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 98 (18th March 2022)
The entire global economy will feel the effects of slower growth and faster inflation. Impacts will flow through three main channels – higher prices for commodities like food and energy will push up inflation further; neighboring economies in particular will grapple with disrupted trade, supply chains, and remittances as well as an historic surge in refugee flows; reduced business confidence and higher investor uncertainty will weigh on asset prices.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 98 (18th March 2022)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is having ripple effects around the world. In times of turmoil, employers need to address the impact that events can have on their workers, even those far from the center of conflict.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 98 (18th March 2022)
Most, if not all, cyber insurance policies contain a war exclusion of some description. Given the current situation, it is natural that organizations will want to understand how their cyber policy will likely respond in the event of a loss caused by a cyberattack alleged to have been deployed by or on behalf of the Russian state.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 97 (11th March 2022)
Ever relevant today – One of the key emerging threats we see increasingly facing organisations is disinformation. Popularly known as “fake news”, disinformation is the online delivery of distorted information to influence a target group or individual.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 96 (4th March 2022)
The NCSC has urged organisations to follow its guidance on steps to take when the cyber threat is heightened – this guidance encourages organisations to follow actionable steps that reduce the risk of falling victim to an attack.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 96 (4th March 2022)
Russia’s invasion has materially altered the near-term outlook for the UK and global economies and increased uncertainty over the path ahead. This article summarises early analysis on the impact on the UK economy via four main channels: energy (and other commodities), trade, financial links and confidence. It concludes with a brief discussion of the possible implications for UK inflation, growth and the outlook for interest rates.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 96 (4th March 2022)
Hitting energy exports is no longer so unthinkable but the market is already ‘self-sanctioning’ in dealing with Moscow. Selected Financial Times coverage of the war in Ukraine is free to read.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 96 (4th March 2022)
Lloyd’s of London could be facing a “sizeable” loss from its $2bn share of the political risk insurance market during the ongoing Russian and Ukraine war. Exposure to eastern Europe is likely to be ‘modest’ but classes such as energy could take a beating.
Categories:
Keywords:
Friday Reading Edition 95 (25th February 2022)
In addition to the more in-depth Global Risks Perception Survey, a critical foundation of the Global Risks Report, data presented here is from a single question in the World Economic Forum’s Executive Opinion Survey. 12,361 executives from 124 countries around the world were asked to give their opinions on the top critical short-term threats to their country, out of a total list of 35 risks.
Categories:
Friday Reading Edition 89 (14th January 2022)
[Free to access upon setting up an account] It feels appropriate, a couple of months after the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, to pause and consider whether the world is more, or less, secure from terrorism than in the latter part of the previous century. We inhabit a world where traditional terrorist threats, which tended to be localised and focused on the destruction of property and killing servicemen, policemen and public figures, feel somewhat primitive. Our new world is populated by Jihadis and extremists who buy ‘one-way tickets’ on route to martyrdom and mass casualty events.
Categories:
Keywords: