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Which of the following is NOT a type of loss exposure classified in the risk management process?
Which of the following is NOT a type of loss exposure classified in the risk management process?
The first step in risk management only focuses on losses that do not affect organizational goals.
The first step in risk management only focuses on losses that do not affect organizational goals.
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What are the four categories of values subject to loss?
What are the four categories of values subject to loss?
Property Values, Net Income Values, Liability Loss, Personnel Loss
The technique of __________ involves identifying potential risks and devising strategies to handle them.
The technique of __________ involves identifying potential risks and devising strategies to handle them.
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Match the following types of tangible property with their examples:
Match the following types of tangible property with their examples:
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What is the main focus of classifying loss exposures?
What is the main focus of classifying loss exposures?
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Debris removal is an example of loss exposure for intangible property.
Debris removal is an example of loss exposure for intangible property.
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What is the importance of monitoring results in risk management?
What is the importance of monitoring results in risk management?
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What is the primary focus of for-profit businesses regarding organizational goals?
What is the primary focus of for-profit businesses regarding organizational goals?
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Risk management only involves insurance as a tool.
Risk management only involves insurance as a tool.
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What are the two dimensions of the risk management process?
What are the two dimensions of the risk management process?
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The goal of developing a risk management program is to create a cost-effective __________ through informed decision-making.
The goal of developing a risk management program is to create a cost-effective __________ through informed decision-making.
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Match the types of loss that can impact organizational goals to their descriptions:
Match the types of loss that can impact organizational goals to their descriptions:
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What is a misconception about risk management?
What is a misconception about risk management?
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Support from management is a critical factor for the success of risk management.
Support from management is a critical factor for the success of risk management.
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What is the first step in the five-step decision-making process for risk management?
What is the first step in the five-step decision-making process for risk management?
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Which of the following scenarios represents a definite loss frequency?
Which of the following scenarios represents a definite loss frequency?
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The total loss of abandoned property is always significant to financial impact.
The total loss of abandoned property is always significant to financial impact.
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What is the formula to calculate total cost of loss exposure?
What is the formula to calculate total cost of loss exposure?
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Frequent minor losses can add up to substantial costs over ____.
Frequent minor losses can add up to substantial costs over ____.
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Match the loss severity categories with their descriptions:
Match the loss severity categories with their descriptions:
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What should be prioritized for detailed management in risk management?
What should be prioritized for detailed management in risk management?
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Frequent losses are usually more severe than infrequent losses.
Frequent losses are usually more severe than infrequent losses.
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Which category of loss severity requires full risk transfer?
Which category of loss severity requires full risk transfer?
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What is one outcome of increased operational expenses?
What is one outcome of increased operational expenses?
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Increased rental expenses do not affect an organization's financial strain.
Increased rental expenses do not affect an organization's financial strain.
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What are expediting costs?
What are expediting costs?
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The economic impact from losing key employees is known as ______.
The economic impact from losing key employees is known as ______.
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Match the types of law to their primary focus:
Match the types of law to their primary focus:
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Which of the following is NOT a category of liability loss exposure?
Which of the following is NOT a category of liability loss exposure?
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Investigating and defending against legal actions has zero financial impact.
Investigating and defending against legal actions has zero financial impact.
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What is a common source of legal duty?
What is a common source of legal duty?
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Which statement best describes the purpose of the Operating (Profit and Loss) Statement?
Which statement best describes the purpose of the Operating (Profit and Loss) Statement?
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The Balance Sheet only provides insights into liabilities without detailing assets.
The Balance Sheet only provides insights into liabilities without detailing assets.
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What is the role of expert valuation in asset valuation?
What is the role of expert valuation in asset valuation?
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The __________ shows the sources and uses of business funds and analyzes shifts in net working capital.
The __________ shows the sources and uses of business funds and analyzes shifts in net working capital.
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What is a primary reason for subcontracting specialized roles?
What is a primary reason for subcontracting specialized roles?
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Match the financial documents with their primary purpose:
Match the financial documents with their primary purpose:
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Retention techniques always provide high liquidity for loss payments.
Retention techniques always provide high liquidity for loss payments.
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What type of financial changes does the Statement of Changes in Financial Position analyze?
