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 194 (22nd March 2024)
In the first three parts of our series, we looked at the vital elements that AI applications must fulfil to benefit the insurance industry, the countless possibilities it opens up, and what it will take to foster trust in rapid machine advancements: What do these impending business changes mean for future generations working in the insurance industry?
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Friday Reading Edition 189 (16th February 2024)
The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals a new paradox at the heart of society. Rapid innovation offers the promise of a new era of prosperity, but instead risks exacerbating trust issues, leading to further societal instability and political polarisation. In a year where half the global population can vote in new leaders, the acceptance of innovation is essential to the success of our society.
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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
A continued string of corporate failures reminds us how a strong risk culture, consciously built and nurtured by the board, senior and middle management is essential as the best means of avoiding them. This report aims to empower the risk and accountancy professions to improve their risk cultures and lead their organisations in a new age of risk.
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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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Friday Reading Edition 163 (28th July 2023)
In the uncertain economic and geopolitical environment, the importance of non-financial risks (NFR) is increasing for banks.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
Generative AI is evolving at record speed while CEOs are still learning the technology’s business value and risks. Here, we offer some of the generative AI essentials.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
Leaders should focus less on automation and more on innovation. Using AI to ask better questions and be more innovative would push leaders out of their comfort zones and into the position of being intellectually wrong, emotionally uncomfortable, and behaviorally quiet and more reflective, all of which promotes innovative thinking and action.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
An overview of AI risk management, including a summary of the risks and best management practices.
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Friday Reading Edition 162 (21st July 2023)
Google Bard is an AI-powered chatbot tool designed by Google to simulate human conversations using natural language processing and machine learning.
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Friday Reading Edition 159 (30th June 2023)
This report demonstrates why risk and internal audit professionals need to relook at the way they collaborate, as their organisations build resilience amid the maelstrom of geopolitical risks.
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