AUDIT RISK
The risk which an auditor will not discover intentional miscalculations (i.e. fraud) or errors while making a review for an individual’s or a company's financial statements. There are two main categories for audit risk: risk regarding the assertions produced by evaluation of the financial materials and risk regarding assessment of financial materials.
Companies asks an audit in order to give confidence to investors that the company's financial reporting and statements are correct. In order insure from potential litigation coming from missed financial improprieties, material misstatements for example, auditors usually carry malpractice insurance.
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