AFC Module 24 - Financial Risk Flashcards

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What is Risk?

A

The state of uncertainty about (a) the possibility that a financial loss will be incurred and

b) the potential size of the financial loss.

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Sources of Risk are called?

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Exposures - are sources of risk including things owned and activities engaged in.

examples - objects such as cars

or activities in which you participate (vacation)

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Peril

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an event that causes damage and leads to a financial loss

(Examples - accidents, illness, death, fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc)

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Hazard

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Any condition that creates or increases the probability that a peril will occur.

Example - owning and driving a car exposes you to the risk of financial loss due to damages to the car or others. If you drove drunk, you have created a hazard while driving.

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Risk Management Steps

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  1. Identifying risks
  2. Evaluating potential financial losses
  3. Determining the best way to manage risks
  4. Selecting the best risk management strategy or strategies
  5. Implementing a risk management plan
  6. Periodically reviewing the risk management plan
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Risk Management Strategies

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  1. Avoid - eliminate cause of risk
  2. Mitigate - reduce probability or impact of risk - example heavy duty locks on your doors potentially reduces theft
  3. Accept - contingency plans for risk
  4. Transfer - have third party to take on responsibility for risk (insurance)
  5. Risk retention - example is a deductible clause
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Common Types of Insurance that almost everyone should have

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  1. Health and disability insurance
  2. Homeowner’s or renter’s insurance
  3. Auto insurance
  4. Life insurance
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GAP Insurance

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Guaranteed Auto Protection

covers the monetary gap between the amount a vehicle is worth and the amount a client owes on it.

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Whole Life Insurance

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Special type of life insurance that coves the client over their entire life and can also be borrowed against.

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Large -Loss Principle

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“Insure the risks that you cannot afford and retain the risks that you can reasonably afford.”

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Insurance Policy

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A contract between the person buying the insurance (the insured) and the insurance company (the insurer).

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Loss Control

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Designing specific mechanisms to reduce loss frequency and loss severity

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Risk Management

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The process of identifying and evaluating purely risky situations to determine and implement appropriate management.

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Risk Reduction

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Includes mechanisms that reduce the overall uncertainty about the magnitude of loss.

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Risk Retention

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Accepting that some risks simply arise in the course of one’s life and consciously retaining the risk.

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Supplemental Insurance

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A type of policy that can protect against loss by bridging shortfalls from traditional insurance plans.

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Pure Risk

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Is the possibility of a financial loss, without the possibility of a gain.

18
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Choosing not to have collision and comprehensive insurance on an old car is using what risk management strategy?

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Risk Retention

19
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Which type of risk is designed to reduce loss frequency and loss severity?

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Risk Reduction

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Speculative Risk

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Potential for gain as well as potential for loss

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Risk Management

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Process of identifying and evaluating situations involving pure risk to determine and implement means for its management.

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Property Insurance

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protects you from financial losses resulting from the damage to or destruction of your property or possessions

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Liability Insurance

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protects you from financial losses suffered by others for which you are held responsible (legally liable).

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Frequency of Loss

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the likely number of times that a loss might occur over a period of time

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Severity of Loss
the potential magnitude of a loss
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Principle of Indemnity
States that insurance will pay no more than the actual financial loss suffered
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Actual Cash Value
Replacement Value less the value of depreciation
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Policy limits
Specify the maximum dollar amounts that will be paid under the insurance policy
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Deductible
an initial portion of any loss that must be paid before insurance company will provide coverage
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Coinsurance
Method by which the insured and the insurer share proportionally in the payment for the loss
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Law of large numbers
as the numbers of members in a group increases, predictions about the group's behavior become increasingly accurate
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Appurtenant structures
other structures on a property
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Subrogation rights
allow an insurer to take action against a a negligent third party (and that party's insurance company) to obtain reimbursement for payments made to an insured