MIDTERM REVIEWER Flashcards
Refers to a thing providing protection against possible eventuality
Insurance
Refers to the assessment and quantification of the likelihood and financial impact of events that may occur in the customers world that require settlement by the insurer.
Insurance Risk Management
Types of Risk Management
- Business Risk
- Non Business Risk
- Financial Risk
Is the exposure a company or organization has to factor that could lower its profits or lead it to fail.
Business Risk
Anything that threatens a company’s ability to achieve its financial goals is considered a __________
Business Risk
Whether a company can make enough sales and revenue to cover its expenses and turn a profit
Business Risk
What makes us whole when things go wrong in both personal and business lives
Risk Management and Insurance
Arise due to uncertanties
Business Risk
is when it is not known what
is going to happen in future.
Uncertainty
Examples of Uncertainties that affects the business are:
- Change in Demand
- Change in Technology
- Change in Government Policy
Identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risk followed by economical and coordinated application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability of impact of unfortunate events.
Risk Management
Importance of Risk Management and Insurance
Allows our lives and economy to operate smoothly despite the risk and reality that bad thing will occasionally happen.
Examples of Business Risk
- Damage by fire
- Flood
- Natural Disasters
- Unexpected financial loss due to an
economic down turn (pandemic) - Bankruptcy of other businesses.
4 Types of Business Risk
- Strategic Risk
- Compliance and Regulatory Risk
- Financial Risk
- Operational Risk
A competitor coming on to the market
Strategic Risk
Introduction of new rules and legislation
Compliance and Regulatory Risk
Interest rate rise on your business loan or a non paying customer
Financial Risk
The breakdown or theft or key equipment
Operational Risk
Sources of Strategic Risk
- Mergers, acquisitions and other competition.
- Market or industry changes
- Changes among customers or in demand
- Change management.
- Human resource issues such as staffing.
- Financial issues with cashflow, capital or
cost pressures. - It disasters and equipment failure
RELATES TO A POTENTIAL CHANGE IN LAWS AND REGULATIONS ,
Regulatory Risk
RELATES TO THE POTENTIAL OF YOUR BUSINESS TO VIOLATE EXISTING LAWS OR REGULATIONS.
Compliance Risk
Common compliance risks involve illegal practices and include:
• Fraud
• Theft
• Bribery
• money laundering
• embezzlement
A common compliance risk is the violation of:
• privacy laws
• hacking, viruses
• and; malware are some of the cyber
risks that affect organizations.
refers to the internal and external events that may make it difficult or even impossible for an organization to achieve their objectives and strategic goals
Strategic Risk
Identifying, Assessing, and Controlling threats to an organizations capital and earnings.
Risk Management
do not derive from the products or services supplied. For example, risk that are associated with the long-term sources of finance used.
Non Business Risk
is a potential future situation that causes your business to lose money. The situation could affect your cashflow and leave you unable to meet your obligations.
Financial Risk
Examples of Financial Risk
- Loss of investment assets
- Theft
- Damage to assets you own
- Assets values depreciating or depreciating
in value - Insufficient savings to continue investing
Other Functions of Insurance
• Provides Certainty
• Provides Certainty of payment at the
uncertainty of loss
• Provides protection.
• Risk Sharing
• Prevention of losses
• Promotes Economic Development
• Improves Efficiency