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 186 (26th January 2024)
Companies are facing the latest supply chain challenge as commercial ships are rerouted from one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. We see an uneven impact across sectors and think those companies that learned from other recent trade disruptions may be better able to ride out the current upheaval
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Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
This book demonstrates that for long-term profits and sustainability, boards must have the insight to ask the right questions of management on complex issues such as climate change, ESG, corruption, cybersecurity, human trafficking, supply-chain resilience, and much more.
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Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
If you are an executive or leader and truly want to minimise your organisation’s exposure to risk, you have to do so with and through your people. Risk management has become increasingly cumbersome, costly and a distraction for many organisations, but once you understand that people are at the centre of all risk, you can move forward to empower your greatest risk management asset – your people
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Friday Reading Edition 184 (22nd December 2023)
Provides CEOs, business owners and directors with a clear and accessible guide to the most prominent and profitable technologies that are available, allowing them to confidently implement and sustain new tech strategies.
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Friday Reading Edition 173 (6th October 2023)
From the organisation which started National Emotional Wellness Month in 2004.
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Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
The UK has seen the coronation of King Charles III, a change in the line of succession, and more.
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Friday Reading Edition 169 (8th September 2023)
On the occasion of the anniversary of Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s passing and The King’s Accession, the King has issued this message.
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Friday Reading Edition 166 (18th August 2023)
Examines these wildfire risk trends, and discusses how insurers can improve wildfire risk modelling via new real-time techniques that use big data and artificial intelligence.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
In discussing Nigel Farage’s relationship with the bank’s Coutts subsidiary, the NatWest CEO breached the group’s policy. Her compounding error was that she had not got her facts straight when talking to the media – it turned out that Coutts didn’t drop Farage solely because he had fallen below the qualifying criteria to be a client. Its reputational risk committee had also deemed him to be too risky, because his views “were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation”.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
Purpose can make organisations more aware of shifting external consumer sentiments. At the same time, the enthusiasm for corporate purpose brings its own risks – a botched corporate purpose programme could do more damage than having never engaged with the idea in the first place.
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