Exam Review #1 Flashcards
Risk management standard
Are voluntary
RMM
Risk maturity model
Objective consistent tool to conduct self assessment, not a standard or process or framework ERM based Risk appetite management Root cause Performance management
Risk governance
Integrating management principals governing the organization with the RM process
ISO 31000
Applies regarding whether risk has positive or negative consequences
Can be applied to risks that have positive outcome
Risk assessment
Includes risk identification
Risk analysis
Risk evaluation
Risk criteria
Information used to evaluate the significance of an orgs risks
Can we meet strategic goals
Defined as reference standards
Supply chain risk
Associate with iSO 31000
COSO 5Components
Gorvernance Strategy Performance Review and revision Information,communication, reporting
COSO governance and culture
To do with board of directors
COSO performance
Component that refers to practices that permit organizations in all departments assess and respond to risk
Abandonment
When you eliminate the loss exposure
Cash matching
An insurer can eliminate interest rate risk. To fund liabilities in a timely manner. To achieve this we make investments hold them till maturity to match the amounts the insurer will have to pay out
Interest rate risk?
Systematic affects all orgs
The risk a bond future value will decline because of changes in interest rates
Swaps can be used to hedge
Insurers are vulnerable due to investments so use cash matching
Reinvestment risk
Not being able to earn the same rate of return from an investment
Risk based capital system
Min. Capital for Insurer to support operations
Basel 1
Capital to assets 2003
Considers relative risk of assets
Advantage of economic capital analysis
Focus attention on risks attached to activities
Ensure solvency at a given level 99% of the time
Economical capital is the amount of money you should have put away for unexpected losses ( not told to you by regulator) almost seen as overarching more than
Frequency is low amount of loss is high
Rare but deadly
Economic Capital
Amount you need to stay solvent at a given risk tolerance level
Market Value Margin
Additional payment in case reserves are inadequate, additional money for investors to be attractive
Market Value Surplus
Fair value accounting, fair value of assets minus fair value of liabilities
Value at Risk VAR
All risks together to estimate the probability liabilities will exceed the assets by various amounts over a 1 year period. VAr is used in banks know how much money they are losing
ERM 4 components
Align and integrate
Lead establish accountability
Allocate resources
Communicate and report
ERM 5 steps -Process
Scan environment Identify risks Analyze risks Treat risks Monitor and assure
Using existing processes in RM
Reduces the resistance to change from introducing new procedures
Risk Appetite
Internal Environment
Is a factor of internal environment
Selecting RM Techniques
Is based on a forecast of the frequency and severity of expected losses
KRI
Metrics used to measure uncertainty of meeting strategic objectives
Used to evaluate performance
Remember uncertainty
KPI
$ or non $ that defines how successful we will be at meeting long term goals
How is the thing performing good or bad?
Internal environment
Equipment
Systems
People
Experience
Risk Classification
Pure and speculative
Objective or subjective
Diversifiable or non
Risk Quadrants
Hazard
Operational
Financial
Strategic
Benefits of ERM
Identify key exposures
Transparency
Risk transfer negative events
Protect tangible or intangible assets
Pillars of ERM
Interdependency matters
Correlation increases risk
Portfolio theory spread of risk
Risk management process
Identify
Analyze
Decide on response
Monitoring and control
RMM
Not a standard or process but focuses on Erm based approach Risk appetite management Root cause discipline Performances management Resilience
Solvency II Pillars
Risk based capital is adequate
Higher governance
Greater transparency
Exposure
Maximum potential damage
A condition that presents possibility for loss or gain, whether or not actually loss occurs
Think about underwriting they have to think of worst case senario
Basic risk measures
Exposure Volitiity Likelihood Consequences Time horizon Correlation
Focus is on quantifying risks how much will it affect us
Regression analysis
Trend analysis used to estimate relationships between variables