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Case Study In Enterprise Risk Management: Lion Rock Summer Camps, Inc., Arthur Meaney
Case Study In Enterprise Risk Management: Lion Rock Summer Camps, Inc., Arthur Meaney
Honors Theses
Enterprise risk management is a crucial part of the modern business world. Being unprepared to handle risks that a company may face can lead to financial demise. Since the 1960s, the insurance industry has steadily moved away from the focus on insurance buying. Enterprise risk management strives to identify company-wide risks, evaluate their frequency and severity, come up with risk management and loss control methods, implement said methods, and monitor their effectiveness over time. In this case study, I identify risks for Lion Rock Summer Camps, Inc. and suggest various risk management and loss control methods. Lion Rock Summer Camps, …
What Factors Drive The Development Of Insurance Markets? A Comparison Between Developed And Developing Countries, Lily J. Van Elderen
What Factors Drive The Development Of Insurance Markets? A Comparison Between Developed And Developing Countries, Lily J. Van Elderen
Honors Theses
In this study, I use a sample of twenty-one developed and developing countries to examine (1) the country-specific factors related to non-life insurance market development and (2) how factors differ between developed and developing countries. Insurance density, penetration, and total premiums were used as dependent variables to proxy for the insurance market while GDP, inflation, population, fuel exports, population growth, gender, population density, and legal system are used as country-specific independent variables. A comparison of means was conducted to evaluate differences in the dependent variables across the developing and developed countries. Furthermore, regression analyses were conducted to examine the relationships …
Case Study In Enterprise Risk Management: Happy Tails, Inc., Clay Chance
Case Study In Enterprise Risk Management: Happy Tails, Inc., Clay Chance
Honors Theses
Enterprise risk management is a necessity for businesses in today’s marketplace. Firms that are unaware of risks they are facing often find themselves in unexpected trouble. The field of enterprise risk management has been growing since the 1990s as an effort to minimize the costs that risk imposes on firms. In this case study, I identified risks for Happy Tails, Inc. and recommended various techniques to manage the risks. I found that not only does Happy Tails face many of the same major risks faced by most firms in the marketplace today, but it also faces some unique risks due …
Exploring Health Insurance Coverage And How It Is Affecting Patients And Providers, Robert Balie Crim
Exploring Health Insurance Coverage And How It Is Affecting Patients And Providers, Robert Balie Crim
Honors Theses
The American people are struggling to pay for or find good health insurance. Doctors are unable to prescribe them what they actually need. Their insurance might stop paying for the drug that they had been using that was helping them. They might have to try some amount of drugs or treatments before the insurance company will pay for what the doctor has prescribed. Patients might be having to endure more pain for an unnecessary amount of time at the hands of an insurance company. What are the roots of these problems? With the growing complexity and advancing technology, how are …