The Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management prepares students for successful careers in insurance and risk management. Required and elective coursework equips students with in-demand skills that position them well for career opportunities in underwriting, claims, agency and brokerage, risk management, consulting and more.
Through interactions with Lockton Companies and other industry partners, the program allows students practical insights to insurance and risk management concepts and provides opportunities to network with potential employers.
Earning the Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management will unlock possibilities, invigorate a young professionals' resumes, and empower their future through meaningful connections to influential employers in a $6 trillion global industry.
The Jack Lockton Certificate in Insurance and Risk Management requires 12 hours of coursework. An initial required course, FIN 208, is the gateway into the certificate program. To ensure required numeracy and critical thinking skills, ECON 142 is a prerequisite to FIN 208. An additional course, FIN 424, is also required. FIN 424 has FIN 310 – required of all BSB degree students -- as a prerequisite. An additional two courses from a specified list of eight courses in finance, marketing, management, and mathematics complete the course requirements. To be awarded the certificate students must complete the two required and two elective classes with a minimum GPA of 2.5.
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
FIN 208 | Principles of Insurance | 3 |
or FIN 408 | Principles of Insurance |
FIN 324 | Risk Management Foundations | 3 |
or FIN 424 | Enterprise Risk Management |
MKTG 316 | Professional Selling Skills | 3 |
SCM 418 | Modeling and Risk Analysis | 3 |
MGMT 419 | Managing Performance and Compensation | 3 |
FIN 422 | Financial Modeling | 3 |
FIN 425 | Futures and Options | 3 |
FIN 445 | Fixed Income | 3 |
FIN 454 | Portfolio Strategy | 3 |
MATH 630 | Actuarial Mathematics (NB. The Department of Mathematics has approved MATH 630 as an elective for the certificate.) | 3 |