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Insurance & Risk Management
1. Chapter 1: Risk and Its Treatment/Definitions of Risk
1. Chapter 1: Risk and Its Treatment Illustration
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Definitions of Risk

01.Core Concepts

Traditional Definition of Risk: Uncertainty concerning the occurrence of a loss In the insurance industry, risk is also used to identify the property or life that is being considered for insurance In economics and finance: The term risk is used in situations where the probabilities of possible outcomes are known Uncertainty is used in situations where such probabilities cannot be estimated