Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
incurred risk — A defense to a claim of negligence, separate and distinct from defense of contributory negligence. It contemplates acceptance of a specific risk of which the plaintiff has actual knowledge. Power v. Brodie, Ind.App. 1 Dist, 460 N.E.2d 1241. See… … Black's law dictionary
risk — n 1 a: possibility of loss or injury b: liability for loss or injury if it occurs the risk of loss passes to the buyer when the goods are duly delivered to the carrier Uniform Commercial Code the risk of personal injury and property damage should … Law dictionary
risk — In insurance law, the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; a specified contingency or peril; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc.,… … Black's law dictionary
risk-adjusted return on capital — ( RAROC) An economic approach to measure unit and product profitability within a financial institution. Returns, adjusted to reflect normalized or expected losses, are divided by an amount of capital that is carefully quantified to reflect the… … Financial and business terms
Risk modeling — refers to the use of formal econometric techniques to determine the aggregate risk in a financial portfolio. Risk modeling is one of many subtasks within the broader area of financial modeling.Risk modeling uses a variety of techniques including… … Wikipedia
Risk management plan — A Risk Management Plan is a document prepared by a project manager to foresee risks, to estimate the effectiveness, and to create response plans to mitigate them. It also consists of the risk assessment matrix.A risk is defined as an uncertain… … Wikipedia
Finite Risk insurance — is the term applied within the insurance industry to describe an Alternative Risk Transfer product that is typically a multi year insurance contract where the insurer bears limited underwriting, credit, investment and timing risk. The assessment… … Wikipedia
Model risk — In finance, model risk is the risk involved in using models to value financial securities.[1] Rebonato considers alternative definitions including: After observing a set of prices for the underlying and hedging instruments, different but… … Wikipedia
Investor Network on Climate Risk — The Investor Network on Climate Risk is a network of investors and financial institutions that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and investment opportunities posed by climate change. INCR is coordinated by Ceres, a coalition of … Wikipedia
Conditional Value At Risk - CVaR — A risk assessment technique often used to reduce the probability a portfolio will incur large losses. This is performed by assessing the likelihood (at a specific confidence level) that a specific loss will exceed the value at risk.… … Investment dictionary
