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 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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Friday Reading Edition 44 (5th February 2021)
[Free to read full report upon sharing contact details] This survey of 200 risk managers and executives has shown that many of the current tools, methodologies and insurance products available are struggling to keep up with the changing demands of our digitally enabled world.
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Friday Reading Edition 43 (29th January 2021)
From working in isolation to balancing work alongside caring responsibilities, the impact of COVID-19 has turned mental health into a top concern for employers around the world.
Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Christine Mallin has written a straightforward, accessible book that provides a clear overview of governance for students new to the subject. Examples, mini cases, and Financial Times extracts illustrate varied and thought-provoking corporate governance issues in action in the real world.
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Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Dr. Keith Blacker and Dr. Patrick McConnell explains the concept of people risk and enables the reader to consider it within the context of their own organisation, flagging up the human factors that may not have been considered, and encourages managers and practitioners to take a more focused approach to people management.
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Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
Airmic, in partnership with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Crawford, and Lockton, and with Anette Mikes (Associate Professor at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School) as a member of the project advisory group, has embarked on a research project on corporate purpose. This white paper sets out what business responsibility and reputation means, and develop these within their own business context, to determine the implications for risk and insurance managers.
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