MEDICAL, US: Individual responsible for clinical and administrative procedures used to identify, evaluate, and reduce the risk of injury to patients, staff, and visitors and the risk of loss to the facility or organization.
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UK: Person appointed to carry out risk management on behalf of an industrial or other organisation. Risk managers may join the Association of Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce (AIRMIC) or the Institute of Risk Management or ALARM if in the public sector.
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Risk managers advise organizations on any potential risks to the profitability or existence of the company. They identify and assess threats, put plans in place for if things go wrong and decide how to avoid, reduce or transfer risks.
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The individual in an organization responsible for evaluation of the organization’s exposures and controlling those exposures through such means as avoidance or transference, as to an insurance company.