Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Climate and environmental change, increasing development and urbanisation, and mounting exposure to natural hazards are imposing growing pressure on insurers and reinsurers to seek ways of limiting exposure, reducing vulnerability and building resilience. The PG Cert Natural Hazards for Insurers provides students with a better understanding of natural hazards and the means by which their impacts on the market may be mitigated or avoided.
A strong emphasis is placed on developing an improved understanding of natural hazards, including their global distribution and manifestation, the data available and their uncertainties and limitations, and relevant cutting-edge research. The content focuses on hazards of most immediate interest to the market, notably windstorms, floods, wildfires and earthquakes, but also addresses broader topics, such as dam and reservoir safety, resource management and hazardous waste disposal. The programme provides analytical and practical tools for making more informed decisions in day-to-day encounters with natural hazards, exposure and loss.
The programme is delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars, discussions, directed reading and problem-solving exercises. Student performance is assessed through written examinations and coursework in the form of essays, reports, practical exercises and oral presentations.
A minimum of a second-class Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline from a UK university or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, or three years’ appropriate experience in the financial services sector.
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UCL offers a range of financial awards aimed at assisting both prospective and current students with their studies.
Recent graduates have come from Ark, Canopius, Chaucer, Guy Carpenter, Liberty, RSA Insurance and Tokio Marine Kiln Group.
Employability
The PG Cert Natural Hazards for Insurers provides students with a better understanding of the physical processes underpinning natural and anthropogenic hazards and the means by which their impacts on the insurance market may be mitigated or avoided, as well as the intellectual, analytical and practical tools for making more informed decisions in day-to-day encounters with hazards, exposure and loss.
Compulsory modules
Optional modules
Please note that the list of modules given here is indicative. This information is published a long time in advance of enrolment and module content and availability are subject to change.
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