Objectives:

  • Define risk and risk management

  • Look at a risk management model

  • Discuss the risk assessment process

  • Identify types of risk and exposures

  • Discuss risk management strategies

  • Answer questions

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What is Risk?

  • Risk is the possibility of an event with negative consequences that has not happened.

  • Risk is not the event itself or the cost, it is just the possibility.

What is Risk Management?

Risk Management is a formal process of assessing a risk, understanding the parameters of the risk, and managing the risk by making appropriate decisions based upon the available

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Exposure Examples:

  • Employees

  • Fleet

  • Vendors

  • Buildings & Equipment

  • Cyberspace

  • Reputation

Risk Type Examples:

  • General Liability

  • Workers Compensation

  • Property Loss

  • Business Interruption

  • Reputation and Image Loss

  • Contractual Activities

  • Vehicle (incl. Employee-owned)

Risk Type Examples:

  • Financial Risk

  • Product Liability

  • Legal Liability

  • Liquor Liability

  • Environmental Damage

  • Information Management

  • Intellectual Property

  • Insert Your Risk Here…

Visualizing the Risk Management Process (available in full paper).

Risk Identification

Try to identify all possible risks and only reject potential risks after the analysis - do not apply judgments at this stage. (Consider 1st party, 2nd, party, 3rd rparty, etc.)

You should involve as many people as possible. One person can't fully understand every aspect of the project well enough to identify all the risks alone.

Pessimists are good risk identifiers!

The identification of risks should never be considered to be complete. Risks will become apparent later in the process and during operations and should be included.

Risk Assessment Process

  1. Identify the Hazards

    • Review loss history

    • Research & Brainstorm

  2. Quantify the Risk

    • Risk = Probability x Impact

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Techniques for Controlling the Risk:

  • Avoidance (drastic and unpopular)

  • Modification (safety pros play well here)

  • Retention (we'll live with it and pay)

  • Transfer or Share (insurance or service contracts) contracts)

Each method is effective and is dependent upon your culture, appetite and strategy.

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Implement/Monitor the Selected Technique:

Whichever method you select, have an implementation strategy that informs the stakeholders and affected parties, anticipates roadblocks and is able to be analyzed and modified.

Conduct regular effectiveness monitoring and report to stakeholders.

Strive for continuous improvement through thoughtful analysis.

Implement the Selected Technique:

Whichever method you select, have an implementation strategy that informs the stakeholders and affected parties, anticipates roadblocks and is able to be analyzed and modified.

Could involve engineering, training, legal revisions, publications and a lot of finesse, de

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