Risk Management Techniques: Control Methods, Loss Avoidance, and Financial Strategies

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What is the primary goal of conducting activities to control risk?
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What is the term for stopping engagement in an activity that causes loss?
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What is the approach called that seeks to avoid a loss exposure before it exists?
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Which risk control technique aims to reduce the frequency of a particular loss?
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Which risk control technique is used to reduce the severity of a particular loss?
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What is the technique called where items, activities, or responsibilities are broken into smaller parts and separated?
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What are the benefits and costs associated with the separation technique in risk management?
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What is the risk management technique where key assets or responsibilities are replicated and held in reserve?
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What is the process of seeking funds from unrelated third parties to pay for losses called?
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What is it called when a firm retains part or all of the losses that can result from a given loss?
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What is the term for knowingly retaining loss exposures?
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What is the term for being unaware of retaining loss exposures?
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What is it called when a firm sets aside funds every period to pay for losses?
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What is the retention method where no separate fund is set aside to pay for losses?
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What is the term for a dollar amount specified in an insurance policy that the insured must pay before the insurer will make any payment for a claim?
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What is the special form of planned retention where part or all of a given loss exposure is retained by the firm?
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How can insurers minimize risk and set premiums according to market demand?
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What are wholly owned subsidiaries or groups of entities created to provide insurance to those entities called?
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What is a group-owned insurer that primarily assumes and spreads the liability-related risks of its members?
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What is an insurer owned by only one parent, such as a corporation, called?
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What is the term for captives formed by a group of companies in the same industry?
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What decision-making process involves choosing risk management options based on the frequency and severity of loss exposures?
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What is the premium that is equal to the expected loss amount, usually smaller than the premium charged by insurers?
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What is the cost associated with decision-making, including the cost of anxiety concerning a decision?
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What condition presents the possibility of sustaining a loss from damage to property in which a person or organization has a financial interest?
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Who are creditors that have their loans leveraged on some asset of the company they're loaning to?
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What are the different types of legal interest in property?
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Who is the party that acquires possession, but not the title, of personal property under an agreement?
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What is the possibility of a liability loss caused by a party considered at fault, who may be sued and have to defend against a lawsuit?
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What condition presents the possibility of loss caused by a reduction in net income, often due to business interruption?
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What type of loss exposure occurs when a firm has a key employee who suffers a personal loss, such as death or disability?
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What is the special case where the trigger event is the same personnel loss from net income loss exposures?
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What type of risk involves traditional risk management types like property and liability, managed by risk managers?
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What type of risk arises from day-to-day operations, such as supply chain and customer service, and is managed by the COO?
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What type of risk arises from changing financial market conditions and is associated with an organization's financial activities?
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What type of risk arises from management decisions and is considered by the CEO or board?
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How do TRM and ERM differ in their approach to managing risks?
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