Insurance and Risk Management Section A: 1 – 20: each question carries 1-mark Section B: 21 – 31: each question carries 2-mark Section C: 32-38: each question carries 4-mark Section A 1. What does risk imply? a) Bright future b) Doubt about future c) Worse position d) No future 2. Chance may be defined as: a) A favourable outcome b) A different outcome c) Fluctuating outcome d) Undefined outcome 3. One of the following is not the meaning of Risk – a) Risk as the cause b) Risk as loss c) Risk as the
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Balanced scorecard A strategy management tool • Introduction Companies today are in the midst of a revolutionary transformation as Industrial age competition is shifting to Information age competition. The cut-throat competition that businesses faced in the last two decades has made them to look for improvement initiatives like Total Quality Management‚ Just-in-Time (JIT) systems‚ Employee empowerment and Re-engineering. Though these initiatives resulted in enhanced shareholder value‚ they
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nagement |Step:1 ( Risk identification |Step:2( Measuring frequency and severity | |Fire‚ Damage of property |Moderate | |Political instability |Low | |Shortage of teacher
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Introduction The current regulatory structure in Hong Kong 3. Hong Kong’s current approach to regulation can be characterized as institutional with functional aspects. This means that the firm’s legal status (bank‚ broker or insurance company) determines which regulator is responsible for supervising its activities from both a prudential and conduct of business perspective. However‚ this has been modified in Hong Kong to allow for the fact that banks are conducting a broader range of financial
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------------------------------------------------- 1 ------------------------------------------------- Understand how Risk Management works. Risk is the effect (positive or negative) of an event or series of events that take place in one or several locations. It is computed from the probability of the event becoming an issue and the impact it would have (See Risk = Probability X Impact). Various factors should be identified in order to analyze risk‚ including: * Event: What could happen? * Probability: How likely is
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devices for inventory management‚ use of industry business to business exchanges and portal technology applications. The CEO has requested that the IS department develop proposals for several technology projects. Two projects h to provide the online services to customers are: * Development of online ordering portal- This is an interface where customers browse‚ check and order our products online which will be delivered at their doorsteps * Wireless inventory management- It is required for
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Risk Exposure and Risk Management at Korea First Bank George Allayannis Darden Graduate School of Business‚ University of Virginia World Bank Conference Washington DC‚ May 2003 KFB’s Overall Performance Assets have been declining over time from 46‚115 to 33‚498 (Ex. 1) A large part of the decline in assets is due to the decline in loans from 20‚208 (‘96) to 15‚025 (‘98)‚ as well as Customers Liabilities on Guarantees [4‚475 (‘96) to 1‚466 (‘98)] Not surprisingly‚ Deposits are down from
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bwrr 3063 financial risk management group a individual assignment Derivatives A derivative is a term that refers to a wide variety of financial instruments or “contract whose value is derived from the performance of underlying market factors‚ such as market securities‚ interest rates‚ currency exchange rates and commodity‚ credit and equity prices. Derivatives generally involve an agreement between two parties to exchange a standard quantity of an asset or cash flow at a predetermined price
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Environmental Management ands Assessment: Health and Safety Strand Module: Risk Assessment and Management Section: A Health & Safety Student: The nature of occupational vibration exposure During many routine occupational tasks workers are exposed to a number of different physical factors‚ which can lead to adverse occupational health effects if not controlled in such a manner so as to reduce the exposure levels of workers to an acceptable level. One such occupational health risk is the exposure
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1. Framework A. Identification of the risk Financial Risk There are three kinds of financial risk: market risk‚ liquidity risk and credit risk. Market Risk Price Risk The risk of a decline in the value of a security or a portfolio. Interest Rate Risk The risk that the value of an investment will change due to a change in the absolute level of interest rates. Example Dexia had a great interest rate risk. They had a lot of mortgage loans (long term). They financed the long term liabilities
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