Emerging Risks

Catalog description

Focuses on the development of students' written communication skills employed in a professional business setting by analyzing emerging issues in insurance. Emerging risks such as cyber, drones, driverless cars, climate change and pandemics aren't just trends and may affect insurers in the years to come. Understanding the impacts of such risks on business operations by performing relevant research, assessing credibility of sources, and then effectively communicating them to stakeholders helps prepare students to be successful young professionals as they transition to the workforce. Much of the course is conducted in a workshop format.