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The Holistic



          approach towards



          Enterprise Risk


          Management

                                                                                                  Sanjay Singh
          (ERM)                                                                    MBA-Ins, Fellow-III, DCII-London
                                                                                      Senior Manager-Underwriting
                                                                                   Shriram General Insurance Co Ltd






           ERM looks at each business unit as a "portfolio" within the firm and tries to understand how risks
           to individual business units interact and overlap. It is also able to identify potential risk factors
           that are unseen by any individual unit. The Government ambitious plan of PM GatiSakti is the
           fine example of how ERM is being followed on principle.





          Introduction:                                       firm wide opportunities. Communicating and coordinating
                                                              between different business units is key for ERM to be
          Enterprise risk management (ERM) is a methodology that
                                                              successful, since  the  risk  decision  coming  from  top
          looks at risk management strategically from the perspective
                                                              management may seem at odds with local assessments on
          of the entire firm or organization. It is a top-down strategy
                                                              the ground. Firms that utilize ERM  will typically have a
          that aims to identify, assess, and prepare for potential losses,
                                                              dedicated enterprise risk management team that oversees
          dangers, hazards, and other potentials for harm that may
                                                              the workings of the firm.Modern businesses face a diverse
          interfere with an organization's operations and objectives
                                                              set of risks and potential dangers.
          and/or lead to losses. The Successful ERM strategies can
          mitigate operational, financial, security, compliance, legal,
                                                              In the past, companies traditionally handled their risk
          and many other types of risks. Enterprise risk management
                                                              exposures via each  division managing its  own business.
          takes a holistic approach and calls for management-level
                                                              Enterprise risk management calls for corporations to identify
          decision-making that may not necessarily make sense for an
                                                              all the risks they face. It also makes management decide
          individual business unit or segment.
                                                              which risks to manage actively. As opposed to risks being
                                                              siloes across a company, a company sees the bigger picture
          Thus, instead of each business unit being responsible for its
                                                              when using ERM. ERM looks at each business unit as a
          own risk management, firm-wide surveillance is given
                                                              "portfolio" within the firm and tries to understand how risks
          precedence. It also often involves making the risk plan of
                                                              to individual business units interact and overlap. It is also
          action available to all stakeholders as part of an annual
          report. Industries as varied as aviation, construction, public  able to identify potential risk factors that are unseen by any
          health, international development,  energy,  finance, and  individual unit. The Government ambitious plan  of PM
          insurance all have shifted to utilize ERM. ERM, therefore,  GatiSakti is the fine example of how ERM is being followed
          can work to minimize firm wide risk as well as identify unique  on principle.
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