INSURANCE AND PENSION PLAN TECHNIQUE

The course aims at:
- introducing the basic technical principles of the management of an insurance or pension business;
- describing life and non-life insurance products, with fixed benefits and with participating and unit-linked benefits;
- investigating the risk management process for an insurer or a pension fund.
The student will learn basic actuarial toolsfor the pricing and reserving of insurance products, the assessment of profitsand the basic steps of theinsurance risk management.
The expertise gained by the student on the topics dealt with in the course are suitable for several positions in an insurance company or a pension fund. Outside the insurance area, the knowledge provided by the course can help in understanding the features of the risk management services provided by an insurance company to an industry or an individual.