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The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges of implementing and adopting an effective ERM system and to suggest alternative strategies that could be pursued as countermeasures to those challenges. This study is based on survey data gathered from 379 respondents representing 129 companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange of Sri Lanka. This study found that the lack of availability of information to make risk-based decisions; the need to ensure that all decisions are made within the organization’s risk tolerance level, and the lack of top management support for ERM implementation; are the most influencing challenges for business organizations that obstruct ERM effectiveness. This study suggests that organizations should promote a good corporate culture that fosters ERM supportive internal environment. It is also suggested that the support of the top management and their commitment to being corporative with the firms’ ERM function without making ERM is the sole responsibility of the finance people. Further, it is suggested that organizations have a designated position dedicated to overseeing the ERM function and providing executive leadership for its effective implementation.

The study examined the drivers of Enterprise Risk Management culture in insurance firms in Kenya. The research was conducted using a desktop methodology. This involves the use of qualitative data that is obtained from government publications, public records, historical and statistical documents, and technical and trade journals. This kind of data is commonly preferred since it is easily accessible hence it saves time and cost of field research. Therefore, this study relied on already published studies, public records, and online journals to obtain secondary data that was used to draw the results, conclusion, and recommendations of the study. The results from the empirical review were found to have conceptual and geographical gaps that the current study aimed to fill. Most of the findings from the reviewed studies revealed that the competence of risk assessment strategies, risk treatment strategies, corporate governance frameworks, and risk monitoring frameworks are some of the drivers of ERM culture in Insurance firms. The results also revealed that the implementation of effective ERM culture has a significant impact on the performance of insurance firms. This study will benefit most of the stakeholders in the insurance sector in Kenya. The findings of the study will also enable the risk committee to identify the factors that can help develop and maintain technical models that support the ERM function.

The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges of implementing and adopting an effective ERM system and to suggest alternative strategies that could be pursued as countermeasures to those challenges. This study is based on survey data gathered from 379 respondents representing 129 companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange of Sri Lanka. This study found that the lack of availability of information to make risk-based decisions; the need to ensure that all decisions are made within the organization’s risk tolerance level, and the lack of top management support for ERM implementation; are the most influencing challenges for business organizations that obstruct ERM effectiveness. This study suggests that organizations should promote a good corporate culture that fosters ERM supportive internal environment. It is also suggested that the support of the top management and their commitment to being corporative with the firms’ ERM function without making ERM is the sole responsibility of the finance people. Further, it is suggested that organizations have a designated position dedicated to overseeing the ERM function and providing executive leadership for its effective implementation.

The study examined the drivers of Enterprise Risk Management culture in insurance firms in Kenya. The research was conducted using a desktop methodology. This involves the use of qualitative data that is obtained from government publications, public records, historical and statistical documents, and technical and trade journals. This kind of data is commonly preferred since it is easily accessible hence it saves time and cost of field research. Therefore, this study relied on already published studies, public records, and online journals to obtain secondary data that was used to draw the results, conclusion, and recommendations of the study. The results from the empirical review were found to have conceptual and geographical gaps that the current study aimed to fill. Most of the findings from the reviewed studies revealed that the competence of risk assessment strategies, risk treatment strategies, corporate governance frameworks, and risk monitoring frameworks are some of the drivers of ERM culture in Insurance firms. The results also revealed that the implementation of effective ERM culture has a significant impact on the performance of insurance firms. This study will benefit most of the stakeholders in the insurance sector in Kenya. The findings of the study will also enable the risk committee to identify the factors that can help develop and maintain technical models that support the ERM function.