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Risk Management

1) Notes should be attached to property schedule showing
     l basis of valuation
     l depreciation policy
     l main factors in stock fluctuation

If factory plans are available, furnish with notes property
     values in these three categories to each building or fire
     division.

Liability loss exposures
n The term "liability" in general usage is synonymous with

     "responsibility" and involves the concept of penalty when a
     responsibility may not have been met. Law is growing in
     dimension and complexity and so is the legal activity including
     'claims consciousness (i.e. tendency to sue for wrongs)'
     among people. Different legal systems can produce very
     different legal concepts of crime and punishments, rights and
     responsibilities. Even within a single legal system there are at
     least three different levels of legal environments which can
     affect an organization; e.g.
     a) Common Law: In essence common law is a series of

          duties to others which are largely matters of common
          sense

     b) Statute Law: Specific legal requirements imposed on

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