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 80 (29th October 2021)
Ransomware attacks have continued hitting the headlines, and has rapidly become the key cyber threat to organisations globally. This despite an increasingly active and disruptive geopolitical threat picture with individual organisations, global supply chains and critical infrastructure also increasingly targeted by state-linked actors.
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Purpose and the Pandemic Video
Friday Reading Edition 70 (13th August 2021)
Dr Sam Barrell, COO of the Francis Crick Institute, talks about the intense cultural impact of the Crick’s response to the pandemic (repurposing to be a testing, then a vaccination centre) and the importance of purpose. She shares some of the ethical challenges that the executive team faced and how they successfully managed the relationship with their board.
Friday Reading Edition 70 (13th August 2021)
Covers the importance of maintaining a strong brand reputation, how purpose plays into the equation, and what marketers can do to build brand trust.
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Friday Reading Edition 64 (25th June 2021)
In 2020, the CII was accepted as a member of the Commonwealth family when we became a Commonwealth accredited organisation. To celebrate this development, A Commonwealth Insured focuses on the vital ways in which the insurance and personal finance professions support the Commonwealth’s priorities.
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Friday Reading Edition 60 (28th May 2021)
People are more likely to get vaccinated against diseases such as Covid-19 in countries where societal trust in science is high. This is the key finding from a new report, published recently in Nature Human Behaviour, from the LSE, The University of Sydney and Surrey University.
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Friday Reading Edition 56 (30th April 2021)
This report covers a range of different topics – from big issues such as the overarching UK reform agenda through to some of the day-to-day issues that the Fintech industry is currently grappling with – and highlights some current key trends for Fintech.
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[For Airmic members only] This episode of Airmic LIVE, presented by Willis Towers Watson, Liberty Specialty Markets, and Polecat, looks at why reputation risk is high on the corporate agenda. Also discusses findings from Willis Towers Watson’s global reputational risk survey (see below), factors driving the changing risk landscape, steps organisations can take to manage and mitigate the risk, as well as a brief overview of a new technology-inclusive solution. [webinar recording]
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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 46 (19th February 2021)
[For Airmic members only] Hosted by AXA XL, this session reviews the 2021 edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer and discusses how its findings can be applied by the risk professional. Includes slides from the session.
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