Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the problem of allocating responsibility for risk through a simple classroom vignette that illustrates some of the difficulties encountered in more complex real-world scenarios. Design/methodology/approach – After considering a number of ad...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how risk capital can be calculated and allocated in a multi-year context. This is an important issue, since strategic management and decision making within insurance companies require a multi-year time horizon (instead of a one-year time...

Purpose – The objectives of this paper are to: define business risk; identify whether economic capital could be used to mitigate this risk; and investigate business-risk measurement methodologies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes definitions used in theory and practice and...