Alternative Method of Mitigating Risk on Medium and Large Corporations | Chapter 14 | Current Perspective to Economics and Management Vol. 4
High operating costs and complexity of risks are impacting
negatively on corporations’ profitability despite practicing corporate
governance. Corporate governance requires that the management develops
frameworks, structures, and guidance to manage enterprise risk. The traditional
methods of mitigating risk have relied heavily on insurance as the only mean of
protecting enterprise against risks. The traditional methods are now becoming
too expensive for corporations and are not able to cover all risk exposures.
This problem forms the basis of the research problem in this study. The purpose
and objective of this study are to establish alternative methods of mitigating
risks in corporations and develop models for computing benefits accruing to the
corporations as a result of using the new alternative method. As such, this
study identifies financial assets, sinking fund, ploughing back of premiums as
possible investments where forgone insurance premiums can be invested and
develop a model for computing earnings resulting from such investments. The
study applied Actuarial Theory, Financial Theory of Risk Transfer, Modigliani
and Miller Theory and Agency Theory, and used both primary and secondary data
collected from National Transport and Safety Authority, Kenya and Registrar of
Motor vehicles, Kenya target populations, namely number of countries in Europe
and North America and the number of insurance companies in Kenya. The study was
of significance to the business communities, scholars and researchers, the
government and the general public by: (1) providing a better understanding for
designing and formulating risk management policy in their organizations, (2)
providing mechanism for investing the forgone insurance premium and (3)
strengthening knowledge and further research in the area of mitigation. In
summary, this study is tenable and a better alternative to ever-increasing
insurance premiums.
Author(s) Details
Raude John O. Messo
Department of Business
Management, School of Business and Economics, Masinde Muliro University of
Science and Technology, Kenya.
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