Madrid, Spain
DURATION
12 Months
LANGUAGES
Spanish
PACE
Full time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
Introduction
The Master in Insurance and Risk Management is a higher education program especially aimed at professionals who work in the insurance sector or are responsible for purchasing insurance in their companies. The online master 's syllabus combines insurance training with the fundamentals of risk management and business continuity, guaranteeing comprehensive learning that allows you to acquire a highly qualified profile.
The graduated student will be sufficiently prepared to lead risk policies in an insurance company, or assume the risk transfer processes in any other organization.
The contents of the online Master in Insurance are taught by expert professors and brokers, active in large insurance companies in Spain and Latin America. Furthermore, they are taught using an innovative methodology that facilitates the practical application of the theoretical knowledge acquired.
The master's academic program includes a course to promote management skills, as well as an English course and an executive guidance service upon completion of the program. The master's calendar is designed to facilitate the reconciliation of work and professional life with studies.
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Ideal Students
The Master's Degree in Insurance and Risk Management from EALDE Business School is specifically designed for:
- Directors, professionals and financial technicians of companies and insurance managers.
- Professionals seeking a specialization to hold management positions in different areas of the insurance sector.
- Insurance purchasing managers who want to acquire a distinctive profile.
- Risk consultants who wish to jump into the insurance business.
- Professionals of Finance and Control of the company.
- Graduates of any specialty with managerial potential, who require training in insurance risks.
Scholarships and Funding
Senior Talent Scholarships
- Designed for professionals with a vocation to assume management positions.
- Aimed at people with a date of birth before 1989.
- You must have 5 years of work experience in your sector.
Excellence Scholarships
- These are scholarships for online master's degrees aimed at professionals with an academic and professional record geared toward excellence.
- A university degree and more than 5 years of work experience must be accredited.
Country Scholarships
- This master's scholarship program is designed to foster talent in countries and sectors where there is a clear shortage of highly qualified professionals.
- Applicants must meet the availability criteria established by the academic committee.
Impulse Scholarships
- The goal of these virtual master's scholarships is to boost the careers of professionals seeking a salary increase or finding more responsible jobs.
- They are awarded only to university graduates with more than 3 years of experience.
Emerging Leaders Scholarships
- Designed for senior profiles with the potential to lead and make a difference in high-impact sectors such as Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Compliance, Risk Management, and Project Management.
- The Committee will assess the candidates' orientation toward academic and professional excellence.
Avanza Scholarships
- Designed to develop responsible and competent leaders who can generate a positive impact on their environments, innovating, improving, and leading in an ever-changing business world.
- Aimed only at professionals with a university degree.
- It is necessary to demonstrate to the academic committee that without financial support, it would be difficult or impossible to enroll in the desired program.
Curriculum
Management English Course
The English course consists of a single level, which will be worked on throughout the course. This level will be obtained through a knowledge test.
Digital identity course
It will boost your innovative mindset, helping you identify new business opportunities and boosting both your image and that of your company in the new digital environment.
Management skills course
Taught by professors with years of experience, they help all students take the next step in their careers and reach the top.
ISO Lead Auditor Course
Upon completion of your program, you'll be eligible for a one-month course to become certified as an ISO Lead Auditor, earning a triple certification with international validity, endorsed by the certification body Intercert. Obtain certification in ISO 9001, ISO 37001, ISO 27001, or ISO 14001.
Course 1. Introduction. From traditional risk to current risk management.
- Introduction and definition of risk
- Decision theory
- Uncertainty, variability and chance
- Practical case
Course 2. Key Concepts of Risk Management
- Basic Statistics for Risk Managers
- Catalogs and matrices. Application in Excel
- Maps. Excel application
- Practical case
Course 3. Corporate Risks and Operational Risks
- Business and financial risks
- Emerging risks: geopolitics, sustainability and technology
- Operational risks
- Practical case
Course 4. Legal framework
- Solvency II.
- LCS Europe and Latin America.
- Other laws that affect the sector.
- Practical case
Course 5. Fundamentals, techniques and actuarial risk
- Technical Fundamentals of Insurance.
- Risk Management.
- Insurance Companies
- Practical case
Course 6. Risks inherent to the insurance business
- Life, Health, and Social Security Insurance.
- Insurance for companies
- Damage and Service Provision Insurance.
- Practical case
Course 7. Reinsurance and international markets
- Reinsurance and coinsurance
- Lloyd's Market Model
- International insurance programs
- Practical case
Course 8. Ensuring business continuity
- Securing cyber risks
- Ensuring the stoppage of activity
- Alternative risk transfer
- Practical case
Final Master's Project (TFM)
Program Outcome
Upon completion of the online Master's Degree in Insurance and Risk, you will be able to:
- Lead risk and uncertainty management in insurance companies.
- Understand the concepts related to the insurance sector and handle the main legislative texts.
- Know in depth the Solvency II regulations.
- Identify the different types of life and non-life insurance that exist, as well as understand their characteristics.
- Decide and guide the purchase of the main company insurance, for the transfer of business risk.
- Mastering the concepts of reinsurance and coinsurance and the operation of international markets in this sector.
- You will be able to become certified as a lead auditor of an ISO standard (9001, 37001, 14001 or 45001).
Career Opportunities
Professional outings
• Managers, consultants, and executives who wish to apply their knowledge to the field of risk management.
• Risk consultant and analyst.
• Risk specialist.