What type of financial changes does the Statement of Changes in Financial Position analyze?
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The Opinion Letter is mainly used to clarify entries in the balance sheet.
The Opinion Letter is mainly used to clarify entries in the balance sheet.
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What does contractual transfer involve?
What does contractual transfer involve?
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Name one type of record that can reveal potential loss exposures.
Name one type of record that can reveal potential loss exposures.
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An example of an internal insurance subsidiary is a ______.
An example of an internal insurance subsidiary is a ______.
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Match the retention techniques with their characteristics:
Match the retention techniques with their characteristics:
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Which of the following is a risk of using unfunded reserves?
Which of the following is a risk of using unfunded reserves?
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Deductibles are fixed amounts that insurers require for every loss.
Deductibles are fixed amounts that insurers require for every loss.
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What is forced retention?
What is forced retention?
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Study Notes
CAIB 3: Chapter 6 Risk Management
- Risk management is a systematic approach to minimizing loss.
- Its purpose is to support organizational survival and goal achievement.
- Risk management is broader than just insurance.
- It plays a key role in comprehensive loss prevention.
Helping to Achieve Organizational Goals
- All organizations have unique goals.
- Non-profits/government focus on service efficiency.
- Businesses focus on profitability and growth.
- Risks directly impact goal achievement.
- Types of losses that affect goals include property, income, liability, and life/health.
- Consequences of accidental losses include increased expenses, slowed growth, and reduced profits.
- Goal realization depends on survival and continuity.
The Risk Management Process - A Two-Dimensional Approach
- Dimension 1: Decision Process: A five-step decision-making process to manage exposures efficiently.
- Dimension 2: Management/Administrative Process: Implements and oversees risk management decisions within management functions.
- These dimensions interact and work together continuously.
Importance of Management Support in Risk Management
- Risk management success depends on support from owners and management.
- Full backing is crucial for effectiveness.
- Lack of support leads to program failure.
The Interrelationship Between the Two Dimensions of Risk Management
- The risk management matrix illustrates the interconnectedness of the two dimensions.
- Quality of planning influences the quality of data used to identify and analyze exposures.
- Leadership is crucial in implementing effective techniques.
- Relevant decision and management processes are interdependent.
The Broker as "Risk Manager"
- Brokers' role extends beyond insurance applications and renewals.
- They act as risk advisors to clients.
- Understanding non-insurable risks is important.
- Comprehensive risk management services add value.
Developing a Risk Management Program
- Goal: Develop a cost-effective risk management program through informed decision-making.
- Five-step process:
- Identify and analyze loss exposures.
- Examine alternative risk management techniques.
- Select risk management technique(s).
- Implement technique(s).
- Monitor results and adjust as needed.
Step One - Identify and Analyze Loss Exposures
- Importance: Foundation of the risk management process.
- Focus: Loss exposures impacting organizational goals.
- Classification: Categorizes exposures by value type, peril, and financial consequence.
Types of Value Exposed to Loss
- Four categories: property values, net income values, liability, and personnel loss.
- Property Values include physical assets, both tangible and intangible.
- Net Income Values refer to financial losses from reduced revenues or increased expenses.
- Liability Loss relates to legal exposures and associated costs.
- Personnel Loss involves losses of key employees and associated costs.
Property Values - Overview
- Importance of property restoration for business continuity after a loss.
- Focus on tangible property as valuable for operations.
- Types include real property (land and structures) and personal property (movable items and equipment).
Tangible Property Loss Exposures
- Loss exposures for tangible property include debris removal costs, demolition expense, and potential value decline after a loss event.
- Additional exposures include increased construction costs and pair or set value implications.
- Going concern value is a measure of higher value for assets in active use.
- Brokers should be aware of local building codes and by-laws when assessing risk.
Intangible Property - Definition and Challenges
- Definition: No physical form, represents legal rights.
- Challenges: Difficult to assign precise value and vulnerable to theft or devaluation.
- Key examples: securities, trademarks, trade names, and right to collect accounts.
Intangible Property - Additional Examples and Considerations
- Examples of intangible property include copyrights and patents, licenses, and leasehold interests.
- Consideration of factors impacting intangible assets is relevant.
Net Income Values - Overview and Decreases in Revenue
- Definition: Revenue minus expenses.
