Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
AICP-0122
Organization's ID:
CPCU 500 (AICP-0122)
Location:
Hybrid
Length:
Self-paced (4-6 weeks)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 principles of risk and insurance
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to enable the student to acquire knowledge of the principles and practices of risk management and insurance.

Learning Outcomes:

  • describe and evaluate the risk management environment, the risktech ecosystem, emerging technologies, and smart products and operations
  • have a foundational knowledge regarding processes for managing risk, classifications and categories, objectives and benefits and basic risk measures
  • explain holistic risk identification, risk identification as a team, traditional accident analysis, and root cause analysis
  • explain risk treatment fundamentals, the evolution of risk treatment, risk treatment applications, how insurance is used to treat risk, noninsurance contractual risk transfer, and large deductible plans
  • understand sources of property risk, natural disaster loss control, line safety, valuing physical property, management liability risk, and human resource risk
  • explain operational risk categories, operational risk indicators, self-assessing operational risk, and emerging technology and operational risk
  • explain the types of financial risk, assessing a balance sheet, and securitization
  • understand the basics of strategic risk, strategic management, risk and strategy, applying strategic risk management
  • understand probability analysis, estimating volatility, value at risk and earnings at risk, trend analysis, and analyzing event consequences
  • explain big data for risk management, traditional data analysis, modern data analysis, using data to make decisions
  • understand the fundamentals of effective communication, communicating and collaborating about risk, fundamentals of effective collaboration, collaborating with experts about risk, and delivering your message

General Topics:

  • Embracing RiskTech
  • Creating a stronger RM foundation
  • Identifying and analyzing costly risks
  • Leveraging tech and insurance
  • Preparing for hazards
  • Uncovering operational risks
  • Making sense of financial risk
  • Optimizing risk for strategic advantage
  • Breaking down risk modeling
  • Diving into data
  • Building consensus
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Case Studies
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • final exam

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials