Chapter 1 RMIN

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What is risk
A calculated possibility of a negative outcome
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Outcomes of pure risk
Loss, No loss
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Outcomes of speculative risk
Loss, No loss/No gain, gain
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Diversifiable risk
Affects individuals and small groups
Can be reduced through diversification
Risks are not correlated
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Nondiversifiable
Affects entire economy and large groups
Can't be reduced through diversification
Government assistance may be needed
Risks are correlated
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What are the different types of risk?
Pure, Speculative, diversifiable, Non-diversifiable, enterprise, and systemic
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What is enterprise risk
All major risks businesses face
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What are the main examples of enterprise risk
pure risk
speculative risk
strategic risk
operational risk
Finanacial risk
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What is systemic risk
It is the risk of collapse of the financial system because of a failure of individuals
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What are the different types of pure risk
Personal risk
Property risk
Legal liabiilty
Loss of business income
cyber security
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What is a personal risk
It directly affects an individual or family
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What is a property risk
The losses when someone destroys or steals property
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What is legal liability risk
Your financial consequences when you cause injury to someone else
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Direct loss
Cost to repair or replace property damaged by peril
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Indirect loss
Financial loss resulting from a consequence of direct loss
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What are the techniques to managing risks
Risk control
Risk financing
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Risk control
Techniques to reduce the frequency or severity of losses
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Risk financing
techniques for funding losses
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What are the types of risk control
Loss prevention
loss reduction
Duplication, separation, and diversification
Avoidance
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Loss prevention
Reduces frequency
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Loss reduction
reduces severity
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Avoidance
Techniques that: a certain loss is never acquired
An existing loss exposure is abandoned
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What are the types of risk financing
Retention
Noninsurance risk transfer
Insurance
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Retention
retaining part or all losses that can occur from a given risk
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How do you apply noninsurance risk trasnfer
Contractual agreement
Hedging
Incorporation
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What are two types of retention
Deliberately retaining risk
Unknowingly retaining risk
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Frequency
How often does the loss occur
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Severity
How much money does the loss cause
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Peril
The cause of loss
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Hazard
A condition that increases the frequency or severity of a loss
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What are the types of hazards
Physical
Attitudinal
Moral
Legal
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What is a physical hazard
A physical condition that increases the frequency/severity of a loss
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What is a moral hazard
dishonesty that causes an increase in the frequency/severity of a loss
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What is attitudinal hazard
Carelessness that causes an increase in frequency/severity of a loss
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What is a legal hazard
characteristics of a legal environment that causes an increase in frequency/severity of a loss
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What is a calculated probability
An outcome that is known or estimated
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What is the frequency equation?
Number of losses / Number of exposures
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What is the severity equation
Total losses in dollars / Number of losses
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