- Loss Exposure: Common to all organizations, events impacting revenue or increasing expenses.
- Revenue decrease categories include business interruption, contingent business interruption, loss of profits on finished goods, reduced rental income, and decreased collection of receivables.
Increases in Expenses - Overview and Operating Expenses
- Impact on net income: Increased expenses reduce net income.
- Types of increases: Increased operating expenses (e.g., temporary rentals, permits, equipment setup); these can impact profitability but not revenue directly.
- Additional expense increases can be related to rental expenses and expediting cost.
Liability Loss Overview and Entities Owed a Duty
- Liability Loss Exposure: Risk of legal action leading to financial loss.
- Protecting against liability is vital.
- Categories of Liability Loss Exposure: Entity to whom duty is owed (society or specific individuals/organizations); two main groups based on their respective obligations.
Liability Loss - Sources of Legal Duty and Financial Impacts
- Sources of legal duty include criminal law (broad societal obligations), civil law (tort and contract obligations), and statutory/municipal laws (specific regulations).
- Financial impact includes investigation and defense costs, and costs of damages/corrective action.
Personnel Loss - Overview and Value of Employee Service
- Personnel Loss Exposure: Economic impact from losing key employees (disability, resignation, retirement, death).
- Impact: Loss of essential skills/knowledge, increased time/cost to recover from loss, value of employee's service versus compensation.
- Personnel loss cost includes employee benefit costs, liability exposures (contractual liability for fulfilling promised benefits), and statutory compliance (violations of employee benefit laws).
The Peril Causing Loss - Overview
- Definition of Peril: Events that cause financial loss.
- Classification by Origin: - Natural Perils: Environmental events outside human control. - Human Perils: Actions or errors by individuals or groups. - Economic Perils: Market and societal factors affecting finances.
Natural Perils - Examples and Mitigation
- Common examples of natural perils include floods and run-off, earthquakes, wind (hurricanes, tornadoes), etc.
- Mitigation strategies include infrastructure improvements such as flood walls.
Human Perils - Examples and Control Measures
- Human perils include arson, theft, and human error leading to accidents or property damage.
- Control measures involve security practices, employee training.
Economic Perils - Examples and Implications
- Economic perils include currency fluctuations, recessions, strikes, which often require contingency planning.
Financial Consequences of Loss - Overview and Key Factors
- Importance: Provides a basis for planning and decision-making.
- Key factors include loss frequency (likelihood), loss severity (seriousness), and total potential loss (calculated as frequency x severity).
- Prediction reliability is also important in estimating losses.
Financial Consequences Beyond Physical Damage
- Financial implications can extend beyond physical damage (e.g., specialized equipment failure halting operations).
- Contextual understanding of the operational impact is essential.
Loss Frequency - Categories and Examples
- Categories: almost nil, slight, moderate, definite. Examples corresponding to each category.
- Consideration for risk management: Frequent minor losses can add up to substantial costs.
Loss Severity - Categories and Financial Impact
- Categories: slight, significant, severe.
- Severity assessment informs decisions on risk retention vs. transfer.
Frequency and Severity Matrix - Combining Factors for Financial Planning
- Formula to calculate total cost of loss exposure.
- Importance to prioritize high-frequency, high-severity risks. Matrix examples showing risk classifications.
Loss Frequency and Loss Severity - An Inverse Relationship
- Frequent losses tend to be less severe; severe losses occur less frequently.
- Risk management focus on exposures with significant/severe potential and definite/moderate frequency.
Importance of Identifying and Analyzing Loss Exposures
- Essential step in risk management; unidentified exposures cannot be effectively managed.
- Ongoing need for identification due to evolving business activities.
- Brokers' role in helping to assess and identify exposures.
Concept and Methods of Identifying Loss Exposures
- Conceptual approach of defining exposures as "frames" provides insight into a snapshot in time.
- Comprehensive exposure identification utilizes a variety of methods and key approaches, providing a reliable base.
Standardized Surveys/Questionnaires for Risk Management
- Surveys or questionnaires provide a method to identify loss exposures.
- They range in complexity and are adaptable to different organizations.
- Important to consider both insurance focus and advantages/limitations.
