Overview
Who is it for?
You’ll benefit from our MSc in Insurance and Risk Management if you’re looking to develop a career in the fast-growing sector of insurance and insurtech, or you already work in this field and want to enhance your knowledge, your contacts, and your career potential.
You relish the challenge of learning in a fast-paced, hands-on programme, created and taught by leading academics and practitioners.
You’ll be based within a stone’s throw of Lloyds of London (which you will have the opportunity to visit) – giving your studies a uniquely practical and strategic orientation that can be implemented anywhere.
You’ll have the equivalent of a UK upper second-class degree, preferably with some previous studies in business or finance. And you may already have taken some Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) Advanced Diploma or Institute of Risk Management exams.
Accreditation
Accredited by the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and the Institute of Risk Management (IRM). Recognised as a Global Centre of Insurance Excellence by the International Insurance Society.
Course content
There are three ways of taking our MSc Insurance and Risk Management programme.
- A one-year full-time course
- A two-year part-time course*
- An exempt route (‘fast track’) course for CII Advanced Diploma holders (8 months full-time or 20 months part-time*)
In each case you will:
- Gain the ability to analyse, interpret and understand issues related to insurance application
- Effectively assist and contribute to risk management problems within modern financial markets or institutions
- Be able to seek senior positions in the insurance, finance and financial risk management arena or proceed to further postgraduate studies.
Careers
Your Master’s in Insurance and Risk Management equips you with the skills and knowledge required for a successful and fulfilling career in the field of insurance and risk management.
You’ll be following previous graduates who now have flourishing careers around the globe, in major insurance companies, international insurance broking firms, investment and retail banks, risk management for major corporations and many other fields. Your first role could be as an underwriter, data analyst, loss adjuster, management associate or broker.
Over the last 12 months, our Insurance and Risk Management students had the opportunity to attend sessions such as insurance alumni panels designed to give students an overview of the typical career routes that our alumni have taken.
There have also been opportunities to gain a better understanding of different industry sectors through sessions such as the Insurance Sector and Consulting Sector Overviews. Students also get a range of opportunities to engage with industry professionals through our annual careers fair and corporate events.
Recent graduates have secured positions such as:
- Underwriting Trainee
- Risk Consultant
- Credit Analyst
- Supervision Officer
- Business Manager
- Senior Broker
- Business Intelligence Analyst