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 52 (1st April 2021)
US President Joe Biden’s supply chain executive order is a significant risk management mandate. It’s also a signal that the Biden Administration is focused on systemic risks – like the systemic risk and failures we’re all living through with COVID and its far-reaching impacts across our economic, business, political and social systems.
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Friday Reading Edition 51 (26th March 2021)
This Insights paper, arising from a roundtable co-organised with Allianz and supported by Herbert Smith Freehills, evaluates what businesses need to address and be aware of with regard to ESG issues. It also discusses how Allianz integrates ESG principles in its underwriting, with director and officer (D&O) liability as a focus.
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Friday Reading Edition 51 (26th March 2021)
Facing a tough economic outlook, high-quality companies are likely to be preferred by stakeholders. The use of ESG information has been increasingly part of stakeholder assessment of organisations. This session will consider a selection of key factors that are likely to be material next year through the lenses of ‘E’, ‘S’ and ‘G’.
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Friday Reading Edition 50 (19th March 2021)
Cybersecurity has become a top concern for the boards of financial-services firms, and the level of concern seems to be growing day by day. With organisations seeking to create new digital customer experiences, applying sophisticated data analytics, and investing in a wealth of other technology innovations, cyber risk management clearly requires governance at the highest levels. The advent of the COVID-19 crisis makes this challenge even more urgent.
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Friday Reading Edition 50 (19th March 2021)
Driving great cyber security starts at the very top of an organisation. This Top Ten List focuses on how a board can improve its cyber governance. While the board must also pay close attention to tactical cyber security plans, great governance typically drives great cyber security.
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Friday Reading Edition 48 (5th March 2021)
[For Airmic members only] This episode of Airmic LIVE, presented by Kennedys, discussed the most pressing issues and the risks to D&O’s, employers and their insurers in failing to tackle them, as well as the tools that are available to help navigate this increasingly accountable environment. [webinar recording]
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What can organisations do to build reputation resilience to protect themselves in times of crisis? Ipsos MORI identifies five essentials for reputation resilience in this article.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
[Free to read full report upon sharing contact details] Lloyd's Register Foundation and the Resilience Shift have developed 'Engineering A Safer Future', a series of conversations as an antidote to the pervasive online 'noise' that confronts us as we seek serious discussion and meaningful insight into the impact of Covid-19.
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Friday Reading Edition 47 (26th February 2021)
Reflecting on the past year, 2020 has demonstrated the absolute necessity of risk-based decision-making in achieving our strategies, especially when confronting volatile scenarios and global risk impacts. The 2021 IRMSA Risk Report unpacks these learnings as well as the competencies we need to be successful and risk resilient organisations. It highlights the integrated strategic risk and resilience mindset.
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Friday Reading Edition 46 (19th February 2021)
It is clear that the future of businesses will be determined not only by whether they maintained operational resilience during this crisis, but whether their achievements were made with social responsibility in mind, and whether they were built on public trust. In the post-pandemic world, reputation matters more than ever – any trust-related challenges should be addressed swiftly.
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