Graduate Certificate in Insurance Management - Property and Casualty

Humber Polytechnic - Downtown Campus�International Graduate School (IGS)

Canada,Ontario

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 19,415/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 100 FREE

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 52,800 +

Int. Students: 3,800 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

59 Hayden Street Toronto, ON Canada, M4Y 2P2

Graduate Certificate in Insurance Management - Property and Casualty

Program Overview

Insurance has become an integral part of virtually everything we do in life and business. Roles within the insurance industry are many and varied. Whether you enjoy working with numbers, doing research, solving problems or working with people, you can find your specialty in insurance.

Humber’s Insurance Management – Property and Casualty graduate certificate program prepares you for a variety of entry level management career paths in the large and growing property and casualty insurance industry. Learn the fundamentals of the industry and its three main functional areas – underwriting, loss adjusting and agency/brokerage – and gain transferable skills in business communications, computer applications, insurance accounting and metrics, marketing, sales and customer service, project management and leadership. Employment-focused experiential learning helps you consider a variety of options, as you launch your career. 

Learning Outcomes

  • Upon successful completion of the program, a graduate will:
    • Differentiate the functions of and the relationships between various elements within the structure of the insurance industry in Canadian and global contexts in order to identify business opportunities, challenges and solutions.
    • Use current and relevant insurance industry-specific terminology when communicating with stakeholders.
    • Assess and manage the four major categories of risk (hazard, operational, financial and strategic) to determine insurance needs associated with specific cases.
    • Apply best practices for risk management to finance the negative consequences of risk events in multifaceted situations.
    • Provide evidence-based recommendations for management of hazards and risks faced by an organization.
    • Evaluate the clauses, terms and conditions of various insurance policy wordings in order to determine the appropriate coverage according to defined risk tolerance levels.
    • Adjust, negotiate and settle insurance claims to satisfy needs of claimants and providers.
    • Provide rationale for the acceptance or rejection of an application for insurance to uphold efficacy of decision-making.
    • Evaluate the needs of a commercial and/or personal client in order to plan and recommend an insurance program that provides protection from identified exposures.
    • Select leadership and communication strategies necessary to manage others and accomplish organizational goals.
    • Prepare and deliver effective integrated marketing, customer service and sales plans to further organizational objectives.
    • Develop, interpret and present common property and casualty insurance industry metrics and financial statistics and data to support organizational decision-making.
    • Apply project management methodologies to identify, plan, and execute various property and casualty insurance managerial projects.
    • Develop strategic business plans in order to respond o changing opportunities and challenges within the property and casualty insurance business.

Work Placement

  • Get hands-on experience in the industry with a 160-hour (minimum) work placement that will give you the opportunity to apply what you have learned in the classroom. Students initiate the placement with the aid of faculty, targeting companies in the Greater Toronto Area. Placements can be completed on a part-time basis throughout the academic year, or full time during the term immediately at the end of the program.