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Types of Risks:

Safety & Health Management Perspectives:-

I. Significant Risks-likely to adversely affect

II. Not significant risk-highly unlikely

III. Uncertain risk-uncertainty about the degree of exposure

Risk Management (insurance perspectives)


 Risk management perspective, risk I. Pure risk & speculative
is the uncertainty of whether or not - (pure) means losses of breakeven of accidents are not
a loss may occur as a result of an met.
- Speculative (gain and loss)
unexpected even.
II. Fundamental or particular risk
 The uncertainty of loss ranges from -caused by external factor beyond the control of man, and
loss of life, fire, damage of theft or Chapter 4 its effects. E.g: War, natural disaster, inflation.
property and accidents. -Particular risk- its origin in an individual events and its
Risk impact felt locally. E.g. theft of property, boiler explodes.
III. Financial and non-financial risk
Management - (Financial risk) the outcome can be measured in
monetary term. e.g., property damage
- (Non-financial) measurement is not possible e.g.
buying a new car may be uncomfortable.

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