risk management

American  

noun

1. the technique or profession of assessing, minimizing, and preventing accidental loss to a business, as through the use of insurance, safety measures, etc.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• risk manager
  noun

Etymology

Origin of risk management

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

He adds that regulated perpetuals trading in the U.S. will improve capital allocation and risk management for U.S. businesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

In a conversation with Andrew Cozart, the hospital’s director of risk management, and Thomas Olmstead, its general counsel, Olmstead told her, “We cannot rule out the possibility of an overzealous prosecutor,” she recalled.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

For all the debate about frameworks and economic schools of thought, the most important intellectual work done by central banks is risk management.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Modern risk management requires logistics strategies that account for these sorts of threats and that recognize the secure transit of our trade and supply-chain partners’ inputs and finished goods matter.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Two, it was entered into our risk management system.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis