The World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2020 has identified all top five global risks, in terms of likelihood, as environmental.
Organisations striving to build supply chain resilience need to give risk professionals, risk engineering and risk perspective a place at the table when mapping and auditing their key business partners.
Ruth Davidson, former leader of the Scottish Conservatives, will deliver the keynote speech at the Airmic Conference in Edinburgh, in June.
Since the first case of novel coronavirus was reported in Wuhan, China on 31 December, more than 20,000 people have been infected across Asia, and more than 420 people have died, all but two in Mainland China.
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.
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
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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.