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Risk

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any situation where there’s uncertianty about what outcome will occur

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What is the goal of risk management?

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reduce the cost of risk not eliminate risk

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Pure (Hazard) Risk

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  • everyone involved faces potential for loss, there is no opportunity for profit
  • involve events out of individuals and organizations control -> natural disasters, accidents
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Speculative Risk

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  • possibility for both gain and loss
  • ex: foreign exchange, stock market investments
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Pure Loss

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accidents and unexpected natural disasters producing net loss to society, can be mitigated with insurance

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Fundamental (Systematic) Risk

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risk that affects entire markets or economies, and is beyond control of individual entities -> requires broader risk management and economic considerations

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Particular (Unsystematic) Risk

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risk specific to individual companies or investments that arise from factors internal to those entities -> diversification used to manage

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Static Risk

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  • risk that remian relatively constant or don’t change significantly over time, and are stable and predictable
  • losses brough by acts of nature or malicious and criminal acts of others
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Dynamic Risk

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  • risks that change and evolve over time, can result in gain or loss
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Subjective Risk

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how a person or group of ppl personally feel about the level of risk in a situation
- based on individual perceptions, emotions, and opinions about the potential for something bad to happen

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Objective Risk

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the level of risk in a situation that can be measured or calculated using, facts, data, and statistics

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Property Risk

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potential for financial loss or damage to physical assets

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Liability Risk

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tyope of operational risk, risk of being held liable or responsible for an action or lack of action that results in injury, harm or damages to others or their property

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Personal Risk

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risks faced by individuals or families -> earnings, medical expenses, liability, physical asset, financial asset, longevity

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Financial Risk

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uncertainty over magnitutde of cash flows due to possible changes in prices, asset values, exhange rates, and credit risk

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Hazard Risk

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poses threat to life, health, property, or evironment

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Strategic Risk

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risks associated with org’s ability to achieve their business strategy

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Price Risk

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possible changes in output/input prices -> commodity price risk. exchange rate risk, interest rate risk

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Credit Risk

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risks that firms customers or parties they lent money too will delay or fail to make promised payments

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Output Price Risk

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risk of changes in prices a firm can demand for goods/services

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Input Price Risk

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risk of changes in prices firm pays for labour and materials

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Operational Risk

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emcompasses risk of direct or indirect loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes

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P.E.A.R

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People, Environment, Assets, Reputation

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Insurance Deductable

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amount insured required and obligated to pay by the insurance policy

