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 92 (4th February 2022)
Organisational culture is an important area for boards to consider because it can be a key component of organisational failure. If the appropriate checks and balances are put in place, and there are cultural issues bubbling up in an organisation, then there are ways to identify and address these before they become a major front page story.
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Friday Reading Edition 90 (21st January 2022)
The first Global Cybersecurity Outlook flagship report identifies the trends and analyses the near-term future cybersecurity challenges. The accelerated shift to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with recent high-profile cyberattacks have resulted in bringing cybersecurity top of mind among key decision-makers in organisations and nations.
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Friday Reading Edition 87 (17th December 2021)
European and UK shareholder activism is growing fast. Boards must be on the front-foot to respond. This report identifies 148 European and UK corporates that are likely to be the next targets for public activist campaigns. Its outlook also summarises the 7 key themes that will drive an increase in activist campaigns in the year to come.
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Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
The UK must be better at anticipating, preparing for and responding to a range of challenging risk scenarios, including those which it has never experienced before. The report emphasises that the Government’s current strategy of centralised and opaque risk assessment and risk management, which fails to make adequate preparations, has left the UK vulnerable.
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Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
In the last instalment of this series, learn about business interruption losses during a cyber event, and how to mitigate them.
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Friday Reading Edition 85 (3rd December 2021)
In part two, learn more about the importance of cyber liability insurance policies.
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Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
A new set of international sustainability disclosure standards are on the way and could be ready for companies around the world within a year. Unveiled during COP26, the standards currently exist as a prototype to be chewed over by a brand new development body—the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)—a unit to sit under the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation, the organisation that oversees production of international accounting standards.
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Harnessing internal audit against climate change risk: A guide for audit committees and directors Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
As well as the need to prepare for the physical impacts of climate change, Boards must help their organisations adapt to the requirements of new national and international laws and regulations that will embed sustainability in products and services.
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COP26 blog series Text
Friday Reading Edition 82 (12th November 2021)
This blog series looks at the role of insurance in ensuring positive change — including helping to ensure a smooth energy transition, underpinning finance for green infrastructure, and mitigating the costs of the increased climate-related risks we are still set to see.
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Friday Reading Edition 80 (29th October 2021)
Global challenges such as climate change call for ambitious initiatives. It is admirable that the insurance industry has made commitments through various initiatives. However, more dialogue is needed between insurers, brokers, insurance buyers and risk professionals to ensure that these initiatives have the right intended consequences on the global economy, and so that significant progress can be made towards net zero.
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