liability risk
11Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 — The Liability for Defective Products Act 1991 is an Act of the Oireachtas that augmented Irish law on product liability formerly based solely on negligence. It introduced a strict liability regime for defective products, implementing Council of… …
12Liability Insurance — Any type of insurance policy that protects an individual or business from the risk that they may be sued and held legally liable for something such as malpractice, injury or negligence. Liability insurance policies cover both legal costs and any… …
13Liability-driven investment strategy — The liability driven investment strategy (LDI) is an investment strategy of a company based on its risk tolerance, the company s ethics and the target return. The target return is usually linked to an index or combination of indices of the sector …
14liability — 1) The funding of a business debt. See current liabilities; deferred credit; long term liability; secured liability 2) An obligation to make a financial payment. See contingent liability 3) The acceptance of an insurance risk …
15Liability Matching — An increasingly popular investment strategy that attempts to time future assets sales and income streams to match against expected future expenses. The strategy has become widely embraced among pension fund managers, who attempt to minimize a… …
16Risk-utility test — In legal disputes regarding product liability, a risk utility test is used to determine whether a product s design or warning is defective, thereby making the manufacturer liable for injuries caused by its product. The manufacturer is held liable …
17risk — Synonyms and related words: accident, accidentality, actuarial calculation, admit of, adventitiousness, adventure, be liable, be subjected to, beard, bet, bid fair to, brave, break, breakers ahead, buy in, buy into, calculated risk, cardhouse,… …
18risk — n 1. hazard, peril, danger, jeopardy; endan germent, imperilment, liability, vulnerability, susceptibility, exposure; precariousness, insecurity, unpredictability, uncertainty; chance, big chance, long shot; speculation, plunge, gamble, leap in… …
19Occupiers' liability in English law — English Tort law Part of the common law series Negligence Duty of care Bolam test Breach of duty Causation …
20Occupiers' liability (English law) — Occupiers liability is a field of tort law, codified in statute, which concerns the duty of care that those who occupy property owe to people who visit or trespass. It deals with liability that may arise from accidents caused by the defective or… …
