Description of Course
The Bsc program in Insurance and Risk Management offers Real Estate and Legal Studies, the major in Risk Management/Insurance which is designed to provide students with an overall background in risk management, life and health insurer operations and products, property and casualty operations and products, financial planning and employee benefits. The Insurance and Risk Management program will help the students to start a rewarding career that will make a difference and build a future in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. As a student you will partake in courses in the Principles and Practices of Insurance, Risk Management, Essential Skills for Brokers/Agents, Leadership Principles and Practices, and Professional Communications.
Entry Requirements
3 passes for G.C.E.(A/L) and credit passes for Mathematics and English in G.C.E.(O/L)
Course Content
Year 01/Semester I - Principles & Practice of Insurance, Insurance Law & Regulations, Life Assurance, Business Environment, Business Practice, English I
Semester II - Liabilities Management, Property Insurance, Claims Management, Business Law, Business Communication, English IV
Year 02/Semester I - Risk Management, Underwriting Management, Fundamentals of Marketing, Fundamentals of Corporate Finance, Information technology, English III
Semester II - Life & Disability Insurance, Service Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Professional Skills in Insurance, Project Report, English IV
Year 03/Semester I - Natural and Human Disaster Management, Agriculture and Livestock Insurance, Introduction to Principles of Economics, Mathematics for Insurance, Decision Analysis in Insurance, English V
Semester II - Reinsurance, Introduction to Actuarial Science, Probability and Statistics, Management Accounting, English VI
Year 04/Semester I - Practice of Micro Insurance, Contingency and Sensitivity, Marine and Aviation Insurance, Sri Lankan Economy in Global Context, Statistical Software
Semester II - Insurance Brokering, Professional Ethics in Insurance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Research methodology, Industrial Training /Dissertation