Financial Statements & Underlying Records - Overview
- Purpose is to provide insights into loss exposures impacting finances.
- Focus on key documents in analysis including Balance Sheet, Operating Statement, Statement of Changes in Financial Position, and Opinion Letter and Notes.
Balance Sheet - Asset and Liability Insights
- Role in risk management: Provides a snapshot of net worth by listing assets and liabilities.
- Asset valuation: Identifying vulnerable assets; standard accounting may not reflect accurate replacement costs.
- Expert valuation (e.g., appraisers, contractors) may be needed.
- Liability review typically lists liabilities with limited future-obligation predictors.
Operating (Profit and Loss) Statement - Income and Expense Analysis
- In risk management, it tracks income sources and expenses over a period.
- Examining impact of accidental loss on each income source (e.g., retail sales vs. rental income) and possible subsequent expense increase post-loss.
- Limitation: Reflects past performance, not a prediction of future outcomes.
Statement of Changes in Financial Position - Tracking Capital Changes
- Purpose: Demonstrates use of business funds via tracking changes in net working capital.
- Risk management relevance: May indicate changes in financial health revealing new loss exposures.
Opinion Letter and Notes - Auditor Insights and Explanations
- Auditor’s assessment of reliability.
- Alerts to potential issues.
- Clarify entries, summarize accounting policies and methods for asset valuation, clarifying unusual entries/adjustments.
Other Records and Documents - Identifying Loss Exposures
- Importance of review: Many records reveal potential loss exposures.
- Records to examine: Minutes of senior management meetings, internal memos, contracts, and plans for changes.
Flowcharts - Visualizing Operational Exposures
- Purpose: Visualize organizational processes.
- Applications: Map specific activities, entire economic chains; show critical steps and highlight vulnerabilities.
- Limitations: Focus on processes, not full loss exposure; vulnerabilities of each step might be hidden.
Personal Inspections - Direct Exposure Identification
- Importance of on-site inspections: Provide a firsthand view of critical exposures.
- Benefits of personal inspections: Lead to more accurate loss forecasting; facilitates direct discussions with staff to gauge understanding of potential impacts.
- Broker's role: Valuable experience gained by joining risk managers/underwriters; presence can ease concerns.
Consultation With Experts - Internal Sources
- Valuable sources for understanding loss exposures include personnel and key documents (board/special meetings, annual reports, financial statements, and internal memos).
- Also, executive collaboration and employee engagement are critical.
Consultation With Experts - External Sources
- Specialized professionals including legal, accounting, and statistical experts will provide valuable, industry-specific insights.
- External sources include government agencies, fire departments, police departments, specialized loss prevention and exposure identification businesses, and insurer advisory organizations (IAOS).
Step Two - Examine Alternative Risk Management Techniques
- Objective: Identify optimal techniques for managing each exposure.
- Techniques categorized into risk control and risk financing methods.
- Risk control: Techniques to prevent or minimize loss occurrences (e.g., safety, maintenance).
- Risk financing: Methods to cover financial impact if a loss occurs (e.g., insurance).
Risk Control Techniques - Reducing Frequency and Severity of Losses
- Objective: Minimize loss frequency and severity.
- Techniques: Exposure avoidance, loss prevention, loss reduction, segregation of exposure units, and contractual transfer.
Exposure Avoidance
- Definition: Eliminates the chance of loss by avoiding the exposure itself.
- Examples: Refrain from owning property or company-owned vehicles.
- Limitations: Avoiding one risk can create another; not always feasible.
Loss Prevention
- Objective: Reduce frequency of loss occurrences.
- Examples: implementing burglar alarms or good labor relations to prevent incidents.
- Limitations: Preventative measures don't eliminate all risks.
Loss Reduction
- Objective: Minimize the severity of losses.
- Examples: Implementing pre-loss measures such as safe storage of flammable materials or post-loss measures such as expedited repairs.
- Separate assets or processes to limit potential spread of loss.
Segregation of Exposure Units
- Objective: Limit loss by separating assets/processes.
- Methods: Duplication (keep backups) and Separation (place critical assets/processes in different areas)
- Examples: Storing inventory in different warehouses to avoid a total loss at one site.
Contractual Transfer
- Objective: Transfer risk to another party.
