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
Friday Reading Edition 28 (2nd October 2020)
Hermione Winterton was awarded the distinction of best dissertation by the Airmic assessment panel for the 2019 Airmic Leadership Programme. In this winning paper, she explores the phenomenon of groupthink, and examines research on the power of diversity of thought, before making some recommendations on what corporate boards need to do to adopt it.
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Airmic, 22nd September 2020
Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
This guide takes you through the life cycle of a captive from initial concept through to its benefits and uses, and finally to exit strategies.
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Airmic,RIMS,The RepTrak Company, 22nd September 2020
Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
Previous studies suggest that the risk community continues to struggle with reputational risk and with reputation as an intangible asset. This paper puts forward frameworks for risk professionals to work strategically with others within their organizations to measure and tackle reputational risks.
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Airmic,Control Risks, 22nd September 2020
Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
This guide explores the challenges organisations have faced during the COVID-19 crisis, highlights lessons learned and still being learned, and makes suggestions for changes to crisis management practice to build resilience.
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Airmic, 22nd September 2020
Friday Reading Edition 27 (25th September 2020)
This guide summarises current approaches (2020) to risk management to promote a shared understanding, and will be particularly useful for those new to risk management.
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Swiss Re, 4th June 2020
Friday Reading Edition 21 (14th August 2020)
[Free to read upon providing contact details] Swiss Re’s annual SONAR report looks at the top emerging risks, including increased use of edge computing, vaping and e-cigarette addiction, and declining mental health among teenagers and young adults.
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Swiss Re, 18th December 2019
Friday Reading Edition 17 (17th July 2020)
A report on how re/insurers need to improve risk models to better assess climate hazards, and to ensure development of the capabilities to be able to underwrite natural catastrophe risks in the future.
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Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (IEMA)
Friday Reading Edition 17 (17th June 2020)
New guidance to help you understand the requirements from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements, drawing on the insights of both financial and sustainability risk practitioners.
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Airmic, 15th March 2020
Friday Reading Edition 12 (12th June 2020)
In this episode of Airmic Talks, host Richard Cutcher discusses the responses from large organisations to the COVID-19 crisis, and the role of the risk professional, with guests from Control Risks, International SOS and Gallaghers.
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World Economic Forum,Marsh,Zurich, 1st May 2020
Friday Reading Edition 9 (22nd May 2020)
This report taps into the views of nearly 350 senior risk professionals who participated in the COVID-19 Risks Perception Survey conducted by WEF, Marsh & McLennan and Zurich Insurance Group – four key areas of significant challenges emerge from the survey as global concerns.
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