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Cyber Risk
any risk of disruption or damage to the reputation of an org resulting from failure to protect data of an org, often resulting in financial loss
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ex ante
before the fact
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ex post
after the fact
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Risk Adverse
when deciding between 2 risky alternatives with same outcome, will choose alternative w/ less variability
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Cost of Risk
Value Without Risk - Value With Risk
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Exposure
opportunity for loss
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Loss Exposure
set of circumstances that creates a probability of loss
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Peril
a specific cause of loss or damage. an event or situation that can lead to harm or damage to property, people, or interests
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Physical Hazard
something you can see or touch that can cause harm or damage
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Moral Hazard
when someone takes a risk bc they know someone else will pay for it
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Property Loss
damage, destruction, or disappearance of property (tangible and intangible) -> can occur bc of natural disasters, human actions, accidents or technological issues
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Physical Damage
direct harm to tangible property
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Theft or Burglary
loss due to someone stealing your property
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Natural Disaster Damage
loss resulting from natural events
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Data Loss
loss of digital information from cyber attacks, hardware failures or accidental deletion
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Loss of Use
situations where property can't be used bc of damages
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Liability Insurance Contracts
agreements that provide financial protection to individuals or businesses if they're held responsible for causing harm or damages to others
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Civil Law
disputes between ppl or orgs usually involving compensation or an order to do or not to do something
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Criminal Law
crime against community as a whole
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Torts
act or omission that gives rise to injury or harm to another, giving rise to legal liability
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Libility
legal responsibility or obligation of person or entity to compensate another party for harm, injury, or damage that they have caused
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Vicarious Liability
type of strict liability where one person or entity is held responsible for the actions of another, usually employer-employee relationship
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Product Liability
involves holding manufacturers, sellers, or distributors responsible for damages caused by defective or unsafe products
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Strict Liability
legal principle where defendant is liable for damages irrespective of fault or negligence
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Premise Liability
responsibility of property owners for accidents or injuries that occur on their premises due to unsafe conditions
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What are the 4 elements that must be established to prove negligence?
- Duty - Breech of Duty - Causation - Damages
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Contributory Negligence
personal injury case where plaintiff must prove defendant didn't behave reasonably in the circumstance, caused injury and should be financially responsible for injury
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Assumed Risk
the assumption that there is some inherent risk in everyday activities
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Res Ipsa Loquitur
the circumstances surrounding the case make it obvious that negligence occured -> incident that caused harm speaks for itself, there's no need to look more into whether a reasonably competent defendant would have made the same errors
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Joint and Several Liability
liability is shared
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Contractual Liability
when libaility is passed from one party to another through a contract
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Employer-Employee Liability
employers are responsible for keeping their employees safe and can be liable if they don't
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Property Owner-Tenant Liability
owners and tenents of properties have different levels of responsibility for ppl who enter their property
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Assumption of Liability by Tenant
when renting a property, tenants might take on some responsibility for injuries that happen there
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Attractive Nuisance Doctrine
property owners are liable for injuries to trespassing children if something on the property attracts the children
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Consumption or Use of Products
manufacterers and sellers are responsible for ensuring their products are safe
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Breach of Warranty
- if product doesn't meet promised standards, seller can be sued - if product is defective and hurts someone, the manufacturer is responsible
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Professional Acts (Professional Liability)
professionals like doctors, lawyers, architects must perform their services with a high standard of care, if they don't they can be sued for professional negligence or malpractice
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Principal Agent Liability (Responseat Superior)
employers can be held responsible for their employees' actions while on the job, even if the employee does something against instructions
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Ownership and Operation of Automobile
car owners and drivers have specific responsibilities and can be held liable for accidents
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Owners' Liability
car owners can sometimes be sued for accidents caused by others driving their car, especially if the driver is a family member or employee
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Risk Appetite
amount of risk organization is willing to accept in pursuit of its objectives
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Frequency
measures number of losses in a given time period
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Severity
measures the magnitude of the concequences of each loss
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Risk Identification
determining where, when, why, and how events could prevent, degrade, delay or enhance the achievement objectives
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Risk Analysis
Quantifying the likelihood and concequences of the risks, usually based on the controls put in place to reduce risk
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Risk Evaluation
comparing existing level of risk to risk criteria established in activity; if the existing level of risk id considered unacceptable, then risk treatment is necessary
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Risk Control
decisions to invest (or forego investing) rescources to reduce expected losses
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Loss Control
actions that reduce the expected cost of losses by reducing frequency and/or severity of losses
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Loss Prevention
actions that affect the frequency of losses
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Loss Reduction
actions that primarly influence the severity of losses
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What are the 2 approaches to loss control?
1) reducing the level of risky activity 2) increasing precautions against loss for activities that are undertaken
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Risk Avoidance
completely eliminating exposure to losses by reducing level of activity to zero
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Risk Financing
decisions about how to pay for losses if they occur
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Loss Financing
methods used to obtain funds to pay for or offset losses
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What are the 4 broad methods of loss financing?
1) retention 2) insurance 3) hedging 4) other contractual risk transfers
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Retention
business or individual retains the obligations to pay for part or all of the losses
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Insurance
purchase of insurance contracts requiring insurer to provide funds to pay for losses
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Hedging
forwards, futures, options, and swaps used to extensively manage vaious types of risk
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