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Master in Insurance & Risk Management

The programme is full-time and lasts 12 months starting in January and ending in December with Graduation Day.

Class days generally run from 9:15a.m.-6:15p.m., excluding weekends and holidays.

All classes are conducted in English.

The programme uses a managerial approach to cover specialized themes in insurance and finance. The Master is divided into the following areas:


• Fundamentals of Management and Economics

Quantitative concepts and basics of financial analysis from accounting to capital budgeting. Courses include: Principles of Corporate Finance, Principles of Investment Evaluation, Fundamentals of Accounting and Financial Mathematics and Applied Statistics.

• Insurance

Basic techniques relevant to life and non-life Insurance. Courses include: Introduction to Risk & Insurance, Life Insurance Technique: the Basics, Life Insurance Technique: Applications,
Non-life Insurance Technique: the Basics, and Non-life Insurance Technique: applications.


• Risk Management


Covers themes of insurance risk, notions and models of analysis to identify and efficiently manage corporate risk. Courses include Principles of Risk Management, Financial Risk Management, Enterprise Risk Management in the Insurance Industry and Enterprise Risk Management in the Banking Industry.

• Insurance Company Management

Examines the managerial side of companies in the insurance process. Courses include: Accounting and Control in Insurance Companies, Firm Evaluation, Organization design & Human Resource Management, Marketing in the Financial Services, and Strategic Management.

• Personal Development


Sharpens the soft skills needed to optimise personal potential. Develops communicative, relational, cross-cultural, and leadership skills. The MIRM programme begins with three days of outdoor training as part of the Personal Development track.

A Master with an international perspective
A Master with an international perspective
Curriculum
Master in Insurance & Risk Management Calendar
Class Activities
January 2008 - August 2008
The first part of the course provides for the rapid learning of basic knowledge through the use of different teaching methods, and subsequent closer study of the latest in sophisticated management models. The hands-on approach involves participants in group activites and in-the-field projects. Leading Italian insurance companies host MIRM for a variety of workshops and company visits. Study tours take MIRM to Munich and London, the hubs of European finance.
Internship and Project Work
September 2008 - November 2008
The second phase of the course focuses on writing the final project. Participants are given the opportunity to carry out an internship with our sponsors or other partner firms. As n alternative to the internship, participants may choose to spend part of their study course abroad in a country they believe is particularly pertinent to their career objectives.
Final Exam and Graduation Day
December 2008
In the final phase of the course, participants present their Project Work to the School's Academic Committee, company tutors and selected representatives from company partners. The Master concludes with the Graduation Day ceremony.
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