(finance) Any financial or other risk that stems from the possibility of a nation changing its policies.

(business) All the risks that could affect an entity.

The overall process of identifying all the risks to and from an activity and assessing the potential impact of each risk.

An assessment of the probability that the social or economic consequences of an earthquake would exceed a specific value at a specific place and time; used in the planning of buildings etc.

The risk left over after safeguards (mitigation strategies) have been implemented.

(finance) A form of risk resulting from changes of currency exchange rates.

plural of risk universe

(health insurance) A process that attempts to overcome differences in insurers’ costs due to differing levels of health among members of competing insurance companies.

(finance) Risk peculiar to an asset, which can be eliminated through diversification.

(insurance) Risks that are produced by a non-human source and are beyond human control. They are unexpected but happen regularly enough in a general population to be broadly predictable. Good examples of external risks are natural disasters such as earthquakes and volcanoes.