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 44 (5th February 2021)
The report on Airmic’s latest pulse survey on insurance market conditions, conducted in January 2021, focused on renewals and claims, and found an increasing challenge to claims – but where claims had been settled, members have generally had a satisfactory experience.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
What are the biggest political risks in the technology sector? This report discusses the issue through panel interviews and geopolitical analysis.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
The pandemic has accelerated trends related to customer expectations and digital adoption. Insurers will need to embrace these changes sooner rather than later to keep up the pace – a look at the US.
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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
Complex global supply chains are sensitive to disruption, as we have seen in such cases as earthquakes, political unrest and most recently COVID-19. If insured, the handling of the resulting business interruption (BI) claim is influenced by not only the policy wording, but also by the different claims processes incorporating market structure, number of participants and best practices applied, writes Christian Skodczinski, Partner, Baker Tilly.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
This morning, the UK Supreme Court has today delivered its judgment in the FCA’s business interruption insurance test case, which allowed the FCA’s appeal on behalf of policyholders. This completes the legal process for impacted policies and means that many thousands of policyholders will now have their claims for coronavirus-related business interruption losses paid.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
In this white paper, senior figures from across Crawford explore the macro-dynamics created by the COVID-19 pandemic and how these will potentially disrupt current operating “norms” and alter the future insurance landscape.
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Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
Airmic’s paper from 2018 on the impact of Brexit on the captive insurance market, which continues to be relevant today.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Insurers that want to launch their own digital business should observe how digital attackers operate in four areas—customer acquisition, data and analytics, state-of-the-art technology, and talent—to draw comparisons and see how to support their new business.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Premium Credit has undertaken a series of studies and unique market analysis to gauge sentiment towards buying insurance and the use of credit, among personal, SME and corporate customers in 2020. The research and analysis focus on the impact of Covid-19 on the purchase of insurance and how customers have changed buying habits and shifted priorities in the wake of the pandemic.
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Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
In October 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published proposals on how firms should continue to seek to help customers who hold insurance and premium finance products and may be in financial difficulty because of coronavirus.
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