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HARAMBEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Worksheet for Risk Management & Insurance
ASSIGNMENT ONE
PART ONE: Write true if the statement is correct if not write False
_______ 1. Risk is a condition in which there is a possibility of an adverse deviation from a desire
outcome that is expected or hoped for.
_______ 2. Business risk is the possibilities a company will have greater than anticipated profits or experience
a profit rather than taking a loss.
_______ 3. Moral hazard is carelessness or indifference to a loss because of the existence of insurance
_______ 4. Subjective risk is defined as uncertainty based on person’s mental condition or state of mind.
_______ 5. Uncertainty is the doubt a person has concerning his or her ability to predict which of the
many possible outcomes will occur
_______ 6. The main objective of risk management is the mitigation of the risk
_______ 7. Avoidance means that a certain loss exposure is never acquired or an existing loss exposure is
abandoned
_______ 8. The goal of social responsibility is to minimize the impact that a loss has on other persons and
on society
_______ 9. _______.9 Risk decreases in proportion to the increase in the number of the exposure un
_______ 10. _______10. Morale hazard is a condition which originates from the careless acts of individuals.
_______ 11. _____11
_____11 The principle of indemnity states that the insured cannot collect a compensation,
which is more than the actual los
PART TWO: ESSAY QUESTIONS
1. Risk distinguished from peril and hazard and State sources of risk?
2. State basic types of hazard?
3. State classifications of risk ?
4. Define risk management and insurance management?
5. State objective of risk management ?
6. List and explain risk management process?
7. State basic characteristics of insurance?
8. What is insurance and self insurance?
9. State requisites of insurable risks?
10. State insurance and speculation compared?