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MSc Insurance and Risk Management
MSc Insurance and Risk Management is designed for graduates who want to develop advanced knowledge of insurance, financial risk and enterprise risk management.
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Course Overview
The course combines insurance theory with practical approaches to identifying, assessing and managing risk. You’ll explore how insurance markets and financial institutions operate, examine different types of financial and organisational risk, and develop the analytical skills to support informed decision-making.
During the course, you’ll:
- Build your knowledge of general insurance, including underwriting, claims, pricing and regulation
- Explore insurance practice, from customer management and contracts to distribution and strategy
- Develop your understanding of financial and enterprise risk management
- Analyse the role of financial institutions and intermediaries in managing risk
- Develop quantitative, analytical and critical thinking skills
- Build your research skills through qualitative and quantitative methods
- Complete an independent research project focused on a contemporary issue in insurance or risk management
The course develops the analytical, research and problem-solving skills that may be relevant across a range of careers in insurance, risk management, financial services, compliance and consultancy.
Course Modules
- General Insurance 20 credits
Explore the principles of general insurance, including underwriting, claims management, insurance products, pricing and regulatory requirements. - Insurance Practice 20 credits
Develop your understanding of insurance operations, including customer management, insurance contracts, distribution channels and the role of insurance within modern economies. - Financial Risk Management 20 credits
Learn how organisations identify, assess and manage financial risks and explore techniques used to support effective financial decision-making. - Financial Intermediation and Risk Analysis 20 credits
Explore the role of financial institutions and intermediaries within financial markets and develop your understanding of approaches to analysing and managing organisational risk. - Research Methods for Accounting and Finance 20 credits
Develop the research skills needed for independent study, including qualitative and quantitative methods, data analysis and research ethics. - Research Project in Insurance and Risk Management 60 credits
Conduct an independent research project exploring a contemporary issue in insurance or risk management, applying research methods and critical analysis to your chosen topic.
Optional modules
Choose one of the following modules:
- Audit, Ethics and Corporate Governance 20 credits
Explore corporate governance frameworks, ethical decision-making, audit processes and accountability within modern organisations. - Money, Banking, and the Financial System 20 credits
Explore financial markets, banking systems and monetary policy, and examine the role of financial institutions in supporting economic development.
Career and Progression
Insurance and risk management skills are relevant across the insurance, financial services and wider business sectors, where organisations need to understand, assess and manage different forms of risk.
This course is designed to develop your knowledge of insurance and risk management alongside analytical, research and decision-making skills that may be relevant to a range of professional roles.
Examples of roles where these skills may be applied include:
- Insurance underwriter
- Claims manager
- Insurance broker
- Risk analyst
- Enterprise risk manager
- Financial risk analyst
- Operational risk manager
- Compliance officer
- Risk consultant
- Insurance product manager
- Reinsurance analyst
- Corporate risk adviser
- Financial services consultant
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