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 137 (20th January 2023)
Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer of Zurich Insurance Group, writes on the ways to leverage the urgent crises we face today into opportunities to address longer-term challenges such as climate change.
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Friday Reading Edition 135 (16th December 2022)
Looking back at 2022 – the COP27 climate summit in Egypt may be over but its impact will be felt for many decades to come. Discussions highlighted nature's pivotal role in tackling the climate crisis. This article reflects on 10 areas where progress is being made on climate action.
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Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
Launched December 2022 – The aim of this guide is to provide a toolkit to assist directors in understanding and keeping pace with this fast-changing and increasingly complex landscape of supply chain challenges. It takes the form of 12 questions designed to break the diverse set of issues down into a manageable series of topics.
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Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
Predicting and preventing flood impacts – Previsico, a state-of-the-art flood forecasting company launched their first Internet of Things (IoT)-based flood alert system, after successful UK trials, in July 2021. Since then, it has twice enabled flood wardens in Whalley to respond to clear a blocked culvert trash screen on Wiswell Brook – avoiding flooding in the town – most recently on Friday 7 October 2022. Here is the case study with the details and video.
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Friday Reading Edition 134 (9th December 2022)
[Click télécharger - "download" - but document is in English] From AMRAE, Airmic’s sister association in France – Risk-taking is inherent to a company in its pursuit of value creation. However, due to the radical transformation of some “traditional” business models, increased digitalisation of the economy, development of new technologies, multiplication of regulations, geopolitical uncertainties, changes in society, or the challenges of climate change, corporate risks are changing rapidly.
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Insuring Hydrogen Video
Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
[Free to watch webinar upon sharing contact details] Explores how the growth in hydrogen production and use over the coming years will be insured. The webinar will include perspectives from the insurance, risk management, and hydrogen sectors and will close with a panel discussion hosted by Ross Fairley, Partner at Burges Salmon.
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Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
In this article — the third in a three-part series on hydrogen in the UK — we discuss how developers can help increase the insurability of their projects.
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Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
[Free to watch upon sharing contact details] A webinar from June 2022, on the role for Nuclear Enabled Hydrogen in the net zero transition and energy security, and the steps that the UK can take to support this.
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Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
Low carbon hydrogen is needed at scale in order to achieve the legally binding targets set out in the Paris Agreement. There has been a lot of momentum around low carbon hydrogen as it attracts the attention of governments, investors and energy companies.
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Hydrogen Insights A perspective on hydrogen investment, market development and cost competitiveness Text
Friday Reading Edition 133 (2nd December 2022)
Hydrogen is gathering strong momentum as a key energy transition pillar. Announced hydrogen investments have accelerated rapidly in response to government commitments to deep decarbonsation.
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