- Types: Liability waivers, hold harmless agreement.
- Examples: Requiring tenants to maintain liability insurance or using contractors with waivers for services.
Financing Techniques - Managing Loss Payments
- Purpose: Funding for losses through various avenues, including retention and contractual transfer (insurance).
- Categories: Retention (organization assumes responsibility for loss costs), contractual transfer (shifting loss to another party).
Retention - Generating Internal Funds for Loss Payments
- Definition: Business funds losses internally.
- Techniques: Fund reserves, current expensing (immediate payment of loss), or unfunded reserves.
- Risks: Depending on reserves, cash flow can be highly volatile.
Additional Retention Techniques - Borrowing and Captive Insurance
- Borrowed funds as an additional method of funding.
- Affiliated Captive Insurer: Internal insurance subsidiary that covers in-house loss occurrences.
Appropriate Uses of Retention - Forced Retention
- Forced Retention: Used when no other transfer options are available.
- Examples: Uninsurable losses (war, trade), or losses surpassing policy limits.
Appropriate Uses of Retention - Optional Retention
- Optional Retention: Deliberate choice to retain risk for cost-effectiveness.
- Examples (Manageable Losses): Retaining losses within organizational capacity, low-frequency losses, and routine losses.
Considerations for Choosing Retention Levels
- Factors: Financial capacity (ability to cover retained losses), organizational comfort (psychological tolerance of risk), and adaptability (ability of strategies to change with the organization).
Contractual Transfer - Overview and Purpose
- Definition: External funding for losses that cannot be economically absorbed internally.
- Methods: Use of non-insurance transfer or commercial insurance.
- Goal: Transfer the financial burden of losses that exceed organizational capacity.
Indemnity Contracts and Hold Harmless Agreements
- Indemnity: Transferee reimburses the organization.
- Hold Harmless: Transferee assumes responsibility for losses.
- Limitations: Transferee's financial resources, contract ambiguity, and legal challenges.
Commercial Insurance as a Risk Financing Tool
- Purpose: Last-resort financing.
- Advantages: Reliable financial protection, broad acceptance.
- Limitations: Insurer insolvency or disputes over coverage, inadequate policy limits.
Combining Risk Control and Risk Financing
- Effectiveness: Combines both to comprehensively protect organizational objectives.
- Importance of both: Risk control (minimizes occurrences), risk financing (ensures funding).
- Goal: Balancing both preventive measures and financial strategies.
Step Three – Selecting Risk Management Techniques - Overview
- Purpose: Determine best combination of risk control and risk financing techniques.
- Steps: Risk forecasting and selection criteria.
- Goal: Choosing optimal techniques based on effectiveness and economy.
Forecasting in Risk Management
- Importance: Predicts how risk management decisions impact organizational objectives.
- Three Key Forecasts: Frequencies, severity, and cost of the techniques. (Data requirements include historical loss data, probability analysis, and trend analysis).
Selection Criteria – Effectiveness
- Effectiveness: Measures how well techniques support organizational goals.
- Key Considerations: Contributions to growth/profitability, impact on operational stability/continuity, and alignment with long-term resilience.
Selection Criteria – Economy
- Economy: Choosing the most cost-effective techniques.
- Key factors: Minimizing expenses while fulfilling risk needs, considerations for rate of return/profitability/stability, and organizational risk tolerance.
Step Four – Implement Risk Management Technique(s)
- Objective: Successfully implement the selected techniques.
- Implementation decisions include technical decisions (addressing technical aspects, selecting insurers), and managerial decisions (engage organizational support).
- Goal: Achieve organizational commitment to smooth execution.
Step Five – Monitor and Adjust Results
- Objective: Continuously assess and improve risk management program.
- Steps: Monitoring (ensure techniques meet expectations), evaluating effectiveness, adjusting program to new exposures, standardizing performance metrics, and addressing variances in actual outcomes versus expectations.
Risk Management and the Sales Process
- Beyond policy sales: Insurance focuses on client needs, providing comprehensive protection (analysis of operations, strengths).
- Value of risk management: Promotes stronger client relationships (continuous monitoring alignment).
- Benefits for brokers: Positions brokers as advisors, increases renewal rates/income, and enhances competition.
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