Monitoring

Are selected risk control and risk financing options achieving their expected results? If not, make adjustments where/when needed.
Examples:

  • Update values in the property insurance policy, because they may have changed substantially
  • Remarket the risk financing program to ensure competitiveness of pricing or coverage

Monitoring considers:

  • Identify new operations or property changes that affect the entity s exposure to risk
  • Inspect property, activities and operations regularly for exposure changes
  • Proper implementation of control, financing and communication strategy

Benefits of monitoring include:

  • Identification of new or changing risks
  • Accumulation of evidence to support assumptions and results of analysis
  • Development of a more accurate portrait of risks
  • Reduction of costs associated with improper or redundant risk control measures

Operational Recommendations:

  • Empower staff or committees to address operational risk management
  • Board to receive updates regularly
  • Conduct audit of ongoing operational risks
  • Implement policies and procedures
  • Investigate and keep records on all claims
  • Have insurance in place, review regularly to ensure sufficient limits and it covers risk
  • Review all legal agreements to identify their risks then manage through waivers, risk assumptions, indemnifications
  • Ensure third party contractors have sufficient and proper kinds of insurance
  • Educate staff/volunteers about risk and how to avoid, prevent or remove it