RMIN 4000, Chapter 4 (UGA)
financial risk management - answer the identification and treatment of speculative
financial risks
integrated risk management program - answer a risk treatment technique that combines
coverage for pure and speculative risk in the same contract
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) - answer a comprehensive risk management
program that addresses the organization's pure, speculative, strategic, and operational
risks
Credit Default Swap - answer an agreement in which the risk of default of a financial
instrument is transferred from the owner of the financial instrument to the issuer of the
swap
securitization of risk - answer insurable his is transferred to the capital markets through
creation of a financial instrument
catastrophe bonds - answer permits the issuer to skip or defer scheduled payments if a
catastrophic loss occurs
loss forecasting - answerrisk managers can predict losses using several different
techniques to identify frequency and severity of loss exposures
probability analysis - answerexamining probabilities and whether losses are related or
not (independence)
regression analysis - answercharacterizes the relation between two or more variables
and uses this to predict values of a variable
loss distributions - answera probability distribution of losses that could occur
value at risk (VAR) - answercalculating the worstprobable loss likely to occur in a given
time period underregular market conditions at some level of confidence
catastrophe modeling - answera computer-assisted method ofestimating losses that
could occur as a result of a catastrophic event
commodity price risk - answerrisk of losing money if the price of a commodity changes
interest rate risk - answerrisk of loss cause by adverse interest rate movements
financial risk management - answer the identification and treatment of speculative
financial risks
integrated risk management program - answer a risk treatment technique that combines
coverage for pure and speculative risk in the same contract
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) - answer a comprehensive risk management
program that addresses the organization's pure, speculative, strategic, and operational
risks
Credit Default Swap - answer an agreement in which the risk of default of a financial
instrument is transferred from the owner of the financial instrument to the issuer of the
swap
securitization of risk - answer insurable his is transferred to the capital markets through
creation of a financial instrument
catastrophe bonds - answer permits the issuer to skip or defer scheduled payments if a
catastrophic loss occurs
loss forecasting - answerrisk managers can predict losses using several different
techniques to identify frequency and severity of loss exposures
probability analysis - answerexamining probabilities and whether losses are related or
not (independence)
regression analysis - answercharacterizes the relation between two or more variables
and uses this to predict values of a variable
loss distributions - answera probability distribution of losses that could occur
value at risk (VAR) - answercalculating the worstprobable loss likely to occur in a given
time period underregular market conditions at some level of confidence
catastrophe modeling - answera computer-assisted method ofestimating losses that
could occur as a result of a catastrophic event
commodity price risk - answerrisk of losing money if the price of a commodity changes
interest rate risk - answerrisk of loss cause by adverse interest rate movements
