Though risk management and its application in the corporate world are new, its essence is very old. One must remember that risk is always about the future and the future is always unknown. There is no idea what will unfold in the future, however, some ideas about the future can be assessed based...

This document is a flow chart form is created to give a high-level view of the Life Insurance business from a shareholder’s point of view. This explains the role of capital that shareholders inject in relation to the achievement of profit and how risk management helps in the optimization of...

This article discusses the fundamental factor important in the management of risk. This fundamental factor is ‘Risk Identification”. Unless or until risks are not identified, the risk mitigation process cannot take off. Because of a lack of risk identification, most of the risks fall through...

This article critically analyses the development of health insurance in India where on the one hand, 61% of India's population is covered by government health insurance schemes; however, in the premium term, their contribution is only 11%. Further, public sector general insurance companies are...

A business value is created by identifying the risks in the business and developing a risk mitigation plan. The only identification of risks is of little use unless an effective advance plan is developed and implemented to reduce either the likelihood or impact or both of the events. In this...

In the last two decades, the application of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) has increased in its pace and more penetration particularly after the 2007-08 financial crisis. Such application was largely driven due to regulatory push. However, ERM is more to offer than just regulatory compliance

Risk culture is essential for the success of enterprise risk management (ERM). Enterprise riskmanagement is different from silo risk management where risks were mainly managed by onedepartment. Enterprise risk management means that the risk management is integrated fromBoard to the last employee...

Security analysts tend to bias stock recommendations upward, particularly if they are affiliated with the underwriter. We analyze how investors account for such distortions. Using the NYSE Trades and Quotations database, we find that large traders adjust their trading response downward: they...