{{Short description|Concept in business economics}} In business economics, '''risk financing''' is concerned with providing funds to cover the financial effect of unexpected losses experienced by a firm. Traditional forms of finance include risk transfer through reinsurance,<ref>{{cite web|website=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)|format=pdf|url=https://www.oecd.org/content/dam/oecd/en/publications/reports/2018/12/the-contribution-of-reinsurance-markets-to-managing-catastrophe-risk_b1e60429/42497106-en.pdf |year=2018|title=The Contribution of Reinsurance Markets to Managing Catastrophe Risk (Report).|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> funded retention by way of reserves (often called self-insurance),<ref name="aus1">{{cite web |url=https://www.srcc.gov.au/about-self-insurance |title=About self‑insurance |publisher=Australian Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission (SRCC) |date=25 October 2022|access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref> and risk pooling.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wading Through Medical Insurance Pools: A Primer|publisher=American Academy of Actuaries|date=1 September 2006 |url=https://www.actuary.org/pdf/health/pools_sep06.pdf|format=pdf |access-date=29 April 2026}}</ref>
'''Alternative risk finance''' is the use of products and solutions which have grown out of the convergence of the banking and insurance industry. They include captive insurance companies and catastrophic bonds, and finite risk products such loss portfolio transfers and adverse development covers. Professor Lawrence A. Cunningham of George Washington University suggests adapting cat bonds to the risks that large auditing firms face in cases asserting massive securities law damages.<ref>Lawrence A. Cunningham, Securitizing Audit Failure Risk: An Alternative to Damages Caps, William & Mary Law Review (2007)</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://portal.law.gwu.edu/Bibliography/Bibliography.asp?uid=12154 |title=Cunningham, Lawrence A. Bibliography|access-date=2010-06-10 |archive-date=2018-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004205113/http://portal.law.gwu.edu/Bibliography/Bibliography.asp?uid=12154 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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