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, 20th September 2018
Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
Airmic’s paper from 2018 on the impact of Brexit on the captive insurance market, which continues to be relevant today.
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Aon
Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
[Trigger warning: fast moving images] The pandemic has meant that organisations around the world have had to tackle a set of once-in-a-lifetime challenges, and leaders have met the moment with urgency and innovation. This special report is a collection of insights, including case studies from leading companies across the globe, that can help define the path forward.
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CBI
Friday Reading Edition 41 (15th January 2021)
The CBI’s online hub for understanding more about the changes that affect your business and what you need to do to adjust your operations and ensure you comply with the new rules from 1 January 2021.
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Bloomsbury Business, 12th November 2020
Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Andrew Hampshire provides C-suites, business owners and directors with a clear and accessible guide to the most prominent and profitable technologies that are available, allowing them to confidently implement and sustain new tech strategies.
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Harvard Business Review, 2nd July 2019
Friday Reading Edition 40 (8th January 2021)
[Purchase required] Rethink how your organisation creates, delivers, and captures value, or risk becoming irrelevant. If you read nothing else on business model innovation, read these 10 articles. The most important among the hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles selected to help you reach new customers and stay ahead of your competitors by reinventing your business model.
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Oxford Univeristy Press, 6th February 2019
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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Kogan Page, 3rd April 2015
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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Airmic
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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McKinsey & Co, 4th December 2020
Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Insurers that want to launch their own digital business should observe how digital attackers operate in four areas—customer acquisition, data and analytics, state-of-the-art technology, and talent—to draw comparisons and see how to support their new business.
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Premium Credit, 17th November 2020
Friday Reading Edition 39 (18th December 2020)
Premium Credit has undertaken a series of studies and unique market analysis to gauge sentiment towards buying insurance and the use of credit, among personal, SME and corporate customers in 2020. The research and analysis focus on the impact of Covid-19 on the purchase of insurance and how customers have changed buying habits and shifted priorities in the wake of the pandemic.
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