Click here for the Friday Reading Search, a searchable archive of reading and knowledge resources

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.

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Airmic, 20th January 2021
Friday Reading Edition 43 (29th January 2021)
Lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic pose a long-term risk to the global cooperation needed to address the long-term challenges such as environmental degradation and social fragmentation.
World Economic Forum, 19th January 2021
Friday Reading Edition 42 (22nd January 2021)
Also released this week, the 16th edition of the WEF’s Global Risks Report, produced in partnership with Marsh McLennan, SK Group and Zurich, analyses the risks from societal fractures—manifested through persistent and emerging risks to human health, rising unemployment, widening digital divides, youth disillusionment, and geopolitical fragmentation.
Centre for European Reform (CER), 28th December 2020
Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
Charles Grant, Director of the think tank CER, reflects on the Brexit deal that was struck on Christmas Eve.
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Airmic, 20th September 2018
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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CBI
Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
The CBI’s online hub for understanding more about the changes that affect your business and what you need to do to adjust your operations and ensure you comply with the new rules from 1 January 2021.
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The Economist , 16th November 2020
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
US-China relations after Trump – disappointment awaits businesses who hope to see Joe Biden rushing to cancel the tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on imports from China. To maintain leverage, Biden has an interest in dismantling Trump’s trade barriers only cautiously.
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Airmic, 13th November 2020
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Airmic's resident geopolitical expert Alex Frost and Dr Carrie Nordlund, Associate Director at the Annenberg Institute, Brown University, to discuss the results of the US presidential election, the current state of play and what this all means for geopolitical risks.
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Brookings Institute, 11th November 2020
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Five experts from the Brookings Institute, the US’s preeminent think tank on foreign policy, comment on the future of US foreign policy under a Biden administration – podcast, transcript and a summary.
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Airmic,WTW, 2nd June 2019
Friday Reading Edition 35 (20th November 2020)
Although risk professionals are aware of the dangers that an unpredictable political environment can pose to their organisation, identifying and assessing those risks is the challenge that faces our profession today. This report will help break down the risks, understand their interconnectivity, the solutions available and appropriate responses.
CBI, 21st October 2020
Friday Reading Edition 31 (23rd October 2020)
A CBI webinar from this past Wednesday, looking at the impact the end of transition will have on businesses and their suppliers, customers and employees, as well as practical insights to prepare businesses for the first few months of 2021