The subject of this research work is the role of insurance industry in management of environmental risks, in every environment there are risks that affect man and their inhabitants, this condition affects our behaviour and development as the natural endowment and resource that we like on stem from it. Most activities man does more especially in our environment are causing one environmental pollution or the other as a result. Enviornment degradation has been noticed most especially in some operational companies. People engage in a lot of activities in an organizational setting, a lot of injury and accident occur in the organization and these activities also constitute unnecessary health hazards to people and their environment. The study actually wants to x-ray the role of insurance industry in management of environmental risk exposed to an organizational setting. The researcher made use of primary and secondary method of data collection and major instrument used in ascertaining information was a structured questionnaire which is designed to collect major information needed for the study. The researcher also used likert scalling statistical model in analyzing the data collected and Z-test in testing hypothesis postulated. The researcher find out that environment manager most often use various insurance policies in management of risks exposed to the industry. Recommendation was made based on the findings that proper insurance policies should be adopted on the process of managing these risks

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page i

Approval page ii

Dedicate Iii

Acknowledgment iv

Abstract v

Table of contents vi

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

1.1 Background of the study 1

1.2 Statement of problems 2

1.3 Objectives of the study 3

1.4 Research questions 4

1.5 Research hypothesis 4

1.6 Significance of the study 5

1.7 Scope and limitation of the study 6

References 9

CHAPTER TWO

Review of related litterateur

2.1 Theoretical frame work 10

2.2 Various activities carried out in the environment 13

2.2.1 Marketing 13

2.2.2 Clams settlement 14

2.2.3 Buying and selling of insurance polices 14

2.2.4 Operation of machine 14

2.2.5 Claim investigation 15

2.2.6 Assessment of properties 15

2.3 Various risk that arise form environment activities 15

2.3.1 Risk theft 15

2.3.2 Risk of accident 16

2.3.3 Risk of fire our break 16

2.3.4 Risk of infidelity 17

2.3.5 Risk of poor market 17

2.3.6 Risk of pecuniary loss 17

2.3.7 Risk of health hazard 18

2.4 Concept of risk 18

2.5 The concept of insurance 19

2.6 Historical development of insurance 21

2.7 Reason for insurance business in Nigeria 24

2.8 The role of insurance in reducing environment risk 27

2.9 The need for survey in the environment risk management 30

2.10The problems facing insurance industry in the environment

Risk management 32

2.11The prospects of effective environment risk management 35

2.12The impact of effective environmental risk management through insurance in the economic development in Nigeria 36

References 39

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology

3.1 Introduction 41

3.2 Source of data 42

3.2.1 Primary sources of data 42

3.2.2 Secondary source of data 42

3.3 Population and sampling size 42

3.4 Instrument used in determination the sample size 43

3.5 Validity of the instrument 44

3.6 Method of data presentation and analysis 45

References 48

CHAPTER FOUR

Data presentation and analysis

4.1 Data presentation 49

4.2 Data analysis 49

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of research findings conclusion and recommendations

5.1 Summary of research findings 72

5.2 Conclusion 73

5.3 Recommendation 74

5.4 Suggestion for further studies 75

Bibliography 77

Appendix 80

Questionnaire

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1 BACKGROUND

In every Environment various activities carried out by man has caused a lot of hazard, to man, this environmental activities constitute health hazard to environment, such environment is in an organization setting like insurance industry. The hazard has resulted to a lot of sickness, disease, death etc to the inhabitant.

Public nuisance for the inhabitant is been resulted form noise of machines. The management of risk in the environment has adopted by various government and private organs on managing the risk of the said environment.

In this aspect there are some activities in the environment which brought about pollution on different forms which causes damages to the health.

We can understand that security protection is the right of citizens. Good health is better than wealth. A health nation is a wealthy nation, In the production industry and others, most of the activities result to health hazards which constitute some wounds to workers through accident and inadequate protect resulting form improper risk management.

It is also necessary to evaluate the expected role of adequate risk management through the help of insurance industries and its services like accident insurance, Health insurance, fire insurance, fidelity insurance etc. in order to reduce the loss and compensate those affected.

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS

The risk on environment such as in insurance industries has caused a lot of harm to people and their inhabitants even to the process government and even private bodies of various levels have implanted, various ways and strategies to enable them handle this ugly issue.

The impact of the losses is always very high. The risk in the environment and its impact is equally very high. It has suggested that all the effort has not been released. It is because on this possibilities of identifying various types of environmental risk.

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY

The objective of this study are as follows.

1. To identify various types of environmental risk in this study.

2. To identify the impact of such risk on the inhabitant of the environment.

3. To find out various ways of management of environmental risk.

4. To know the role insurance industry plays in the management of this risk.

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What are the problems of environmental hazard?