Chapter 4 Operational, Financial, And Strategic Ris Flashcards

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Operational risk is an integral part of each organizations functions. Successful organizations define understand and manage their operational risk how is this done

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Organizations must understand how operational risk has evolved to successfully manage operational risk, the organization must have a framework that classifies it. A typical framework would include these risk category of people, process, systems, external events

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What is root cause

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The event or circumstance that directly leads to an occurrence

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Key risk indicators in bracket KRI]

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A financial or non-financial metric used to help define and measure potential losses

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Exposure indicator is

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A metric used to addenda fire risk inherent to an organizations operations

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Loss ratio is

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A ratio that measures losses and loss adjustment expenses against earned premium and that reflects the percentage of premiums being consumed by losses

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Control indicator is

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A metric used to identify an organizations management of risk

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Risk optimization is

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I state where by risk and return our balance so that a maximum return is achieved for the level of risk excepted by an organization

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What is hedging

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A financial transaction in which one as that is held to offset the risk associated with another asset

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Systematic risk

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Risk that is common to all securities of the same general class and that therefore cannot be eliminated by diversification

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Interest rate risk is

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The risk that A security’s future value will decline because of changes in the interest rates

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Swap is

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An agreement between two organizations to exchange payments based on changes in the value of an asset, yield, or specific period

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Cash matching

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The process of matching an investment Maturity value with the amount of expected loss payments

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Zero coupon bond is

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A corporate bond that does not pay periodic interest income

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What is reinvestment risk

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The risk of at the rate at which periodic interest payments can be in reinvested over the life of the investment will be unfavourable

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Commodity price risk

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The risk associated with a change in the prices of commodities that are necessary to an organizations operations

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Cash flow

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Cash inflows minus cash outflows

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Commodity futures contract

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A contract either to make or to except delivery of a specified quantity of a commodity on a given date

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Equity price risk

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The risk the changes in the price of a stock or another security will increase or decrease

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Call option

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An option to buy a set amount of the underline security at any time within a specified

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Put option

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An option giving the holder the right to sell a set amount of the underlying security at anytime within a specified period

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Price risk

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The potential for a change in revenue or cost because of an increase or decrease in the price of a product or an input

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Earnings at risk

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The maximum expected loss of earnings within a specific degree of confidence

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Conditional value at risk

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A model to determine the likelihood of a loss given that the losses greater than the E or equal to the VaR

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Monte Carlo simulation

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A computerized statistical model that simulates the effects of various types of uncertainty

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Capital
The accumulated assets of a business or an owners equity in a business
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Equity capital
Preferred stock, sir plus, common stock, undivided profits and capital reserves, and net unrealized holding gains in (or losses)on securities that are not available for sale
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Leverage
The practice of using borrowed money to invest
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Generally excepted accounting principles (GAAP)
A common set of accounting standards and procedures used in the preparation of financial statements to ensure consistency of presentation and reported results
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Statutory accounting principles (SAP)
The accounting principles and practises that are prescribed or permitted by an insurers domiciliary state that the insurers must follow
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Market value surplus
The fair value of assets minus the fair value of liabilities
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Tariff
Attacks that shields the domestic producers from foreign competition
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Demographics
The statistical characteristics of human populations
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Political risk
Any action by a government that favours domestic over foreign organizations or poses a threat to foreign organizations