Study Guide Risk Management By A. J. Cataldo About the Author A. J. Cataldo is currently a professor of accounting at West Chester University in West Chester Pennsylvania. He holds a B.S. degree in accounting/finance and a master of accounting degree from the University of Arizona. He earned a Ph.D. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is a certified public accountant and a certified management accountant. He has worked in public accounting as a government auditor controller and provided expert testimony in business litigation engagements. His publications include three Elsevier Science monographs and his articles have appeared in Journal of Accountancy National Tax Journal Research in Accounting Regulation Journal of Forensic Accounting and Accounting Historians Journal among others. 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Printed in the United States of America INSTRUCTIONS 1 LESSON ASSIGNMENTS 7 LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO RISK MANAGEMENT 11 EXAMINATION—LESSON 1 23 LESSON 2: GENERAL THEORY OF INSURANCE MARKETS 27 EXAMINATION—LESSON 2 51 LESSON 3: LOSS CONTROL AND LEGAL LIABILITY 55 EXAMINATION—LESSON 3 63 LESSON 4: PERSONAL INSURANCE ISSUES 67 EXAMINATION—LESSON 4 79 LESSON 5: EMPLOYEE-EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIPS 83 GRADED PROJECT 109 EXAMINATION—LESSON 5 115 LESSON 6: BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT— THEORY 119 EXAMINATION—LESSON 6 129 LESSON 7—BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT— TYPES OF CONTRACTS 133 EXAMINATION—LESSON 7 145 .0/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg”> C o n t e n t s iii LESSON 8—BUSINESS RISK MANAGEMENT— ADDITIONAL TOPICS 149 EXAMINATION—LESSON 8 161 SELF-CHECK ANSWERS 165 .0/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg”> iv Contents INTRODUCTION Welcome to Risk Management! This course will provide you with insights into how the insurance industry operates. All business decisions involve risk and while all risks might not be quantified with a high degree of certainty the objective of your business education is to learn how to minimize the sub-jective component and maximize the objective component of any business decision and the risks associated with it. While there are quantitative components to risk management the vast majority of this course requires you to master new terminology. Therefore you’ll succeed in easily passing this course if you ? Proceed to a new assignment only after you’ve mastered the terminology and concepts from the prior assignment ? Proceed to take the lesson exam only after you’ve mas-tered the terminology and concepts from all assignments and related quizzes contained in that lesson ? Proceed to take the final exam only after you’ve mastered the terminology and concepts from all lessons and related lesson exams This study guide focuses primarily on most of the terms that are in bold type in the body of the text. The study guide will prepare you for the questions in the Self-Checks that follow each assignment for the lesson exams and for the final exam. Many chapters and lessons don’t require home-work so in these cases you should focus on mastering new terminology and concepts. Lesson 4 covers automobile homeowner’s and life insurance; Lesson 5 covers employee benefits retirement plans workers’ compensation and Social Security. These seven assignments will contain information likely to better prepare and benefit anyone taking this course regardless of their field of expert-ise and/or area of professional employment. .0/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.jpg”> I n s t r u c t i o n s 1 OBJECTIVES When you complete this course you’ll be able to ? Discuss different meanings of the term risk including business risk personal risk pure risk and other types of risk ? Describe major risk management methods and organiza-tion of the risk management function within business ? Explain how minimizing the cost of risk maximizes busi-ness value and the possible conflicts between business and societal objectives ? Describe how pooling of independent loss exposures reduces risk ? Discuss the role of insurer capital and factors that affect insurer capital decisions ? Explain the fundamental legal doctrines underlying insurance contracts ? Discuss the circumstances in which the assignment of legal liability affects safety incentives ? Explain compulsory and no-fault automobile insurance laws and their rationale and effect ? Analyze the impact of catastrophes on property insur-ance and the market’s response to large catastrophes ? Describe the tax benefits associated with life insurance and annuity products ? Analyze the pricing of basic life insurance policies and annuities ? Explain major types of employee benefits and why firms provide them ? Describe the basic history features and economic rationale of workers’ compensation laws and liability insurance .0/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image004.jpg”> 2 Instructions to Students ? Describe Social Security retirement survivor and disability and Medicare programs benefits and their financing ? Identify major types of property-casualty insurance contracts purchased by businesses and describe the negotiation of commercial insurance programs ? Explain basic derivative contracts (options forwards futures and swaps) commonly used for hedging and distinctions between insurance and derivatives contracts ? Describe major types of risk typically hedged using derivatives YOUR TEXTBOOK
