To manage the rising costs of employee health benefits, a mid-sized software development firm decides to transition away from a traditional, fully insured health plan. Instead, the firm chooses to pay for its employees' routine medical and prescription expenses directly out of its own corporate operating funds. The firm only purchases a separate stop-loss policy to protect against catastrophic claims that exceed a specific threshold. Regarding the routine medical expenses paid directly by the firm, which method of handling risk is being employed?
- Risk retentionCevap
- BRisk transfer
- CRisk reduction
- DRisk avoidance
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Risk retention
Risk retention is the method of handling risk where an entity assumes the financial responsibility for losses. By choosing to self-insure and pay for routine medical expenses directly out of its own operating funds, the software development firm is retaining that portion of the risk.
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Risk Retention (Self-Insurance)