Risk Management and Insurance

Part 1 Overview of risk management: risk and its management objectives of risk management. Part 2 Risk reduction through insurance markets: risk measurement and diversification through risk pooling risk pooling and insurance institutions insurance pricing demand for risk reduction by individuals and business contractual provisions legal doctrines and insurability of risk. Part 3 Essentials of business risk management: why large firms hedge risk - a financial exposition loss financing tax, accounting, and regulatory factors affecting loss financing loss control and risk management decision making reducing business risk - hedging and diversification hedging applications. Part 4 Legal liability, worker injuries, and employee benefits: the legal liability system liability to consumers, shareholders, and third parties responsibility/liability for harm to employees issues in liability risk management personal insurance provided by employers pensions and related retirement plans OASDHI. Part 5 Personal insurance coverage and issues: automobile insurance home owners insurance and protection against large liability losses life insurance, annuities, and individual health insurance. Part 6 Insurance markets, regulation, and the government insurance: insurance market structure, performance and organizational forms insurance company operations and finance government regulation and provisions of insurance.